Lesley Manville

Acting · Born 1956-03-12 in Brighton, England, UK

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 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).

Filmography

• Back to Black as Cynthia
• Secrets & Lies as The Social Worker
• Vera Drake as Mrs. Wells
• Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men as The Mother
• All or Nothing as Penny
• Dance with a Stranger as Maryanne
• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Margy
• Cold Storage as Trini Romano
• Sparkle as Jill
• Milk as Fiona