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Acting
March 12, 1956
Brighton, England, UK
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).

Marquise de Merteuil
2026

Stella
2026

Joan Andrews
2026

Trini Romano
2026

Bernice Worden
2025

Ma Smith
2025

Doctor Cotter
2024

Susan Ryeland
2024

Nancy Brigstocke
2024

Nurse Redd
2024

as Marquise de Merteuil

as Stella

as Joan Andrews

as Trini Romano

as Bernice Worden

as Ma Smith

as Doctor Cotter

as Susan Ryeland

as Nancy Brigstocke

as Nurse Redd

as Annabel Land

as Cynthia

as Dahlia Archer

as Genevieve de Merteuil

as Ada Harris

as Julie Jackson

as The Mother

as Narrator

as Susan Ryeland

as Blanche Weboy

as Susan

as Narrator (voice)

as Dolores Hope

as Joan

as Flittle

as Robina Chase

as Maria

as Herself/Introduced By
as Consultant Psychiatrist

as Cyril Woodcock

as Anthea

as Fiona

as Lydia Quigley

as Narrator (Voice)

as Princess Margaret

as Dr. Nyman

as Self

as Cathy

as Chrissie Read

as Mrs. Maudsley

as Self - Guest

as Herself - Narrator (voice)

as Miss Adderstone
as Self

as Mary Somerville

as Helene Alving

as Flittle

as Evelyn Fleming

as Bea Haddington

as Heather Hartnell

as The Nurse

as Kate Sherman

as Gail Spicer

as Margaret

as Cath

as Mary

as Judith

as Margaret Thatcher

as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

as Self - Guest


as Mrs. Rose

as Jill

as Self

as Sister Antonia

as Sarah

as Mrs. Maria Hale

as Mrs. Wells

as Capt. Annie Sullivan

as Penny

as Mandy Greenfield


as Dora Bruce

as Emma Micawber

as Villy Cazalet
as Nadine

as Yvonne

as Lucy Gilbert

as Self

as Mrs. Allen

as Fiona

as Susie Peel

as Hilary

as Phoebe Archbold
as Joanna

as The Social Worker
as Ellie Shannon

as Beattie Freeman

as Lucy Cartwright

as Judith Silver

as Sophie

as Melissa Quigley
as Rosalind Killin
as Carol
as Margot

as Penny Armitage

as Marlene

as Marlene

as Rachel Elliot

as Rachel Fortune

as Sue Bissell

as Lætitia Boothe-Brain

as Mrs. Lorrimer

as Margy

as Carol

as Judy Tall

as Sally Spencer


as Maryanne

as Sophie

as Jenny Bailey

as Vivienne

as Liz

as Liz

as Self (archive footage)

as Mandy


as Nikki
as Helen Wyatt

as Mandy

as Vivienne

as Jill Mason

as Susan Ryeland