Lesley Manville

Award-winning British Actor, Lesley Manville has had an expansive career to date, across both screen and stage. Lesley appeared on our screens in the sixth and final series of Netflix’s critically acclaimed series, The Crown – reprising her role of Princess Margaret. Lesley also starred in Sam Taylor Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic, Back To Black, for StudioCanal. Upcoming projects include Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, opposite Daniel Craig, Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer for Apple and Cold Storage, alongside Liam Neeson. In addition, Lesley stars in The Critic, alongside Ian McKellen and Gemma Arterton.

Lesley recently appeared as the villainous Dahlia Archer in Citadel for Prime Video, alongside Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra. Notable television credits include Mum (RTS Best Female Comedy Performance and two BAFTA nominations for Best Female Performance in a Comedy) and the BBC’s Sherwood, for which Lesley received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at this year’s BAFTA Awards. The series has been announced for a second season, which will air later this year.

Notable roles in film include Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread (Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by An Actress in a Supporting Role, BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress), the titular role as Mrs Harris in Mrs Harris Goes To Paris for Focus Features (which earnt Lesley a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress) Let Him Go, Ordinary Love, Misbehaviour.

On stage, Lesley’s theatre credits include Oedipus (Wyndham’s Theatre), Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress), Ghosts (Olivier Award for Best Actress and Critics Circle Best Actress Award), Grief (Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress), Three Sisters (Clarence Derwent Award) and The Visit. Further credits include, Six Degrees Of Separation and All About My Mother at the Old Vic Theatre and Some Girls and The Cherry Orchard in the West End.