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 (14)
Midwinter Break
as Stella
Winter of the Crow
as Joan Andrews
Cold Storage
as Trini Romano
Queer
as Doctor Cotter
Back to Black
as Cynthia
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
as Ada Harris
Let Him Go
as Blanche Weboy
Phantom Thread
as Cyril Woodcock
Mr. Turner
as Mary Somerville
Maleficent
as Flittle
Romeo & Juliet
as The Nurse
Womb
as Judith
Topsy-Turvy
as Lucy Gilbert
Secrets & Lies
as The Social Worker