Lesley Manville
Actor
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
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Flittle 2019
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice) 2009
Phantom Thread
as Cyril Woodcock 2017
Let Him Go
as Blanche Weboy 2020
Secrets & Lies
as The Social Worker 1996
Back to Black
as Cynthia 2024
Romeo & Juliet
as The Nurse 2013
Mr. Turner
as Mary Somerville 2014
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Ada Harris 2022
Queer
as Doctor Cotter 2024
Another Year
as Mary 2010
Womb
as Judith 2010
Vera Drake
as Mrs. Wells 2004
Misbehaviour
as Dolores Hope 2020
Rupture
as Dr. Nyman 2016
An Adventure in Space and Time
as Heather Hartnell 2013