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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).
Known for
MaleficentFlittle
Maleficent: Mistress of EvilFlittle
A Christmas CarolMrs. Cratchit (voice)
Phantom ThreadCyril Woodcock
The CrownPrincess Margaret2026Marble Hall MurdersSusan Ryeland · 6 episodesShow
2026National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons DangereusesMarquise de MerteuilMovie
2026Midwinter BreakStellaMovie
2026Cold StorageTrini RomanoMovie
2025Monster: The Ed Gein StoryBernice Worden · 3 episodesShow
2025Mr. BurtonMa Smith · Executive ProducerMovie
2024QueerDoctor CotterMovie
2024Moonflower MurdersSusan Ryeland · 6 episodesShow
2024DisclaimerNancy Brigstocke · 7 episodesShow
2024GrotesquerieNurse Redd · 10 episodesShow
2024The CriticAnnabel LandMovie
2024Back to BlackCynthiaMovie
2023CitadelDahlia Archer · 13 episodesShow
2022Dangerous LiaisonsGenevieve de Merteuil · 8 episodesShow
2022Mrs. Harris Goes to ParisAda Harris · Executive ProducerMovie
2022SherwoodJulie Jackson · 12 episodesShow
2022Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About MenThe MotherMovie
2022Life After LifeNarrator · 4 episodesShow
2022Magpie MurdersSusan Ryeland · 6 episodes · Executive Producer · 6 episodesShow
2020Let Him GoBlanche WeboyMovie
2020Alan Bennett's Talking HeadsSusan · 1 episodeShow
2020Love LifeNarrator (voice) · 10 episodesShow
2020MisbehaviourDolores HopeMovie
2019Ordinary LoveJoanMovie
2019Maleficent: Mistress of EvilFlittleMovie
2019World on FireRobina Chase · 13 episodesShow
2019I Am...Maria · 1 episode · Writer · 1 episodeShow
2018To Provide All PeopleConsultant PsychiatristMovie
2018Save MeJennifer Charles · 6 episodesShow
2017Phantom ThreadCyril WoodcockMovie
2017The AgencyAntheaMovie
2017HampsteadFionaMovie
2017HarlotsLydia Quigley · 16 episodesShow
2017A Very British Brothel 2Narrator (Voice)Movie
2016RuptureDr. NymanMovie
2016MumCathy · 18 episodesShow
2015RiverChrissie Read · 6 episodesShow
2015The Go-BetweenMrs. MaudsleyMovie
2015Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of HypnotismMiss AdderstoneMovie
2014Mr. TurnerMary SomervilleMovie
2014GhostsHelene AlvingMovie
2014MaleficentFlittleMovie
2014FlemingEvelyn Fleming · 4 episodesShow
2013The Christmas CandleBea HaddingtonMovie
2013An Adventure in Space and TimeHeather HartnellMovie
2013Romeo & JulietThe NurseMovie
2013A Five Star LifeKate ShermanMovie
2013MaydayGail Spicer · 5 episodesShow
2012Spike IslandMargaretMovie
2012AshesCathMovie
2010Another YearMaryMovie
2010WombJudithMovie
2009The QueenMargaret Thatcher · 5 episodesShow
2009A Christmas CarolMrs. Cratchit (voice)Movie
2009Law & Order: UKPhyllis Gladstone · 2 episodesShow
2007CranfordMrs. Rose · 7 episodesShow
2007SparkleJillMovie
2006Perfect ParentsSister AntoniaMovie
2005The Great Ecstasy of Robert CarmichaelSarahMovie
2004North & SouthMrs. Hale · 4 episodesShow
2004Vera DrakeMrs. WellsMovie
2003Promoted to GloryCapt. Annie SullivanMovie
2002All or NothingPennyMovie
2002Bodily HarmMandy Greenfield · 2 episodesShow
2002Rose and MaloneyProfessor Diane Marquis · 2 episodesShow
2002Plain JaneDora BruceMovie
2001David CopperfieldEmma MicawberMovie
2001The CazaletsVilly Cazalet · 6 episodesShow
2000David CopperfieldEmma Micawber · 2 episodesShow
2000Other People's ChildrenNadine · 4 episodesShow
2000Black CabYvonne · 1 episodeShow
1999Topsy-TurvyLucy GilbertMovie
1999Toy BoysMrs. AllenMovie
1999MilkFionaMovie
1998Real WomenKaren · 7 episodesShow
1997Painted LadySusie Peel · 2 episodesShow
1997Holding OnHilary · 7 episodesShow
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