Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville
Born
Lesley Ann Manville

(1956-03-12) 12 March 1956 (age 68)
Brighton, Sussex, England
Alma materItalia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1972–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1987; div. 1990)
  • (m. 2000; div. 2004)
Children1

Lesley Ann Manville[1] CBE (born 12 March 1956)[2] is an English actress 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), and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022), as well as the television series Emmerdale (1974–1976), Cranford (2007), Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014), River (2015), Mum (2016–2019), and The Crown (2022–2023). She has been nominated for four 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]

  1. ^ Patel, Salina (12 June 2015). "Actress Lelsey Manville appointed OBE in Queen's Birthday Honours list". MyLondon.
  2. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  3. ^ Lewis, Hillary; Nordyke, Kimberly (17 July 2024). "Emmys 2024: List of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

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