Lesley Manville
☼ Born on 12 December 1956, in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
BiographyLesley 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 the Disney fantasy 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). She was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire at the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to drama. She was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire at the 2021 Queen's New Years Honours for her services to drama and to charity.
In the role of actor
The Critic – TIFF 2023 (16/09/2023)
A veteran theatre critic concocts a blackmail scheme involving a young starlet in The Critic. Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen) is the longtime drama critic for The Daily Chronicle, recently inherited by David Brooke (Mark Strong). David wants to restore The Chronicle to being London’s most-read family newspaper and earmarks Jimmy for the chopping block, both […]
Phantom Thread (05/01/2018)
A famous tailor finds his world thrown out of order when he falls a young woman in Phantom Thread. Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a famous dressmaker in 1950s London, who lives his life to a strict routine, with the help of his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville). On day, Reynolds meets a young waitress named Alma […]