
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).

Maleficent
2014 · as Flittle

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019 · as Flittle

Cold Storage
2026 · as Trini Romano

Phantom Thread
2017 · as Cyril Woodcock

A Christmas Carol
2009 · as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

Queer
2024 · as Doctor Cotter

Misbehaviour
2020 · as Dolores Hope

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022 · as Ada Harris

Back to Black
2024 · as Cynthia

Romeo & Juliet
2013 · as The Nurse

Let Him Go
2020 · as Blanche Weboy

Womb
2010 · as Judith

All or Nothing
2002 · as Penny

Mr. Burton
2025 · as Ma Smith

Midwinter Break
2026 · as Stella

Mr. Turner
2014 · as Mary Somerville

Secrets & Lies
1996 · as The Social Worker

Another Year
2010 · as Mary