Lesley Manville

Explore Lesley Manville’s films. Browse credits and ratings, see where to watch, and find your next movie with ReelBot.

Acting

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

• National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2026)
• Midwinter Break (2026)
• Winter of the Crow (2026)
• Cold Storage (2026)
• Mr. Burton (2025)
• Queer (2024)
• The Critic (2024)
• Back to Black (2024)
• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
• Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men (2022)
• Let Him Go (2020)
• Misbehaviour (2020)
• Ordinary Love (2019)
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
• National Theatre Live: LOVE (2018)
• To Provide All People (2018)
• Phantom Thread (2017)
• The Agency (2017)
• Hampstead (2017)
• A Very British Brothel 2 (2017)
• Rupture (2016)
• Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016)
• The Go-Between (2015)
• A Very British Brothel (2015)
• Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015)
• The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014)
• Mr. Turner (2014)
• Ghosts (2014)
• Maleficent (2014)
• The Christmas Candle (2013)
• An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
• Romeo & Juliet (2013)
• A Five Star Life (2013)
• Spike Island (2012)
• Ashes (2012)
• Another Year (2010)
• Womb (2010)
• A Christmas Carol (2009)
• Sparkle (2007)
• Perfect Parents (2006)
• The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2005)
• Vera Drake (2004)
• Promoted to Glory (2003)
• All or Nothing (2002)
• Plain Jane (2002)
• David Copperfield (2001)
• Topsy-Turvy (1999)
• Toy Boys (1999)
• Milk (1999)
• Dual Balls (1997)
• Secrets & Lies (1996)
• O Mary This London (1994)
• A Statement of Affairs (1993)
• Bad Girl (1992)
• Top Girls (1991)
• The Firm (1989)
• High Hopes (1989)
• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
• High Season (1987)
• Christmas Present (1985)
• The Moon Over Soho (1985)
• Dance with a Stranger (1985)
• Angels in the Annexe (1984)
• Dog Ends (1984)
• Our Winnie (1982)
• Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)
• Grown-Ups (1980)
• Jack of Spades
• Untitled 13