Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
127
Gender
Female
Birthday
March 12, 1956 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Brighton, England, UK
Also Known As
Lesley Ann Manville
Леслі Менвілл
莱丝利·曼维尔 饰
لزلی منویل
Lesley Manville
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).
Known For
Acting
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Jack of Spades
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Marble Hall Murders
as
Susan Ryeland
1 episode
2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as
Marquise de Merteuil
2026
Midwinter Break
as
Stella
2026
Winter of the Crow
as
Joan Andrews
2026
Cold Storage
as
Trini Romano
2025
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
as
Bernice Worden
3 episode
s
2025
Mr. Burton
as
Ma Smith
2024
Queer
as
Doctor Cotter
2024
Moonflower Murders
as
Susan Ryeland
6 episode
s
2024
Disclaimer
as
Nancy Brigstocke
7 episode
s
2024
Grotesquerie
as
Nurse Redd
10 episode
s
2024
The Critic
as
Annabel Land
2024
Back to Black
as
Cynthia
2023
Citadel
as
Dahlia Archer
7 episode
s
2022
Dangerous Liaisons
as
Genevieve de Merteuil
8 episode
s
2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as
Ada Harris
2022
Sherwood
as
Julie Jackson
12 episode
s
2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
as
The Mother
2022
Life After Life
as
Narrator
4 episode
s
2022
Magpie Murders
as
Susan Ryeland
6 episode
s
2020
Let Him Go
as
Blanche Weboy
2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
as
Susan
1 episode
2020
Love Life
as
Narrator (voice)
10 episode
s
2020
Misbehaviour
as
Dolores Hope
2019
Ordinary Love
as
Joan
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as
Flittle
2019
World on Fire
as
Robina Chase
13 episode
s
2019
I Am...
as
Maria
1 episode
2018
National Theatre Live: LOVE
as
Herself/Introduced By
2018
To Provide All People
as
Consultant Psychiatrist
2017
Phantom Thread
as
Cyril Woodcock
2017
The Agency
as
Anthea
2017
Hampstead
as
Fiona
2017
Harlots
as
Lydia Quigley
16 episode
s
2017
A Very British Brothel 2
as
Narrator (Voice)
2016
Rupture
as
Dr. Nyman
2016
The Crown
as
Princess Margaret
20 episode
s
2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as
Self
2016
Mum
as
Cathy
18 episode
s
2015
River
as
Chrissie Read
6 episode
s
2015
The Go-Between
as
Mrs. Maudsley
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
2015
A Very British Brothel
as
Herself - Narrator (voice)
2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
as
Miss Adderstone
2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as
Self
2014
Mr. Turner
as
Mary Somerville
2014
Ghosts
as
Helene Alving
2014
Maleficent
as
Flittle
2014
Fleming
as
Evelyn Fleming
4 episode
s
2013
The Christmas Candle
as
Bea Haddington
2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
as
Heather Hartnell
2013
Romeo & Juliet
as
The Nurse
2013
A Five Star Life
as
Kate Sherman
2013
Mayday
as
Gail Spicer
5 episode
s
2012
Spike Island
as
Margaret
2012
Ashes
as
Cath
2010
Another Year
as
Mary
2010
Womb
as
Judith
2009
The Queen
as
Margaret Thatcher
5 episode
s
2009
A Christmas Carol
as
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
2009
Law & Order: UK
2 episode
s
2007
Cranford
as
Mrs. Rose
7 episode
s
2007
Sparkle
as
Jill
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as
Self
1 episode
2006
Perfect Parents
as
Sister Antonia
2006
Cards on the Table
as
Mrs. Lorrimer
2005
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
as
Sarah
2004
North & South
as
Mrs. Maria Hale
4 episode
s
2004
Vera Drake
as
Mrs. Wells
2003
Promoted to Glory
as
Capt. Annie Sullivan
2002
All or Nothing
as
Penny
2002
Bodily Harm
as
Mandy Greenfield
2 episode
s
2002
Rose and Maloney
2 episode
s
2002
Plain Jane
as
Dora Bruce
2001
David Copperfield
as
Emma Micawber
2001
The Cazalets
as
Villy Cazalet
6 episode
s
2000
David Copperfield
as
Emma Micawber
2 episode
s
2000
Other People's Children
as
Nadine
4 episode
s
2000
Black Cab
as
Yvonne
1 episode
1999
Topsy-Turvy
as
Lucy Gilbert
1999
Loose Women
as
Self
1 episode
1999
Toy Boys
as
Mrs. Allen
1999
Milk
as
Fiona
1997
Painted Lady
as
Susie Peel
2 episode
s
1997
Holding On
as
Hilary
7 episode
s
1997
Midsomer Murders
as
Phoebe Archbold
1 episode
1997
Dual Balls
as
Joanna
1996
Secrets & Lies
as
The Social Worker
1996
The Bite
as
Ellie Shannon
2 episode
s
1996
Silent Witness
1 episode
1995
Tears Before Bedtime
as
Beattie Freeman
4 episode
s
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
as
Lucy Cartwright
1 episode
1994
Little Napoleons
as
Judith Silver
4 episode
s
1994
O Mary This London
as
Sophie
1994
Ain't Misbehavin'
as
Melissa Quigley
6 episode
s
1993
Goggle Eyes
as
Rosalind Killin
4 episode
s
1993
A Statement of Affairs
as
Carol
1993
The Mushroom Picker
as
Margot
3 episode
s
1992
Bad Girl
as
Penny Armitage
1991
Top Girls
as
Marlene
1991
Performance
as
Marlene
1 episode
1991
Soldier Soldier
as
Rachel Elliot
2 episode
s
1991
Soldier Soldier
as
Rachel Fortune
3 episode
s
1989
The Firm
as
Sue Bissell
1989
High Hopes
as
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as
Mrs. Lorrimer
1 episode
1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as
Margy
1987
High Season
as
Carol
1985
Christmas Present
as
Judy Tall
1985
The Moon Over Soho
as
Sally Spencer
1985
Dance with a Stranger
as
Maryanne
1985
Screen Two
as
Sophie
1 episode
1985
Screen Two
as
Sue
1 episode
1984
Angels in the Annexe
as
Jenny Bailey
1984
Dog Ends
as
Vivienne
1982
Our Winnie
as
Liz
1982
Objects of Affection
as
Liz
1 episode
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as
Self (archive footage)
1980
Grown-Ups
as
Mandy
1980
The Gentle Touch
2 episode
s
1977
King Cinder
as
Nikki
6 episode
s
1977
A Bunch of Fives
as
Helen Wyatt
14 episode
s
1974
Playhouse
as
Mandy
1 episode
1970
Play for Today
as
Vivienne
1 episode
1960
Coronation Street
as
Jill Mason
2 episode
s
