2014Nominee
Best Performance
Maleficent
Lesley Manville
Actor · Producer
Brighton, England, UK
March 12, 1956
Biography
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2019Nominee
Best Performance
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2026Nominee
Best Performance
Cold Storage
Career Highlights
2009Highlight
Best Performance
A Christmas Carol
2017Highlight
Best Performance
Phantom Thread
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Maleficent
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Cold Storage