Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville
A member of director Mike Leigh's hardworking repertory cast, British actress Lesley Manville started acting in U.K. television dramas during the early '80s. After her debut feature in 1985 for the crime drama Dance With a Stranger, she found her place in comedy-dramas with Clare Peploe's High Season. The next year, she began her longtime collaboration with Mike Leigh for the comedy High Hopes, followed by Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy. She married actor Gary Oldman and had a son, but the couple divorced soon after they both appeared in the made-for-TV movie The Firm in 1988. She continued to work in British miniseries, TV movies, and short films throughout the '90s, including an appearance as Mrs. Micawber in a TNT version of David Copperfield. Manville finally gained a lead role in Leigh's All or Nothing in 2002, as Penny, a grocery store clerk married to taxi cab driver Phil (frequent Leigh leading man Timothy Spall). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Lesley Manville:
- All or Nothing with Timothy Spall , Alison Garland , James Corden , Ruth Sheen , Marion Bailey , Paul Jesson , Kathryn Hunter , Sally Hawkins , Helen Coker , Daniel Mays , Ben Crompton , Robert Wilfort , Garry McDonald , Diveen Henry , Timothy Bateson , Brian Bovell , Edna Dore , Sam Kelly , Harry J. Lennix , Buddy Uzzaman , Jean Ainslie , Di Botcher , Mark Benton , Joe Tucker , Daniel Ryan , Martin Savage , Leo Bill , Dawn Davis , Matt Bardock , Heather Craney , Alan Williams , Parvez Qadir , Russell Mabey , Thomas Brown-Lowe , Oliver Golding , Henri McCarthy , Ben Wattley , Peter Stockbridge , Michele Austin , Alex Kelly , Peter Yardley , Emma Lowndes , Maxine Peake , Dorothy Atkinson , Georgia Fitch , Tracy O'Flaherty , Valerie Hunkins
- Painted Lady with Helen Mirren , Franco Nero , Iain Glen , Michael Maloney , Iain Cuthbertson , Barry Barnes , Michael Liebman , John Kavanagh , Sally Ann Barber , Grace Boyle , Sam Douglas , Karl Geary , Roland Gift , Peter Gunn , Peter Harkness , Chooi Kheng-Beh , Lorelei King , Gregory McFarnon , Don Paul , Robert Portal , Gabriel Thomson , Judi Trott , Rupert Vansittart , Angus Wright
- The Cazalets with Hugh Bonneville , Stephen Dillane , Paul Rhys , Emma Griffiths-Malin , Catherine Russell , Frederick Treves , Ursula Howells , Anastasia Hille , Penny Downie , Patsy Rowlands , Jacqueline Tong , Anna Chancellor , Florence Hoath , John McArdle , Joanna Page , Alexander Pownall , Claudia Renton , Ben Simpson , Francesa Wicks , Jessica Turner , Nicholas Adsley
- Vera Drake with Imelda Staunton , Philip Davis , Peter Wight , Adrian Scarborough , Heather Craney , Daniel Mays , Alex Kelly , Sally Hawkins , Eddie Marsan , Ruth Sheen , Helen Coker , Martin Savage , Sinead Matthews , Alan Corduner , Lesley Sharp , Jim Broadbent , Fenella Woolgar , Sandra Voe , Liz White , Elizabeth Berrington , Emma Amos , Simon Chandler , Eileen Davies , Tom Ellis , Richard Graham , Nicky Henson , Paul Jesson , Nicholas Jones , Anna Keaveney , Anthony O'Donnell , Judith Scott , Tilly Vosburgh , Jeffrey Wickham , Heather Cameron , Jane Wood , Marion Bailey , Robert Putt , Jake Wood , Wendy Nottingham , Leo Bill , Angela Curran , Sam Troughton , Alan Williams , Tracy O'Flaherty , Chris O'Dowd , Gerard Monaco , Billie Cook , Billy Seymour , Nina Fry , Lauren Holden , Joanna Griffiths , Angie Wallis , Vinette Robinson , Rosie Cavaliero , Lucy Pleasence , Craig Conway , Vincent Franklin , Michael Gunn , Paul Raffield , Philip Childs , Stephan Dunbar , Sid Mitchell
- Secrets and Lies with Brenda Blethyn , Marianne Jean-Baptiste , Phyllis Logan , Timothy Spall , Claire Rushbrook , Ron Cook , Linda Beckett , Brian Bovell , Stephen Churchett , Philip Davis , Terence Harvey , Annie Hayes , Sheila Kelley , Trevor Laird , David Neilson , Anthony O'Donnell , Lucy Sheen , Ruth Sheen , Liz Smith , Alison Steadman , Richard Syms , Jean Ainslie , Rachel Lewis , Peter Waddington , Peter Wight , Gordon Winter , Daniel Smith , Elizabeth Berrington , Lee Ross
- Dance with a Stranger with Miranda Richardson , Rupert Everett , Ian Holm , Matthew Carroll , Tom Chadbon , Jane Bertish , David Troughton , Paul Mooney , Stratford Johns , Charles Cork , Patrick Field , Martin Murphy , Colin Rix , Joanne Whalley , David Beale , Charon Bourke , Sallie-Anne Field , Ian Hurley , Miki Iveria , Michael Jen , Susan Kyd , Tony Mathews , Nicholas McArdle , Lizzie McKenzie , Elizabeth Newell , Alan Thompson , Tracy-Louise Ward
Lesley Manville Trivia
Who did Lesley Manville portray in All or Nothing?
Lesley Manville was Penny Bassett in All or Nothing
Who did Lesley Manville portray in Topsy-Turvy?
Lesley Manville was Lucy Gilbert in Topsy-Turvy
Who did Lesley Manville play in Perfect Parents?
Lesley Manville was Sister Antonia in Perfect Parents
What role did Lesley Manville play in Painted Lady?
Lesley Manville played Susie Peel in Painted Lady
Who did Lesley Manville portray in High Season?
Lesley Manville was Carol Lamb in High Season
Who did Lesley Manville play in Cranford?
Lesley Manville was Mrs. Rose in Cranford
What role did Lesley Manville play in The Cazalets?
Lesley Manville played Villy Cazalet in The Cazalets
What role did Lesley Manville play in Vera Drake?
Lesley Manville played Mrs. Wells in Vera Drake
Who did Lesley Manville portray in Secrets and Lies?
Lesley Manville was Social Worker in Secrets and Lies
Who did Lesley Manville portray in Grown Ups?
Lesley Manville was Mandy in Grown Ups
What role did Lesley Manville play in Dance with a Stranger?
Lesley Manville played Maryanne in Dance with a Stranger
