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Lesley Manville

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).

Filmography

2026
Midwinter Break

as Stella

Movie
2026
Cold Storage

as Trini Romano

Movie
2024
Queer

as Doctor Cotter

Movie
2024
Back to Black

as Cynthia

Movie
2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

as Flittle

Movie
2017
Phantom Thread

as Cyril Woodcock

Movie
2014
Maleficent

as Flittle

Movie
2009
A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

Movie
2025
Monster: The Ed Gein Story

as Bernice Worden

TV Show
2016
The Crown

as Princess Margaret

TV Show