Lesley Manville
Acting
Born 1956-03-12 · Brighton, England, UK
Lesley Manville was born on March 12, 1956 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. She is a multi award-winning actress of theatre, film, and television, and has worked extensively with director Mike Leigh. She is known for Another Year (2010), All or Nothing (2002), Topsy-Turvy (1999), and Secrets & Lies (1996), and her performance in Phantom Thread (2017), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also had a supporting role in Maleficent (2014). Manville's extensive stage career includes roles in As You Like It, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Alchemist. Her film debut was in Dance with a Stranger (1985).
Filmography
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Jun 25, 2026
Midwinter Break
Feb 20, 2026
Winter of the Crow
Feb 20, 2026
Cold Storage
Jan 22, 2026
Mr. Burton
Apr 4, 2025
Queer
Nov 27, 2024
The Critic
Sep 13, 2024
Back to Black
Apr 11, 2024
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Jul 15, 2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
May 18, 2022
Let Him Go
Nov 5, 2020
Misbehaviour
Mar 12, 2020
Ordinary Love
Dec 6, 2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Oct 16, 2019
National Theatre Live: LOVE
Dec 8, 2018
Phantom Thread
Dec 25, 2017
The Agency
Nov 23, 2017
Hampstead
Jun 23, 2017
A Very British Brothel 2
Jan 4, 2017
Rupture
Nov 4, 2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Jun 13, 2016
The Go-Between
Sep 20, 2015
A Very British Brothel
Aug 3, 2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Apr 11, 2015
Mr. Turner
Oct 31, 2014
Ghosts
Jun 26, 2014
Maleficent
May 28, 2014
The Christmas Candle
Nov 22, 2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
Nov 21, 2013
Romeo & Juliet
Sep 12, 2013