Lesley Manville

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).
Cast

Back to Black
Cynthia

Secrets & Lies
The Social Worker

Vera Drake
Mrs. Wells

Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
The Mother

All or Nothing
Penny

Dance with a Stranger
Maryanne

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Margy

Cold Storage
Trini Romano

Sparkle
Jill

Milk
Fiona

Another Year
Mary

The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael
Sarah

Topsy-Turvy
Lucy Gilbert

High Hopes
Lætitia Boothe-Brain

Queer
Doctor Cotter

A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

The Firm
Sue Bissell

Midwinter Break
Stella

Romeo & Juliet
The Nurse

Womb
Judith

Maleficent
Flittle

High Season
Carol

Spike Island
Margaret

A Five Star Life
Kate Sherman

An Adventure in Space and Time
Heather Hartnell

Top Girls
Marlene

The Christmas Candle
Bea Haddington

The Critic
Annabel Land

Mr. Turner
Mary Somerville

Ghosts
Helene Alving

Angels in the Annexe
Jenny Bailey

Ashes
Cath
Dual Balls
Joanna

Winter of the Crow
Joan Andrews

Mr. Burton
Ma Smith

Rupture
Dr. Nyman

Grown-Ups
Mandy

The Go-Between
Mrs. Maudsley

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Miss Adderstone

A Very British Brothel
Herself - Narrator (voice)

Perfect Parents
Sister Antonia

A Very British Brothel 2
Narrator (Voice)

The Moon Over Soho
Sally Spencer

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self

Promoted to Glory
Capt. Annie Sullivan

Phantom Thread
Cyril Woodcock

Hampstead
Fiona

Dog Ends
Vivienne

Christmas Present
Judy Tall
To Provide All People
Consultant Psychiatrist

LOVE
Herself/Introduced By

Misbehaviour
Dolores Hope

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Flittle

Ordinary Love
Joan

The Agency
Anthea

Let Him Go
Blanche Weboy

Plain Jane
Dora Bruce

David Copperfield
Emma Micawber
A Statement of Affairs
Carol

O Mary This London
Sophie

Toy Boys
Mrs. Allen

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Ada Harris

Bad Girl
Penny Armitage

Our Winnie
Liz

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self

Jack of Spades
Unknown

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Marquise de Merteuil