Lesley Ann Manville[1] (born 12 March 1956)[2] is an English actress. She is known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films Grown-Ups (1980), High Hopes (1988), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Another Year (2010), and Mr. Turner (2014). She has been nominated for two British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Another Year (2010) and Phantom Thread (2017), with her performance in the latter earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Lesley Manville
Born
Lesley Ann Manville

(1956-03-12) 12 March 1956 (age 68)
Brighton, Sussex, England
Alma materItalia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1972–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1987; div. 1990)
  • (m. 2000; div. 2004)
Children1

Manville has also appeared in the films Dance with a Stranger (1985), A Christmas Carol (2009), Maleficent (2014), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Let Him Go (2020), Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022), and Luca Guadagnino's Queer (2024), as well as the television series Emmerdale (1974–1976), Cranford (2007), Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014), River (2015), Mum (2016–2019), Sherwood (2022–2024), and The Crown (2022–2023). She has been nominated for five British Academy Television Awards for the lattermost. A three-time Laurence Olivier Award nominee, she has won once for her role in the 2013–2014 revival of the play Ghosts. Her performance as Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in the television series The Crown earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.[3]

Early life

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Manville was born in Brighton, East Sussex, the daughter of Norma (known as Jean), a former ballet dancer, and Ron Manville, a taxi driver.[4][5] She was brought up in nearby Hove, the youngest of three daughters.[6][7] Training as a soprano singer from age 8, she was twice under-18 champion of Sussex.[6] She began acting as a teenager, appearing in television series such as King Cinder. At age 15, she gained a place at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.[8]

Career

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After turning down teacher Arlene Phillips's invitation to join her new dance troupe Hot Gossip, she was taught improvisation by Italia Conti teacher Julia Carey.[6][7][8] She made her professional stage debut in the 1972 West End musical I and Albert directed by John Schlesinger. She paid for her first flat by landing a part in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale Farm (1974–76), in which she appeared in 80 episodes.[6]

Manville built a career as a distinctive theatre actress; from 1978 she appeared in new plays at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Warehouse and Royal Court Theatre.[9] She met Mike Leigh in 1979, when he was looking for RSC actors who could improvise.[7]

In the 1980s, her work for the Royal Court included Andrea Dunbar's Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1981) and Caryl Churchill's Top Girls (1982), and Serious Money (1987). She also starred in the Top Girls Off-Broadway production in the US in 1983. For the RSC, she starred in As You Like It (1985) and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1985–86).

She made her film debut in 1985 with Dance with a Stranger, directed by Mike Newell, and telling the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. She also appeared in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) directed by Stephen Frears, and High Season (1987). Back on the stage, she starred in The Cherry Orchard at the Aldwych Theatre in 1989, directed by Sam Mendes, and in Three Sisters at the Royal Court in 1990.

In 1994, Manville starred in the first series of the BBC sitcom Ain't Misbehavin'. For her work in the 2000 miniseries Other People's Children, and the 2002 TV film Bodily Harm, she received nominations for Best Female Actor at the Royal Television Society Awards.[10][11]

Her extensive television credits include prominent roles in the dramas Holding On (1997), Real Women (1998–99), The Cazalets (2001), North & South (2004) and Cranford (2007).[12] She also starred in Cards on the Table, a 2006 feature-length episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot.

Since 2005, Manville has starred in several National Theatre productions, including His Dark Materials (2005), The Alchemist (2006), and Her Naked Skin (2008). She also starred in The Old Vic productions of All About My Mother (2007) and Six Degrees of Separation (2010). In 2009, she played Margaret Thatcher in the Channel 4 drama The Queen.

Manville has appeared in numerous Mike Leigh films throughout her career, including High Hopes (1988), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Vera Drake (2004) and Mr. Turner (2014). Her most notable Mike Leigh films are All or Nothing in 2002 and Another Year in 2010. For each, she won the London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year.[13]

For Another Year, she also won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and the European Film Award for Best Actress, as well as the Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Actress.[14][15] She won Best Supporting Actress from the San Diego Film Critics Society.[16] On 18 January 2011, she received a BAFTA nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category.[17] On 7 February 2011, former Charlie's Angels stars Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd presented the Best Actress Award to her at the "Movies for Grownups Awards".[18]

In 2011, Manville starred in Mike Leigh's play Grief at the National Theatre, which earned her a Best Actress Olivier Award nomination.[19] For her role as Helene Alving in the 2013 revival of the Ibsen play Ghosts, she won the 2014 Olivier Award for Best Actress and the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress.[20][21] She also appeared in the films Romeo and Juliet (2013) and Maleficent (2014).

