Lesley Manville
Acting Born Mar 12, 1956 Brighton, England, UK 24 credits
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).
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Full filmography
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Phoebe Archbold
- The Crown (2016) as Princess Margaret
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Mrs. Lorrimer
- Coronation Street (1960) as Jill Mason
- Silent Witness (1996)
- Play for Today (1970) as Vivienne
- Citadel (2023) as Dahlia Archer
- Screen Two (1985) as Sophie
- Screen Two (1985) as Sue
- Disclaimer (2024) as Nancy Brigstocke
- Maleficent (2014) as Flittle
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025) as Bernice Worden
- Playhouse (1974) as Mandy
- Loose Women (1999) as Self
- Soldier Soldier (1991) as Rachel Elliot
- Soldier Soldier (1991) as Rachel Fortune
- Cold Storage (2026) as Trini Romano
- Law & Order: UK (2009)
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) as Flittle
- Love Life (2020) as Narrator (voice)
- Performance (1991) as Marlene