Lesley Manville
Year Title Role Director Venue
1978 Savage Amusement Ali John Caird RSC - Warehouse
1978 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
1981 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
1984 Saved Liz Danny Boyle Royal Court Theatre , London
1985 Philistines Polya N/A Royal Shakespeare Company , London
1985 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
1989 American Bagpipes Sandra Lindsay Posner Royal Court Theatre , London
1989 The Cherry Orchard Varya Sam Mendes Aldwych Theatre , London
1990 Three Sisters Natasha Adrian Noble Royal Court Theatre , London
1990 Miss Julie Miss Julie N/A Greenwich Theatre
Theatre
Lesley Ann Manville OBE (born 12 March 1956) 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 Leigh's All or Nothing (2002) and Another Year (2010), and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for the latter film. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Phantom Thread (2017). Other film roles include Maleficent (2014) and its 2019 sequel, as well as Ordinary Love. Manville's extensive stage career includes roles in As You Like It (1985), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986), His Dark Materials (2005), The Alchemist (2006), All About My Mother (2007) and Six Degrees of Separation (2010). Nominated for an Olivier Award for her role in Leigh's 2011 play Grief, she won the 2014 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role in the 2013 revival of Ghosts. She is also a four-time BAFTA Award nominee, including for her role in the sitcom Mum (2016-2019).