Lesley Manville

Lesley Ann Manville CBE (born 12 March 1956)[2] is an English actress. She is known for her frequent collaborations with director Mike Leigh, with her winning the London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year for the films All or Nothing (2002) and Another Year (2010), and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for the latter.

Lesley Manville

Born
Lesley Ann Manville[1]

(1956-03-12) 12 March 1956
Brighton, Sussex, England
Alma materItalia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1972present
Spouse(s)
(m. 1987; div. 1990)

(m. 2000; div. 2004)
Children1

For her performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's period drama Phantom Thread (2017), she won the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Making her film debut in Dance with a Stranger (1985), her other films include High Season (1987), A Christmas Carol (2009), Maleficent (2014) and its 2019 sequel, and Misbehaviour (2020). Her television roles include Emmerdale Farm (1974–1976), Ain't Misbehavin' (1994), Perfect Parents (2006), Mayday (2013), Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014), and Save Me (2020). She is also a five-time British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominee for Another Year, Mum, River and Phantom Thread.

Manville's extensive stage career includes roles in I and Albert (1972), Chorus Girls (1981), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986), The Alchemist (2006), and The Visit (2020). Nominated for an Olivier Award for Leigh's 2011 play Grief and Richard Eyre's 2018 revival of Long Day's Journey into Night, she won the 2014 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Helene Alving in the 2013 revival of Ghosts.

In July 2020, it was announced that Manville will portray Princess Margaret in seasons five and six of the Netflix series The Crown.

Early life

Manville was born in Brighton, East Sussex, the daughter of Jean, a former ballet dancer, and Ron Manville, a taxi driver.[3][4] She was brought up in nearby Hove, one of three daughters.[5][6] Training as a soprano singer from age 8, she was twice under-18 champion of Sussex.[5] 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.[7]

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.[5][6][7] She made her professional stage debut in the 1972 West End musical I and Albert directed by John Schlesinger and paid for her first flat by taking a part in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale Farm (1974–76), appearing in 80 episodes.[5]

Manville built a career as a distinctive theatre actress, appearing in new plays at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Warehouse and Royal Court Theatre from 1978.[8] She met Mike Leigh in 1979, when he was looking for RSC actors who could improvise.[6] 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 1983. For the RSC, she starred in As You Like It (1985) and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1985–86). She made her film debut in 1985s Dance with a Stranger directed by Mike Newell, and went on to appear 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.[9][10] 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).[11] 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 both, she won the London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year.[12] 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.[13][14] She also won Best Supporting Actress from the San Diego Film Critics Society.[15] On 18 January 2011, she received a BAFTA nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category.[16] 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".[17]

In 2011, Manville starred in Mike Leigh's play Grief at the National Theatre which earned her a Best Actress Olivier Award nomination.[18] 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.[19][20] She also appeared in the films Romeo and Juliet (2013) and Maleficent (2014).

Manville was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours. In the same year, she starred opposite Stellan Skaarsgaard in the BBC drama River, which earned her a nomination for the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress. She then 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.[21]

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.[22]

Manville was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity.[23]

Personal life

Manville's first boyfriend was actor Peter Duncan whom she met at stage school while attending Italia Conti.[24]

Her first husband was actor Gary Oldman. The pair split in 1989, three months after their son, Alfie (born 1988), was born,[6][25] Her second marriage was to Joe Dixon.[6]

In 2007, Manville was living with her son in East Grinstead, West Sussex.[7]

