
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).
Filmography
A Statement of Affairs
1993 · 10.0

Toy Boys
1999 · 10.0

The Agency
2017 · 10.0

King Cinder
1977 · 9.0

Little Napoleons
1994 · 9.0

Marble Hall Murders
2026 · 8.5

The Cazalets
2001 · 8.5

Wings
1977 · 8.3

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · 8.2

The Crown
2016 · 8.2

Cranford
2007 · 8.1

North & South
2004 · 8.1
Other People's Children
2000 · 8.0

Village Hall
1974 · 8.0

Objects of Affection
1982 · 8.0

Black Cab
2000 · 8.0

Painted Lady
1997 · 8.0
Goggle Eyes
1993 · 8.0
To Provide All People
2018 · 8.0
The Bite
1996 · 8.0

O Mary This London
1994 · 8.0

An Adventure in Space and Time
2013 · 7.7

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020 · 7.6

Secrets & Lies
1996 · 7.6

Silent Witness
1996 · 7.6

Moonflower Murders
2024 · 7.5

World on Fire
2019 · 7.5

Ain't Misbehavin'
1994 · 7.5

Holding On
1997 · 7.5

Disclaimer
2024 · 7.5

Midsomer Murders
1997 · 7.5

River
2015 · 7.4

Phantom Thread
2017 · 7.3

Grotesquerie
2024 · 7.3

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · 7.3

Harlots
2017 · 7.3

Mum
2016 · 7.3
Barlow
1971 · 7.3

Give us a Break
1983 · 7.3

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019 · 7.3

Monster: The Ed Gein Story
2025 · 7.3

Midwinter Break
2026 · 7.3

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022 · 7.3

The Gentle Touch
1980 · 7.2

Vera Drake
2004 · 7.2

Screen Two
1985 · 7.1

Life After Life
2022 · 7.1

All or Nothing
2002 · 7.1

Maleficent
2014 · 7.1

Magpie Murders
2022 · 7.1

Playhouse
1974 · 7.0

Law & Order: UK
2009 · 7.0

Bulman
1985 · 7.0

The Queen
2009 · 7.0

David Copperfield
2000 · 7.0
Tears Before Bedtime
1995 · 7.0

High Hopes
1989 · 7.0

Another Year
2010 · 7.0

Love Life
2020 · 7.0

A Christmas Carol
2009 · 6.9

Citadel
2023 · 6.9

Soldier Soldier
1991 · 6.9

Sherwood
2022 · 6.9

Mr. Burton
2025 · 6.9

Ordinary Love
2019 · 6.8

Let Him Go
2020 · 6.8

Rose and Maloney
2002 · 6.8

Fleming
2014 · 6.8

The Go-Between
2015 · 6.8

Romeo & Juliet
2013 · 6.7

Back to Black
2024 · 6.7

Cold Storage
2026 · 6.7

Play for Today
1970 · 6.6

Topsy-Turvy
1999 · 6.6

Mr. Turner
2014 · 6.6

The Firm
1989 · 6.5

Queer
2024 · 6.5

Winter of the Crow
2026 · 6.5

Save Me
2018 · 6.4

Misbehaviour
2020 · 6.4

Dangerous Liaisons
2022 · 6.4

Performance
1991 · 6.3
A Bunch of Fives
1977 · 6.3

Spike Island
2012 · 6.3

David Copperfield
2001 · 6.3

Mayday
2013 · 6.2

Womb
2010 · 6.1

Hampstead
2017 · 6.1

Dance with a Stranger
1985 · 6.1

ScreenPlay
1986 · 6.0

Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · 6.0

A Very British Brothel 2
2017 · 6.0

Christmas Present
1985 · 6.0

The Christmas Candle
2013 · 5.9

The Critic
2024 · 5.8

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987 · 5.8

I Am...
2019 · 5.7

A Five Star Life
2013 · 5.7

Sparkle
2007 · 5.7

Coronation Street
1960 · 5.3

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
2015 · 5.3

Bodily Harm
2002 · 5.3

Ashes
2012 · 5.1

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
2005 · 5.1

High Season
1987 · 5.1

Rupture
2016 · 4.9

Perfect Parents
2006 · 4.6
The Mushroom Picker
1993 · 4.0

Milk
1999 · 4.0

Ghosts
2014 · 3.0

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
2022 · 1.8

A Skirt Through History
1994 · 1.0

Real Women
1998 · 0.0
Sharing Time
1984 · 0.0
Crime Story
1992 · 0.0

Leap in the Dark
1973 · 0.0
The Emigrants
1976 · 0.0

Jack of Spades
— · 0.0

Our Winnie
1982 · 0.0

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2026 · 0.0
Escorted
— · 0.0

General Hospital
1972 · 0.0

Angels in the Annexe
1984 · 0.0

The Moon Over Soho
1985 · 0.0

Untitled 13
— · 0.0
Dual Balls
1997 · 0.0

Dog Ends
1984 · 0.0