Lesley Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress.
Manville was born and raised in in Brighton, East Sussex, the daughter of a taxi driver.
She began acting as a teenager, appearing in television series such as the soap opera Emmerdale Farm(1974-1976) and King Cinder.
At the end of the seventies she built a career as a distinct actress of theatre, appearing in new plyas at the RSC's Warehouse and Royal Court Theatre. She played Sister Croy in The Sons of Light; Ali in Savage Amusement; Isabel in Trust Us and Lucy in Lucy Page's Lucy. She met Gary Oldman while working at Slone Square.
She is perhaps best known for her acting collaborations with Mike Leigh, which began in 1980 with the BBC play Grown-Ups. She subsequently appeared in the films High Hopes, Secrets & Lies, Topsy Turvy and All or Nothing.
Other film appearances include: Dance with a Stranger, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, High Season and The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael.
Manville has also remained active on television, with credits such as The Gentle Touch, Coronation Street, Bulman, Soldier Soldier, Ain't Misbehavin', Tears Before Bedtime, Kavanagh QC, Holding On, Silent Witness, Real Women and The Cazalets.
She is currently filming The Cranford Chronicles.
Role
Film
Year
Jill
Sparkle
Sarah Carmichael
The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
Mrs. Wells
Vera Drake
Penny
All or Nothing
Lucy Gilbert
Topsy Turvy
Social Worker
Secrets and Lies
Laetitia Boothe-Brain
High Hopes
Carol
High Season
Margy
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Maryanne
Dance with a Stranger
Role
Television Feature or Series
Year
Mrs. Rose
Cranford Chronicles
Sister Antonia
Perfect Parents
Mrs. Lorrimer
Poirot: Cards On The Table
Maria Hale
North & South
[Professor Diane Marquis]]
Rose and Maloney Episode #1.2
Capt. Annie Sullivan
Promoted to Glory
Dora Bruce
Plain Jane
Mandy Greenfield
Bodily Harm
Villy Cazalet
The Cazalets
Mrs. Micawber
David Copperfield
Yvonne
Black Cab Episode: Lost & Found
Fiona
Milk
Karen Turner
Real Women II
Mrs. Allen
Toy Boys
Suzy Franklin
Silent Witness – Fallen Idol
Karen Turner
Real Women
Susie Peel
Painted Lady
Hilary
Holding On
Lucy Cartwright
Kavanagh QC – True Commitment
Ellie Shannon
The Bite
Beattie Freeman
Tears Before Bedtime
Melissa Quigley
Aint’t Misbehavin
Judith Silver
Little Napoleons
Bessie Parkes
A Skirt Through History
Rosalind Killin
Google Eyes
Margot
The Mushroom Picker
?
When The Lies Run Out
Fortune
Soldier Soldier
Bad Girl
Sue
The Firm
Karen Tait
Bullman The Name of the Game
Vivienne
Play for Today – Dog Ends
Liz
Objects of Affection – Our Winnie
Jill Mason
Coronation Street
Mandy
BBC2 Playhouse – Grown-Ups
Shirley Davies
The Gentle Touch – Hammer
Francoise
Wings– Dawn Attack
Nikki
King Cinder
A Bunch of Fives
Janice
The Emigrants
Christine West
Barlow at Large – Protection
Rosemary Kendall
Emmerdale Farm
1974-6
Janet
Pop Goes The Weasel
Role
Play
Theatre
Year
Dol Common
The Alchemist
National Theatre
Pillars of the Community
Lyttelton Theatre
Mrs. Coulter
His Dark Materials
National Theatre
Some Girls
Miss Julie
Miss Julie
Greenwich Theatre
Natasha
Three Sisters (Adrian Noble)
Royal Court
Varya
The Charry Orchard (Sam Mendes)
Aldwych
Sandra
American Bagpipes (Lindsay Posner)
Royal Court
Scilla
Churchill’s Serious Money (Stafford-Clark)
Royal Court
Cécile
Les liaisons dangereuses (Howard Davies)
Pit
High Season(Clare Peploe
Phebe
As You Like It (Adrian Noble)
RST
1985-6
Dolores
The Dead Monkey (Roger Mitchell)
Royal Shakespeare Company
Polya
Gorky’s Philistines
TOP
Liz
Bond’s Saved (Danny Boyle)
Royal Court
Pat
The Pope’s Wedding (Stafford-Clark)
Royal Court
Falkland Sound
Royal Court
Marlene
Top Girls (Caryl Churchill’s)
Royal Court
Sue
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (Andrea Dunbar)
Royal Court
Borderline (Stafford-Clark)
Royal Court
Jen
Fear Of The Dark (Walter Donohue)
Royal Shakespeare Company
Sister Croy
The Sons Of Light (Ron Daniels
RSC - Warehouse
Ali
Savage Amusement (John Caird)
RSC - Warehouse
Isabel
Trust Us (Walter Donohue)
RSC - Warehouse
Lucy
Lucy (Mark Dornford-May)
RSC - Warehouse
Second Student
Who Needs Enemies? (Walter Donohue)
RSC - Warehouse
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