Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayMar 12, 1956
BiographyLesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) 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 Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Another Year (2010) and Phantom Thread (2017), and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the latter.

On television, Manville has appeared in Emmerdale (1974–1976), Cranford (2007), and Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014). For her roles in River (2015), Mum (2016–2019), Sherwood (2022–2024), and The Crown (2022–2023), she garnered five British Academy Television Award nominations. Her portrayal of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in the latter also earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. A three-time Laurence Olivier Award nominee, Manville has won once for her role in the 2013–2014 revival of the play Ghosts. Her other notable credits include 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 Queer (2024).

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