In 2015, she starred opposite Stellan Skarsgård in the BBC drama River, which earned her a nomination for the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress. She starred opposite Peter Mullan in the BBC sitcom Mum, for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2017 and 2019.[22] In 2017, Manville played Lydia Quigley, the ruthless madam of a posh brothel with clients from the judiciary, nobility, and upper echelons of Georgian society, in the BBC series Harlots.

In the 2017 period film Phantom Thread, Manville played Cyril Woodcock, the sister of the dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock, played by Daniel Day-Lewis. For her role, she was nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress.[23] In 2020, she played the villainous and intimidating matriarch of an 'off the grid' family in the neo-western thriller Let Him Go, opposite Diane Lane and Kevin Costner. During that year, she was cast as Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon for the final two seasons of The Crown.[24][25][26][27]

Manville was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity.[28]

In 2022, Manville starred in the Anthony Horowitz murder mystery series, Magpie Murders,[29] alongside Daniel Mays, Alexandros Logothetis, Jude Hill, and Claire Rushbrook.[30][31][32][33] Manville also played the role of the titular character in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. She received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her performance in this film.[34]

In January 2023, it was announced that Manville was added to the cast of the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black (2024) and would be playing Winehouse's grandmother Cynthia Winehouse.[35]

Personal life

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Manville's first boyfriend was actor and former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan whom she met at stage school while attending Italia Conti.[36]

Her first husband was actor Gary Oldman. The pair split in 1989, three months after their son, Alfie (b. 1988), was born.[7][37] Her second marriage was to actor Joe Dixon.[7] In 2007, Manville was living with her son in East Grinstead, West Sussex.[8]

Manville's sister Brenda, nine years her senior, died of a brain tumour. Her sister's husband and two daughters died of Huntington's disease.[38]

In 2020, she delivered a monologue for the Equity Benevolent Fund to support fellow actors during the COVID-19 pandemic.[39]

Manville was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to drama,[40] and promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity.[41][42]

In February 2024, she was the guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, where her choices included "Over the Rainbow" recorded by Eva Cassidy, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" recorded by Dusty Springfield and "Make You Feel My Love" recorded by Adele.[38]

