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).
67 movies · 73 shows
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026·0.0
Midwinter Break
2026·6.8
Winter of the Crow
2026·6.0
Cold Storage
2026·6.8
Mr. Burton
2025·6.8
Queer
2024·6.5
The Critic
2024·5.8
Back to Black
2024·6.7
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022·7.3
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022·1.7
Let Him Go
2020·6.8
Misbehaviour
2020·6.4
Ordinary Love
2019·6.8
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019·7.3
National Theatre Live: LOVE
2018·5.4
To Provide All People
2018·8.0
Phantom Thread
2017·7.3
The Agency
2017·10.0
Hampstead
2017·6.1
A Very British Brothel 2
2017·6.0
Rupture
2016·4.9
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016·0.0
The Go-Between
2015·6.8
A Very British Brothel
2015·3.3
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015·5.3
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014·9.0
Mr. Turner
2014·6.5
Ghosts
2014·3.0
Maleficent
2014·7.1
The Christmas Candle
2013·5.9
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013·7.7
Romeo & Juliet
2013·6.7
A Five Star Life
2013·5.7
Spike Island
2012·6.3
Ashes
2012·5.1
Another Year
2010·7.0
Womb
2010·6.1
A Christmas Carol
2009·6.9
Sparkle
2007·5.7
Perfect Parents
2006·4.6
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
2005·5.1
Vera Drake
2004·7.2
Promoted to Glory
2003·7.0
All or Nothing
2002·7.1
Plain Jane
2002·9.0
David Copperfield
2001·6.3
Topsy-Turvy
1999·6.6
Toy Boys
1999·10.0
Milk
1999·4.0
Dual Balls
1997·0.0
Secrets & Lies
1996·7.6
O Mary This London
1994·8.0
A Statement of Affairs
1993·10.0
Bad Girl
1992·10.0
Top Girls
1991·0.0
The Firm
1989·6.5
High Hopes
1989·7.0
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987·5.7
High Season
1987·5.1
Christmas Present
1985·6.0
The Moon Over Soho
1985·0.0
Dance with a Stranger
1985·6.1
Angels in the Annexe
1984·0.0
Dog Ends
1984·0.0
Our Winnie
1982·0.0
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982·8.0
Grown-Ups
1980·6.9