Lesley Manville

Also known as Lesley Ann Manville

British actress (born 1956)

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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…

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Cold Storage — Trini Romano2026
Midwinter Break — Stella2026
Winter of the Crow — Joan Andrews2026
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses — Marquise de Merteuil2026
Mr. Burton — Ma Smith2025
Monster: The Ed Gein Story — Bernice Worden2025
Back to Black — Cynthia2024
Queer — Doctor Cotter2024
The Critic — Annabel Land

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Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English 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, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony 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).