Photo: Mark Kari / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Lesley Manville is, to my mind, the gold standard for what a working British actress can become when craft is placed above celebrity. The resume, with its Olivier Awards, a Tony, an Oscar nomination, and a CBE, only confirms what any single scene of hers already tells you: she can shift a room's temperature with a glance. I find her late-career surge especially moving; while the industry obsesses over youth, Manville keeps proving that precision and restraint grow more devastating with age. She never begs for attention onscreen, which is exactly why she commands it. Whenever her name appears in a cast list, I consider the film worth my time on principle.
Overview
Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress. Known for her performances on stage and screen, her accolades include two Laurence Olivier Awards and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, five British Academy Television Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lesley Manville
- Name (Japanese)
- レスリー・マンヴィル
- Reading
- れすりー・まんゔぃる
- Born
- March 12, 1956 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Brighton, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- voice actor / stage actor / film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2003 London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year
- 2010 National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
- 2014 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
- London Film Critics' Circle
- National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
- 2015 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2021 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Voice actor — see all → · Stage actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.