
Lesley Manville
She has acted in eight of Mike Leigh's films including 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). For her role in the Paul Thomas Anderson romance drama Phantom Thread (2017) she was nominated for an Academy Award and British Academy Film Award. She has also acted in the films Dance with a Stranger (1985), High Season (1987), Maleficent (2014), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022), and Queer (2024).
On television, she acted in Emmerdale Farm (1975–1976) and Cranford (2007). She was BAFTA TV-nominated for her roles in River (2015), Mum (2016–2019), Sherwood (2022–2024), and The Crown (2022–2023), she garnered five nominations. She earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in the Netflix historical drama series The Crown. A four-time Laurence Olivier Award nominee, she has won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress twice for Ghosts (2014) and Oedipus (2025).
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Known For

Citadel

Sherwood

Marble Hall Murders

Grotesquerie

A Bunch of Fives

A Statement of Affairs

A Very British Brothel

Ain't Misbehavin'

Cranford

Dangerous Liaisons

Disclaimer

Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond

Harlots

Life After Life

Little Napoleons

Love Life

Magpie Murders

Mayday

Moonflower Murders

Mum

My Hero

North & South

Painted Lady

Real Women

River

Save Me

The Cazalets

The Crown

World on Fire
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