Lesley Manville
Born March 12, 1956 (Age: 70)
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Brighton, England, UK
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).
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).
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Filmography
Midwinter Break
2026
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as Stella
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Age: 69
Cold Storage
2026
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as Trini Romano
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Age: 69
Mr. Burton
2025
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as Ma Smith
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Age: 69
Queer
2024
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as Doctor Cotter
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Age: 68
The Critic
2024
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as Annabel Land
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Age: 68
Back to Black
2024
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as Cynthia
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Age: 68
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022
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as Ada Harris
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Age: 66
Let Him Go
2020
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as Blanche Weboy
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Age: 64
Misbehaviour
2020
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as Dolores Hope
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Age: 64
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
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as Flittle
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Age: 63
Phantom Thread
2017
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as Cyril Woodcock
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Age: 61
Hampstead
2017
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as Fiona
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Age: 61
Mr. Turner
2014
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as Mary Somerville
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Age: 58
Maleficent
2014
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as Flittle
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Age: 58
The Christmas Candle
2013
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as Bea Haddington
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Age: 57
Romeo & Juliet
2013
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as The Nurse
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Age: 57
Spike Island
2012
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as Margaret
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Age: 56
Another Year
2010
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as Mary
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Age: 54
A Christmas Carol
2009
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as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
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Age: 53
Perfect Parents
2006
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as Sister Antonia
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Age: 50
Vera Drake
2004
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as Mrs. Wells
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Age: 48
All or Nothing
2002
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as Penny
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Age: 46
Plain Jane
2002
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as Dora Bruce
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Age: 46
Topsy-Turvy
1999
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as Lucy Gilbert
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Age: 43
No Image
Dual Balls
1997
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as Joanna
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Age: 40
Secrets & Lies
1996
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as The Social Worker
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Age: 40
O Mary This London
1994
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as Sophie
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Age: 38
No Image
A Statement of Affairs
1993
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as Carol
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Age: 36
Bad Girl
1992
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as Penny Armitage
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Age: 36
Top Girls
1991
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as Marlene
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Age: 35
The Firm
1989
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as Sue Bissell
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Age: 32
High Hopes
1989
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as Lætitia Boothe-Brain
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Age: 32
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
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as Margy
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Age: 31
High Season
1987
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as Carol
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Age: 31
Christmas Present
1985
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as Judy Tall
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Age: 29
The Moon Over Soho
1985
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as Sally Spencer
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Age: 29
Dance with a Stranger
1985
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as Maryanne
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Age: 28
Angels in the Annexe
1984
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as Jenny Bailey
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Age: 28
Our Winnie
1982
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as Liz
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Age: 26
Grown-Ups
1980
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as Mandy
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Age: 24