Filmography

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Key
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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Dance with a Stranger Maryanne
Christmas Present Judy Tall
1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Margy
High Season Carol
1988 High Hopes Lætitia Boothe-Braine
1996 Secrets & Lies Jenny Ford the Social Worker
1997 Dual Balls Joanna Short film
1999 Milk Fiona
Topsy-Turvy Lucy Gilbert (Kitty)
Toy Boys Mrs. Allen Short film
2002 All or Nothing Penny
2004 Vera Drake Mrs. Wells
2005 The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael Sarah Carmichael
2007 Richard Is My Boyfriend Mother
Sparkle Jill
2008 The Escort Lesley Short film
2009 A Christmas Carol Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
Suicide Man Councillor Deakins Short film
2010 Another Year Mary
Womb Judith Retitled Clone for its UK DVD release
2012 Spike Island Margaret Titchfield
Ashes Cath
2013 Romeo & Juliet The Nurse
A Five Star Life Kate Sherman
The Christmas Candle Bea Haddington
2014 Ghosts Helene Alving
Maleficent Flittle
Mr. Turner Mary Somerville
2015 Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism Miss Adderstone
2016 Domestic Policy Short film
Rupture Dr. Nyman
2017 Hampstead Fiona
The Agency Anthea Short film
Phantom Thread Cyril Woodcock
2019 Ordinary Love Joan
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Flittle
2020 Misbehaviour Dolores Hope
Let Him Go Blanche Weboy
2021 Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men The Mother
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Ada Harris Also executive producer
2023 The Critic Annabel Land [43]
2024 Back to Black Cynthia Levy [35]
Queer Dr. Cotter [44]
TBD Winter of the Crow Dr. Joan Andrews Post-production[45]
Cold Storage Post-production
Mr Burton Ma Smith Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1974 Village Hall Merle Episode 6: "Dancing in the Dark"
Softly, Softly: Task Force Janet Series 6; Episode 5: "Pop Goes the Weasel"
1975 Barlow Christine West Series 4; Episode 8: "Protection"
1975–1976 Emmerdale Farm Rosemary Kendall 79 episodes
1976 The Emigrants Janice Parker Episodes 1–3
1977 Leap in the Dark Julie Series 3; Episode 2: "The Fetch"
King Cinder Nikki Episodes 1–6
1977–1978 A Bunch of Fives Helen Wyatt Series 1 & 2; 14 episodes
1978 Wings Francoise Series 2; Episode 6: "Dawn Attack"
General Hospital Tina Butler Series 5; Episode 10: "Blood and Water"
1980 The Gentle Touch Shirley Davis Series 2; Episodes 5 & 7: "Hammer" and "Loyalties"
BBC2 Playhouse Mandy Series 7; Episode 5: "Grown-Ups"
1982 Objects of Affection Liz Episode 1: "Our Winnie"
Coronation Street Jill Mason 4 episodes
1983 Give Us a Break Alma Episode 5: "One Good Stroke Deserves Another"
1984 Sharing Time June Episode 4: "High Hopes"
Play for Today Vivienne Series 14; Episode 10: "Dog Ends"
Angels in the Annexe Jenny Bailey Television film
1985 Doctors' Dilemmas Jessica Schofield Series 2; Episode 4: "You Want Me to Be Dirty and Fat"
Bulman Karen Tait Series 1; Episode 5: "The Name of the Game"
The Moon Over Soho Sally Spencer Television film
1989 Screen Two Sue Bissel Series 5; Episode 8: "The Firm"
1991 Performance Marlene Series 1; Episode 5: "Top Girls"
1992 ScreenPlay Penny Armitage Series 7; Episode 3: "Bad Girl"
Soldier Soldier Rachel Elliot (later Fortune) Series 2; 5 episodes
1993 The Mushroom Picker Margot Mini-series; Episodes 1–3
A Statement of Affairs Carol Mini-series; Episode 1
Goggle-Eyes Rosalind Killin Mini-series; Episodes 1–4
Crime Story Gail Series 2; Episode 2: "When the Lies Run Out: The Ian Spiro Story"
1994 Screen Two Sophie Series 10; Episode 5: "O Mary This London"
Ain't Misbehavin' Melissa Quigley Series 1; Episodes 1–6
Little Napoleons Judith Silver Mini-series; Episodes 1–4
A Skirt Through History Bessie Parkes Episode 2: "A Lady's Portion"
1995 Tears Before Bedtime Beattie Freeman Episodes 1–4
1996 The Bite Ellie Shannon Mini-series; Episodes 1 & 2
Kavanagh QC Lucy Cartwright Series 2; Episode 1: "The Commitment"
1997 Holding On Hilary Mini-series; Episodes 2–8
Painted Lady Susie Peel Television film
1998 Silent Witness Suzy Franklin Series 3; Episodes 3 & 4: "Fallen Idol: Parts 1 & 2"
1998–1999 Real Women Karen Turner Series 1 & 2; 7 episodes
2000 Other People's Children Nadine Episodes 2 & 3
Black Cab Yvonne Episode 2: "Lost & Found"
David Copperfield Mrs. Micawber Television film
2001 The Cazalets Villy Cazalet Episodes 1–6
2002 Bodily Harm Mandy Greenfield Mini-series; Episodes 1 & 2
Plain Jane Dora Bruce Television film
2003 Promoted to Glory Capt. Annie Sullivan Television film
2004 Rose and Maloney Professor Diane Marquis Series 2; Episodes 3 & 4: "Katie Phelan: Parts 1 & 2"
North & South Maria Hale Mini-series; Episodes 1–3
2005 Agatha Christie's Poirot Mrs. Lorrimer Series 10; Episode 2: "Cards on the Table"
2006 Perfect Parents Sister Antonia Television film
2007 Richard Is My Boyfriend Michelle Television film
Cranford Mrs. Rose Series 1; Episodes 1–5
2009 The Queen Margaret Thatcher Episode 3: "The Rivals"
2009, 2011 Law & Order: UK Phyllis Gladstone Series 1; Episodes 3 & 7, and Series 5; Episode 4
2010 Playhouse: Live Meryl Episode 2: "Ghost Story"
2011 Midsomer Murders Phoebe Archbold Series 13; Episode 8: "Fit for Murder"
2013 An Adventure in Space and Time Heather Hartnell Television film
Mayday Gail Spicer Mini-series; Episodes 1–5
My Hero Herself - Narrator Episodes 1–3
2014 Fleming Evelyn St. Croix Fleming Mini-series; Episodes 1–4
2015 Timeshift Herself - Narrator Series 15; Episode 2: "A Very British Map: The Ordnance Survey Story"
The Go-Between Mrs. Maudsley Television film
River DCI Chrissie Read Mini-series; Episodes 1–6
A Very British Brothel Herself - Narrator Television documentary film
2015–2016 CBeebies Bedtime Stories Herself - Storyteller 5 episodes
2016–2019 Mum Cathy Main role. Series 1–3; 18 episodes
2017–2019 Harlots Lydia Quigley Series 1–3; 24 episodes
2018 To Provide All People Consultant Psychiatrist Television film
2019–2023 World on Fire Robina Chase Series 1 & 2; 13 episodes
2020 Save Me Too Jennifer Charles Series 2; Episodes 1–4
Love Life Herself - Narrator Series 1; Episodes 1–10
Talking Heads 3 Susan Episode 8: "Bed Among the Lentils"
2021 I Am... Maria Series 2; Episode 3: "I Am Maria"
2022 Magpie Murders Susan Ryeland Episodes 1–6 (also executive producer)
Life After Life Herself - Narrator Episodes 1–4
Dangerous Liaisons Genevieve de Merteuil Episodes 1 & 2: "Love or War" and "Conquer of Die"[46]
2022–2023 The Crown Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon Series 5 & 6; 17 episodes
2022–2024 Sherwood Julie Jackson Series 1 & 2; 11 episodes
2023 Citadel Dahlia Archer Series 1; Episodes 1–6[47]
Who Do You Think You Are? Herself Series 20; Episode 9: "Lesley Manville"[48]
2024 Disclaimer Nancy Brigstocke Mini-series; Episodes 1–7[49][50]
Moonflower Murders Susan Ryeland Episodes 1–6[51]
Grotesquerie Nurse Redd Episodes 1–10

