Cast
Lesley Manville
Acting
Cast
Lesley Manville
Known for
Acting
Born
1956-03-12
From
Brighton, England, UK
Also known as Lesley Ann 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).
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Maleficent
as Flittle
★6.7
MOVIE2026
Cold Storage
as Trini Romano
★7.3
MOVIE2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
as Flittle
★7.3
MOVIE2017
Phantom Thread
as Cyril Woodcock
★6.9
MOVIE2009
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2024
Queer
as Doctor Cotter
★6.8
MOVIE2025
Mr. Burton
as Ma Smith
★6.8
MOVIE2020
Let Him Go
as Blanche Weboy
★6.8
MOVIE2026
Midwinter Break
as Stella
★5.4
MOVIE2018
National Theatre Live: LOVE
as Herself/Introduced By
★7.3
MOVIE2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Ada Harris
★6.4
MOVIE2020
Misbehaviour
as Dolores Hope
★6.7
MOVIE2024
Back to Black
as Cynthia
★6.5
MOVIE2014
Mr. Turner
as Mary Somerville
★6.1
MOVIE2010
Womb
as Judith
★7.1
MOVIE2002
All or Nothing
as Penny
★5.8
MOVIE2024
The Critic
as Annabel Land
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Romeo & Juliet
as The Nurse
★7.6
MOVIE1996
Secrets & Lies
as The Social Worker
★6.1
MOVIE2017
Hampstead
as Fiona
★6.8
MOVIE2019
Ordinary Love
as Joan
★4.9
MOVIE2016
Rupture
as Dr. Nyman
★7.7
MOVIE2013
An Adventure in Space and Time
as Heather Hartnell
★8.0
MOVIE2018
To Provide All People
as Consultant Psychiatrist
★7.2
MOVIE2004
Vera Drake
as Mrs. Wells
MOVIE2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
as Marquise de Merteuil
★5.3
MOVIE2015
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
as Miss Adderstone
MOVIETBA
Jack of Spades
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Another Year
as Mary
MOVIE1982
Our Winnie
as Liz
★9.0
MOVIE2002
Plain Jane
as Dora Bruce
MOVIE1991
Top Girls
as Marlene
★10.0
MOVIE1992
Bad Girl
as Penny Armitage
★5.9
MOVIE2013
The Christmas Candle
as Bea Haddington
★6.1
MOVIE1985
Dance with a Stranger
as Maryanne
★5.7
MOVIE1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Margy
★6.0
MOVIE2026
Winter of the Crow
as Joan Andrews
★3.2
MOVIE2015
A Very British Brothel
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2015
The Go-Between
as Mrs. Maudsley
★5.7
MOVIE2013
A Five Star Life
as Kate Sherman
★6.6
MOVIE1999
Topsy-Turvy
as Lucy Gilbert
★6.5
MOVIE1989
The Firm
as Sue Bissell
★6.3
MOVIE2012
Spike Island
as Margaret
★5.1
MOVIE2012
Ashes
as Cath
★7.0
MOVIE2003
Promoted to Glory
as Capt. Annie Sullivan
★6.3
MOVIE2001
David Copperfield
as Emma Micawber
★8.0
MOVIE1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2017
A Very British Brothel 2
as Narrator (Voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1989
High Hopes
as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
★5.2
MOVIE1987
High Season
as Carol
★10.0
MOVIE1993
A Statement of Affairs
as Carol
MOVIE2016
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE2005
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
as Sarah
MOVIE1984
Angels in the Annexe
as Jenny Bailey
★4.6
MOVIE2006
Perfect Parents
as Sister Antonia
★4.0
MOVIE1999
Milk
as Fiona
★6.9
MOVIE1980
Grown-Ups
as Mandy
★9.0
MOVIE2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
MOVIE1985
The Moon Over Soho
as Sally Spencer
★3.0
MOVIE2014
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
★8.0
MOVIE1994
O Mary This London
as Sophie
★1.7
MOVIE2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men
as The Mother
★5.7
MOVIE2007
Sparkle
as Jill
★10.0
MOVIE1999
Toy Boys
as Mrs. Allen
MOVIE1984
Dog Ends
as Vivienne
★6.0
MOVIE1985
Christmas Present
as Judy Tall
★10.0
MOVIE2017
The Agency
as Anthea
MOVIE1997
Dual Balls
as Joanna