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Lesley Manville

Born: 1956-03-12

From: Brighton, England, UK

About: 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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Back to Black
Cynthia
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Secrets & Lies
The Social Worker
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Vera Drake
Mrs. Wells
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Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
The Mother
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All or Nothing
Penny
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Dance with a Stranger
Maryanne
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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Margy
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Cold Storage
Trini Romano
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Sparkle
Jill
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Milk
Fiona
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Another Year
Mary
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The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
Sarah
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Topsy-Turvy
Lucy Gilbert
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High Hopes
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
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Queer
Doctor Cotter
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A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
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The Firm
Sue Bissell
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Midwinter Break
Stella
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Romeo & Juliet
The Nurse
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Womb
Judith
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Maleficent
Flittle
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High Season
Carol
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Spike Island
Margaret
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A Five Star Life
Kate Sherman
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An Adventure in Space and Time
Heather Hartnell
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Top Girls
Marlene
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The Christmas Candle
Bea Haddington
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The Critic
Annabel Land
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Mr. Turner
Mary Somerville
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Ghosts
Helene Alving
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Angels in the Annexe
Jenny Bailey
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Ashes
Cath
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Dual Balls
Joanna
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Winter of the Crow
Joan Andrews
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Mr. Burton
Ma Smith
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Rupture
Dr. Nyman
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Grown-Ups
Mandy
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The Go-Between
Mrs. Maudsley
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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
Miss Adderstone
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A Very British Brothel
Herself - Narrator (voice)
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Perfect Parents
Sister Antonia
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A Very British Brothel 2
Narrator (Voice)
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The Moon Over Soho
Sally Spencer
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)
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The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self
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Promoted to Glory
Capt. Annie Sullivan
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Phantom Thread
Cyril Woodcock
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Hampstead
Fiona
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Dog Ends
Vivienne
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Christmas Present
Judy Tall
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To Provide All People
Consultant Psychiatrist
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National Theatre Live: LOVE
Herself/Introduced By
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Misbehaviour
Dolores Hope
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Flittle
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Ordinary Love
Joan
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The Agency
Anthea
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Let Him Go
Blanche Weboy
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Plain Jane
Dora Bruce
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David Copperfield
Emma Micawber
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A Statement of Affairs
Carol
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O Mary This London
Sophie
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Toy Boys
Mrs. Allen
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Ada Harris
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Bad Girl
Penny Armitage
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Our Winnie
Liz
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
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Jack of Spades
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National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Marquise de Merteuil
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