Actor

Lesley Manville

March 12, 1956 · 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).

Notable work

7.1
Maleficent (2014)
as Flittle
7.3
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
as Flittle
6.9
A Christmas Carol (2009)
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
7.3
Phantom Thread (2017)
as Cyril Woodcock
8.2
The Crown (2016)
as Princess Margaret
6.8
Let Him Go (2020)
as Blanche Weboy
7.6
Secrets & Lies (1996)
as The Social Worker
6.7
Back to Black (2024)
as Cynthia
6.8
Cold Storage (2026)
as Trini Romano
6.5
Mr. Turner (2014)
as Mary Somerville
6.7
Romeo & Juliet (2013)
as The Nurse
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
as Mrs. Lorrimer

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