
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).
Midwinter Break
2026
Cold Storage
2026
Mr. Burton
2025
Queer
2024
Disclaimer
2024
Grotesquerie
2024
The Critic
2024
Back to Black
2024
Citadel
2023
Sherwood
2022
Life After Life
2022
Magpie Murders
2022
Let Him Go
2020
Love Life
2020
Misbehaviour
2020
Ordinary Love
2019
World on Fire
2019
I Am...
2019
Phantom Thread
2017
The Agency
2017
Hampstead
2017
Harlots
2017
Rupture
2016
The Crown
2016
Mum
2016
River
2015
The Go-Between
2015
Mr. Turner
2014
Ghosts
2014
Maleficent
2014
Fleming
2014
Romeo & Juliet
2013
A Five Star Life
2013
Mayday
2013
Spike Island
2012
Ashes
2012
Another Year
2010
Womb
2010
The Queen
2009
Law & Order: UK
2009
Cranford
2007
Sparkle
2007
Perfect Parents
2006
North & South
2004
Vera Drake
2004
All or Nothing
2002
Bodily Harm
2002
Rose and Maloney
2002
Plain Jane
2002
The Cazalets
2001
Black Cab
2000
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Loose Women
1999
Toy Boys
1999
Milk
1999
Painted Lady
1997
Holding On
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Secrets & Lies
1996
Silent Witness
1996
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Little Napoleons
1994
Bad Girl
1992
Top Girls
1991
Performance
1991
Soldier Soldier
1991
The Firm
1989
High Hopes
1989
High Season
1987
ScreenPlay
1986
Screen Two
1985
Dog Ends
1984
Our Winnie
1982
Grown-Ups
1980
The Gentle Touch
1980
King Cinder
1977
Playhouse
1974
Play for Today
1970
















































































































