Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville CBE
Manville at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Lesley Ann Manville (1956-03-12) 12 March 1956 (age 68) Brighton, Sussex, England
Alma mater	Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1972–present
Spouses	Gary Oldman ​ ​ (m. 1987;div. 1990)​ Joe Dixon ​ ​ (m. 2000;div. 2004)​
Children	1

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.

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

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

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]

In 2024 she played Jocasta in Oedipus at Wyndham's Theatre, directed by Robert Icke. ^[36]

Personal life

Manville's first boyfriend was actor and former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan whom she met at stage school while attending Italia Conti. ^[37]

Her first husband was actor Gary Oldman. The pair split in 1989, three months after their son, Alfie (b. 1988), was born. ^{[7] [38]} 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. ^[39]

In 2020, she delivered a monologue for the Equity Benevolent Fund to support fellow actors during the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[40]

Manville was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to drama, ^[41] and promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity. ^{[42] [43]}

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. ^[39]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

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	[44]
2024	Back to Black	Cynthia Levy	[35]
	Queer	Dr. Cotter	[45]
TBD	Winter of the Crow †	Dr. Joan Andrews	Post-production [46]
	Cold Storage †		Post-production
	Mr Burton †	Ma Smith	Post-production

Television

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" [47]
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 [48]
	Who Do You Think You Are?	Herself	Series 20; Episode 9: "Lesley Manville" [49]
2024	Disclaimer	Nancy Brigstocke	Mini-series; Episodes 1–7 [50] [51]
	Moonflower Murders	Susan Ryeland	Episodes 1–6 [52]
	Grotesquerie	Nurse Redd	Episodes 1–10

Theatre

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 [53]
	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

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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External links

• Lesley Manville at IMDb
• Interview with The Independent , 2010