Lesley Manville

Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress known for her collaborations with filmmaker Mike Leigh. She has appeared in numerous 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). Manville received nominations for two British Academy Film Awards and an Academy Award for her performances in Another Year (2010) and Phantom Thread (2017). She also appeared in A Christmas Carol (2009), Maleficent (2014), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Let Him Go (2020), and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022). On television, Manville has been seen in Emmerdale (1974–1976), Cranford (2007), Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014), River (2015), and Mum (2016–2019).