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