Lesley Manville
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as Marquise de Merteuil National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses Premieres
June 25, 2026 DramaRomanceComedy
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
Maleficent
as Flittle
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Flittle
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Phantom Thread
as Cyril Woodcock
Let Him Go
as Blanche Weboy
Secrets & Lies
as The Social Worker
Back to Black
as Cynthia
Romeo & Juliet
as The Nurse
Mr. Turner
as Mary Somerville
Queer
as Doctor Cotter
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Ada Harris
Another Year
as Mary
Cold Storage
as Trini Romano
Vera Drake
as Mrs. Wells
Womb
as Judith
Misbehaviour
as Dolores Hope
Rupture
as Dr. Nyman
An Adventure in Space and Time
as Heather Hartnell
Hampstead
as Fiona
All or Nothing
as Penny