Lesley Manville - Movies, Bio & Filmography

Meet Lesley Manville

★ Acting🎥 68 films📺 57 TV shows📅 1960–2026🔥 2

Also known as: Lesley Ann Manville, Леслі Менвілл, 莱丝利·曼维尔饰, لزلی منویل

Born in Brighton, England, UK

1956-03-12 (age 69)

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).From Wikipedia
Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is a British actress. Known for her performances on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, five British Academy Television Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. 
She has acted in eight of Mike Leigh's films including Grown-Ups (1980), High Hopes (1988), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Another Year (2010), and Mr. Turner (2014). For her role in the Paul Thomas Anderson romance drama Phantom Thread (2017) she was nominated for an Academy Award and British Academy Film Award. She has also acted in the films Dance with a Stranger (1985), High Season (1987), Maleficent (2014), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022), and Queer (2024).
On television, she acted in Emmerdale Farm (1975–1976) and Cranford (2007). She garnered five British Academy Television Award nominations for her roles in River (2015), Mum (2016–19), Sherwood (2022–24), and The Crown (2022–23). She earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in the Netflix historical drama series The Crown. A four-time Laurence Olivier Award nominee, she has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress twice for Ghosts (2014) and Oedipus (2025).
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