Lesley Manville

ActorProducerWriter Mar 12 (age 70) Brighton, England, UK 1960–2026 (66 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Maleficent

Flittle

Film

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Flittle

Film

The Crown

Princess Margaret

Film

Phantom Thread

Cyril Woodcock

Film

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

Film

Secrets & Lies

The Social Worker

Film

Let Him Go

Blanche Weboy

Film

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Ada Harris

Filmography

Acting (125)

Movies (68)

Cold Storage

as Trini Romano

Midwinter Break

as Stella

Winter of the Crow

as Joan Andrews

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

2026 Upcoming

as Marquise de Merteuil

Jun 25

Mr. Burton

as Ma Smith

Queer

as Doctor Cotter

The Critic

as Annabel Land

Back to Black

as Cynthia

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

2022

as The Mother

1.7

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

as Ada Harris

Let Him Go

as Blanche Weboy

Misbehaviour

as Dolores Hope

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

as Flittle

Ordinary Love

as Joan

National Theatre Live: LOVE

2018

as Herself/Introduced By

5.4

To Provide All People

2018

as Consultant Psychiatrist

Phantom Thread

as Cyril Woodcock

Hampstead

as Fiona

A Very British Brothel 2

as Narrator (Voice)

The Agency

as Anthea

Rupture

as Dr. Nyman

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

2016

as Self

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

as Miss Adderstone

The Go-Between

as Mrs. Maudsley

A Very British Brothel

2015

as Herself - Narrator (voice)

3.2

Maleficent

2014

as Flittle

7.1

The One and Only Mike Leigh

as Self

Ghosts

as Helene Alving

Mr. Turner

as Mary Somerville

Romeo & Juliet

as The Nurse

The Christmas Candle

as Bea Haddington

A Five Star Life

as Kate Sherman

An Adventure in Space and Time

as Heather Hartnell

Ashes

as Cath

Spike Island

as Margaret

Womb

as Judith

Another Year

as Mary

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

Sparkle

as Jill

Perfect Parents

as Sister Antonia

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

as Sarah

Vera Drake

as Mrs. Wells

Promoted to Glory

as Capt. Annie Sullivan

All or Nothing

2002

as Penny

7.1

Plain Jane

2002

as Dora Bruce

David Copperfield

as Emma Micawber

Topsy-Turvy

as Lucy Gilbert

Toy Boys

as Mrs. Allen

Milk

1999

as Fiona

2.0

Dual Balls

1997

as Joanna

Secrets & Lies

1996

as The Social Worker

7.6

O Mary This London

1994

as Sophie

A Statement of Affairs

1993

as Carol

Bad Girl

1992

as Penny Armitage

10.0

Top Girls

1991

as Marlene

The Firm

1989

as Sue Bissell

6.6

High Hopes

1989

as Lætitia Boothe-Brain

7.1

High Season

1987

as Carol

4.9

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

1987

as Margy

5.5

Dance with a Stranger

as Maryanne

Christmas Present

as Judy Tall

The Moon Over Soho

as Sally Spencer

Angels in the Annexe

1984

as Jenny Bailey

Dog Ends

1984

as Vivienne

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Our Winnie

1982

as Liz

Grown-Ups

1980

as Mandy

6.7

Jack of Spades

Television (57)

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

as Bernice Worden

Grotesquerie

as Nurse Redd

Disclaimer

as Nancy Brigstocke

Moonflower Murders

as Susan Ryeland

Citadel

as Dahlia Archer

Magpie Murders

as Susan Ryeland

Life After Life

as Narrator

Sherwood

as Julie Jackson

Dangerous Liaisons

as Genevieve de Merteuil

6.1

Love Life

2020

as Narrator (voice)

6.9

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

as Susan

World on Fire

as Robina Chase

I Am...

as Maria

Harlots

as Lydia Quigley

The Crown

as Princess Margaret

Mum

as Cathy

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

River

as Chrissie Read

Fleming

as Evelyn Fleming

Mayday

as Gail Spicer

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Law & Order: UK

The Queen

as Margaret Thatcher

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Cranford

as Mrs. Rose

North & South

as Mrs. Maria Hale

Rose and Maloney

Bodily Harm

as Mandy Greenfield

The Cazalets

as Villy Cazalet

Black Cab

as Yvonne

Other People's Children

2000

as Nadine

Loose Women

as Self

Midsomer Murders

as Phoebe Archbold

Holding On

as Hilary

Holding On

as Hilary

Painted Lady

as Susie Peel

Silent Witness

The Bite

as Ellie Shannon

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Lucy Cartwright

Tears Before Bedtime

as Beattie Freeman

Little Napoleons

1994

as Judith Silver

Ain't Misbehavin'

1994

as Melissa Quigley

7.0

Goggle Eyes

1993

as Rosalind Killin

The Mushroom Picker

as Margot

Soldier Soldier

as Rachel Elliot

Performance

as Marlene

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mrs. Lorrimer

Screen Two

as Sue

Bulman

Objects of Affection

as Liz

The Gentle Touch

A Bunch of Fives

as Helen Wyatt

King Cinder

as Nikki

Playhouse

as Mandy

Play for Today

as Vivienne

Coronation Street

as Jill Mason

Marble Hall Murders

as Susan Ryeland

Crew (2)

Movies (1)

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

2022

Executive Producer

7.3

Television (1)

I Am...

2019

Writer

5.5