Theatre

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Year Title Role Director Venue
1978 Savage Amusement Ali John Caird RSC – Warehouse
The Sons of Light Sister Croy Ron Daniels RSC – Warehouse
1980 Fear of the Dark Jen Walter Donohue Royal Shakespeare Company
1981 Chorus Girls Performer Adrian Shergold Theatre Royal, Stratford East
1978 Who Needs Enemies? Second Student Walter Donohue RSC – Warehouse
1981 Borderline Susan, Valerie Max Stafford-Clark Royal Court
Rita, Sue and Bob Too Sue Andrea Dunbar Royal Court Theatre, London
1982 Top Girls Patient Griselda Caryl Churchill The Public Theater, Off-Broadway
1983 Falkland Sound Performer Max Stafford-Clark Royal Court Theatre, London
1984 The Pope's Wedding Pat Max Stafford-Clark Royal Court Theatre, London
Saved Liz Danny Boyle Royal Court Theatre, London
1985 Philistines Polya Royal Shakespeare Company, London
The Dead Monkey Dolores Roger Michell Royal Shakespeare Company, London
1985–1986 As You Like It Phebe Adrian Noble Royal Shakespeare Theatre, London
1986 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Cécile Howard Davies Barbican Centre, London
1989 Serious Money Scilla Max Stafford-Clark Royal Court Theatre, London
American Bagpipes Sandra Lindsay Posner Royal Court Theatre, London
The Cherry Orchard Varya Sam Mendes Aldwych Theatre, London
1990 Three Sisters Natasha Adrian Noble Royal Court Theatre, London
Miss Julie Miss Julie Greenwich Theatre
2005 Some Girl(s) Lindsay David Grindley Gielgud Theatre[52]
His Dark Materials Mrs. Coulter Nicholas Hytner National Theatre, London
2006 Pillars of the Community Lona Marianne Elliott Lyttelton, NT, London
The Alchemist Dol Common Nicholas Hytner National Theatre, London
2007 All About My Mother Manuela Tom Cairns The Old Vic, London
2008 Her Naked Skin Celia Cain Nicholas Hytner National Theatre, London
2010 Six Degrees of Separation Ouisa Kittredge David Grindley The Old Vic, London
2011 Grief Dorothy Mike Leigh National Theatre, London
2013 Ghosts Helene Alving Richard Eyre Almeida Theatre, London
2015 The Illiad Performer Rupert Gould Almeida Theatre, London
Ghosts Helene Alving Richard Eyre Brooklyn Academy of Music
2016 Long Day's Journey into Night Mary Tyrone Richard Eyre Bristol Old Vic
2018 Wyndham's Theatre
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
2020 The Visit Claire Zachanassian Jeremy Herrin National Theatre, London
2024 Oedipus Jocasta Robert Icke Wyndham’s theatre, London

Awards and nominations

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Year Project Awards
2001 Topsy-Turvy Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actress
2003 All or Nothing Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress
London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Actress of the Year
2011 Another Year London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Actress of the Year
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress (3rd place)
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuoso Award
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated—BIFA for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Performance
2016 River Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress
2017 Mum Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance
2018 Phantom Thread London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
2019 Mum Royal Television Society Award for Comedy Performance (Female)
Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance
2023 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
The Crown Nominated—SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Sherwood Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress
2024 The Crown Nominated—SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

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