In 2020, she delivered a monologue for the Equity Benevolent Fund to support fellow actors during the COVID-19 pandemic.[26]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985Dance with a StrangerMaryanne
1987Sammy and Rosie Get LaidMargy
1987High SeasonCarol
1988High HopesLaetitia Boothe-Braine
1996Secrets & LiesJenny Ford the Social Worker
1999MilkFiona
1999Topsy-TurvyLucy Gilbert
1999Toy BoysMrs. AllenShort film
2002All or NothingPenny
2004Vera DrakeMrs. Wells
2005The Great Ecstasy of Robert CarmichaelSarah Carmichael
2007Richard Is My BoyfriendMother
2007SparkleJill
2009A Christmas CarolMrs. Cratchit
2010Another YearMary
2010WombJudith
2013Romeo and JulietThe Nurse
2013A Five Star LifeKate Sherman
2013Spike IslandMargaret
2013The Christmas CandleBea Haddington
2014MaleficentFlittle
2014Mr. TurnerMary Somerville
2015Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of HypnotismMiss Adderstone
2016RuptureDr. Nyman
2017HampsteadFiona
2017Phantom ThreadCyril Woodcock
2019Ordinary LoveJoan
2019Maleficent: Mistress of EvilFlittle
2020MisbehaviourDolores Hope
2020Let Him GoBlanche Weboy
TBAMrs. Harris Goes to ParisAda HarrisFilming; Also executive producer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974Village HallMerleEpisode: "Dancing in the Dark"
1974Softly Softly: Task ForceJanetEpisode: "Pop Goes the Weasel"
1974–1976Emmerdale FarmRosemary Kendall48 episodes
1975Barlow at LargeChristine WestEpisode: "Protection"
1976The EmigrantsJanice Parker3 episodes
1977A Bunch of FivesHelen Wyatt14 episodes
1977Leap in the DarkJulieEpisode: "The Fetch"
1977King CinderNikki6 episodes
1978WingsFrancoiseEpisode: "Dawn Attack"
1980The Gentle TouchShirley Davis2 episodes
1980Grown-UpsMandyTelevision film
1982Objects of AffectionLizEpisode: "Our Winnie"
1982Coronation StreetJill Mason2 episodes
1982Our WinnieStudentTelevision short
1984Play for TodayVivienneEpisode: "Dog Ends"
1985BulmanKaren TaitEpisode: "The Name of the Game"
1989The FirmSue BisselTelevision film
1991PerformanceMarleneEpisode: "Top Girls"
1992Soldier SoldierRachel Elliot5 episodes
1993The Mushroom PickerMargot3 episodes
1993A Statement of AffairsCarolEpisode #1.1
1993Goggle-EyesRosalind Killin4 episodes
1993Crime StoryGailEpisode: "When the Lies Run Out"
1994Ain't Misbehavin'Melissa Quigley6 episodes
1994Little NapoleonsJudith Silver4 episodes
1994A Skirt Through HistoryBessie ParkesEpisode: "A Lady's Portion"
1995Tears Before BedtimeBeattie Freman4 episodes
1996The BiteEllie Shannon2 episodes
1996Kavanagh QCLucy CartwrightEpisode: "The Commitment"
1997Holding OnHilary7 episodes
1997Painted LadySusie PeelTelevision film
1998–1999Real WomenKaren7 episodes
1998Silent WitnessSuzy FranklinEpisode: "Fallen Idol"
1999Real Women IIKaren Turner4 episodes
2000Other People's ChildrenNadine2 episodes
2000Black CabYvonneEpisode: "Lost & Found"
2000David CopperfieldMrs. MicawberTelevision film
2001The CazaletsVilly Cazalet6 episodes
2002Bodily HarmMandy Greenfield2 episodes
2002Plain JaneDora BruceTelevision film
2003Promoted to GloryCapt. Annie SullivanTelevision film
2004Rose and MaloneyProfessor Diane Marquis2 episodes
2004North & SouthMaria Hale4 episodes
2005Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs. LorrimerEpisode: "Cards on the Table"
2006Perfect ParentsSister AntoniaTelevision film
2007CranfordMrs. Rose5 episodes
2009–2011Law & Order: UKPhyllis Gladstone3 episodes
2009The QueenMargaret ThatcherEpisode: "The Rivals"
2011Midsomer MurdersPhoebe ArchboldEpisode: "Fit for Murder"
2013An Adventure in Space and TimeHeather HartnellTelevision film
2013MaydayGail Spicer5 episodes
2014FlemingEvelyn St. Croix Fleming4 episodes
2015The Go-BetweenMrs. MaudsleyTelevision film
2015RiverDCI Chrissie Read6 episodes
2016–2019MumCathy18 episodes
2017A Very British BrothelNarratorDocumentary
2017–2019HarlotsLydia Quigley24 episodes
2019World on FireRobina Chase7 episodes
2020Save Me TooJennifer Charles4 episodes
2020Love LifeNarrator (voice)10 episodes
2020Talking HeadsSusanEpisode: "Bed Among the Lentils"
2022The CrownPrincess MargaretSeasons 5 & 6

