Lesley Manville

Age: 70

born March 12, 1956

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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).

Known for

Maleficent

A Christmas Carol

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Phantom Thread

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Lesley Manville

Professor McGonagall

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Madame Pomfrey

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Shachath

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Pat

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Wicked Witch of the West

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Merryweather

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Madam Pomfrey

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Madam Pomfrey

Lesley Manville

Gerri Kellman

Succession as a Period Piece

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Pomfrey

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Pomfrey

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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

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Minerva Mcgonagall

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Merryweather

Sleeping Beauty (2025)

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Wreck-It Ralph 3

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Lady Russell

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Princess Margaret

The Crown

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Fauna

Sleeping Beauty

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Lesley Manville

Mildred

The Evening and the Morning

Mildred

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Cassandra Webb

Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Mrs Musgrove

Persuasion

Mrs Musgrove

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