Lesley Manville

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.

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

Occupation

voice actor / stage actor / film actor / actor

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

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB

Tags

• voice actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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