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Lesley Manville
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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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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).
Known For
Midsomer Murders
The Graham Norton Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Performance
Law & Order: UK
Silent Witness
Coronation Street
Barlow
I Am...
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
A Christmas Carol
LOVE
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Spike Island
Cranford
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Secrets & Lies
Citadel
Life After Life
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Grotesquerie
Tears Before Bedtime
Fleming
Cold Storage
Maleficent
The Go-Between
Mayday
The Crown
World on Fire
Mr. Turner
An Adventure in Space and Time
River
Let Him Go
Ain't Misbehavin'
Harlots
Back to Black
Queer
Sherwood
The Moon Over Soho
Phantom Thread
Grown-Ups
Womb
Disclaimer
Love Life
Ordinary Love
O Mary This London
All or Nothing
The Firm
Other People's Children
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Moonflower Murders
Midwinter Break
The Cazalets
Magpie Murders
Marble Hall Murders
Production Credits
I Am...
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
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