Lesley Manville
British actress (born 1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lesley Ann Manville[1] CBE (born 12 March 1956)[2] is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films Grown-Ups (1980), High Hopes (1988), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Another Year (2010), and Mr. Turner (2014). She has been nominated for two British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Another Year (2010) and Phantom Thread (2017), with her performance in the latter earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Born | Lesley Ann Manville (1956-03-12) 12 March 1956 (age 68) Brighton, East Sussex, England |
Alma mater | Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1972–present |
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Children | 1 |
Manville has also appeared in the films Dance with a Stranger (1985), A Christmas Carol (2009), Maleficent (2014), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Let Him Go (2020), and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022), as well as the television series Emmerdale (1974–1976), Cranford (2007), Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014), River (2015), and Mum (2016–2019). She has been nominated for three British Academy Television Awards for the lattermost. A three-time Laurence Olivier Award nominee, she has won once for her role in the 2013–2014 revival of the play Ghosts. She portrayed Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in the final two seasons of the television series The Crown.[3][4]