Theatre

Year Title Role Director Venue
1978Savage AmusementAliJohn CairdRSC - Warehouse
1978The Sons of LightSister CroyRon DanielsRSC - Warehouse
1980Fear of the DarkJenWalter DonohueRoyal Shakespeare Company
1981Chorus GirlsPerformerAdrian ShergoldTheatre Royal, Stratford East
1978Who Needs Enemies?Second StudentWalter DonohueRSC - Warehouse
1981BorderlineSusan, ValerieMax Stafford-ClarkRoyal Court
1981Rita, Sue and Bob TooSueAndrea DunbarRoyal Court Theatre, London
1982Top GirlsPatient GriseldaCaryl ChurchillThe Public Theater, Off-Broadway
1983Falkland SoundPerformerMax Stafford-ClarkRoyal Court Theatre, London
1984The Pope's WeddingPatMax Stafford-ClarkRoyal Court Theatre, London
1984SavedLizDanny BoyleRoyal Court Theatre, London
1985PhilistinesPolyaN/ARoyal Shakespeare Company, London
1985The Dead MonkeyDoloresRoger MichellRoyal Shakespeare Company, London
1985–1986As You Like ItPhebeAdrian NobleRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, London
1986Les Liaisons DangereusesCécileHoward DaviesBarbican Centre, London
1989Serious MoneyScillaMax Stafford-ClarkRoyal Court Theatre, London
1989American BagpipesSandraLindsay PosnerRoyal Court Theatre, London
1989The Cherry OrchardVaryaSam MendesAldwych Theatre, London
1990Three SistersNatashaAdrian NobleRoyal Court Theatre, London
1990Miss JulieMiss JulieN/AGreenwich Theatre
2005Some Girl(s)LindsayDavid GrindleyGielgud Theatre[27]
2005His Dark MaterialsMrs. CoulterNicholas HytnerNational Theatre, London
2006Pillars of the CommunityLonaMarianne ElliottLyttelton, NT, London
2006The AlchemistDol CommonNicholas HytnerNational Theatre, London
2007All About My MotherManuelaTom CairnsThe Old Vic, London
2008Her Naked SkinCelia CainNicholas HytnerNational Theatre
2010Six Degrees of SeparationOuisa KittredgeDavid GrindleyThe Old Vic, London
2011GriefDorothyMike LeighNational Theatre
2013GhostsHelene AlvingRichard EyreAlmeida Theatre, London
2015The IlliadPerformerRupert GouldAlmeida Theatre, London
2015GhostsHelene AlvingRichard EyreBrooklyn Academy of Music
2016Long Day's Journey into NightMary TyroneRichard EyreBristol Old Vic
2018Wyndham's Theatre
Brooklyn Academy of Music
2020The VisitClaire ZachanassianJeremy HerrinNational Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year Project Awards
2001Topsy-TurvyNominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actress
2003All or NothingEvening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress
London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Actress of the Year
2011Another YearLondon 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 Award 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
2016RiverNominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress
2017MumNominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance
2018Phantom ThreadLondon 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
2019MumRoyal Television Society Award for Comedy Performance (Female)
Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance

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