Lesley Manville
Known for Acting
Biography
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
Cold Storage
2026
as Trini Romano
Maleficent
2014
as Flittle
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
as Flittle
Phantom Thread
2017
as Cyril Woodcock
Queer
2024
as Doctor Cotter
A Christmas Carol
2009
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Womb
2010
as Judith
Rupture
2016
as Dr. Nyman
Let Him Go
2020
as Blanche Weboy
Back to Black
2024
as Cynthia
Misbehaviour
2020
as Dolores Hope
Mr. Burton
2025
as Ma Smith
Midwinter Break
2026
as Stella
Romeo & Juliet
2013
as The Nurse
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015
as Miss Adderstone
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
as Ada Harris
The Critic
2024
as Annabel Land
Topsy-Turvy
1999
as Lucy Gilbert
All or Nothing
2002
as Penny
Secrets & Lies
1996
as The Social Worker