Lesley Manville
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PERSONAL DATA OF LESLEY MANVILLE
Age: 65 years old
Born in: Brighton, Great Britain
Born on: 12/03/1956
BIOGRAPHY OF LESLEY MANVILLE
Lesley Manville is born in Brighton on March 12, 1956, but grew up in Hove, where she began studying soprano singing, doubling as Sussex under 18 champion. During his adolescence he accompanied his passion for singing with that of acting and at 15 he obtained a place in the Italia Conti Academy, where he learned the art of improvisation. He began his career with the theater, distinguishing himself on the stage and taking part in some soap, until 1985 when he made his debut in the cinema with Dancing with a stranger (1985) by Mike Newell in a secondary role, which begins to place it in the public eye.
Almost ten years after the meeting between the British actress and Mike Leigh on stage, their cinematographic partnership begins, in fact from 1988 to 2010 Manville will participate exclusively in films directed by Leigh, among which we remember his major masterpieces: Secrets and lies (1996), Vera Drake’s secret (2004) and Another Year (2010). She detaches herself from her mentor to be directed by Benedek Fliegauf in dramatic sci-fi Womb (2010), next to Evan Green is Matt Smith. In the meantime, he also approaches the world of TV series with the miniseries North and South (2004), to be followed by others, and to the universe of dubbing, voicing Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (2009) directed by Robert Zemeckis.
In 2013 he plays a supporting role in Italian I travel alone, where it reads with Margherita Buy is Stefano Accorsi in the part of an English anthropologist. In the same year he took part in Romeo and Juliet (2013) of Carlo Carlei like the nurse of the Shakespearean protagonist. He later appears in the Disney remake Maleficent (2014) as the fairy Fiorina and returns to be directed by Mike Leigh in Turner (2014) in the role of British mathematics Mary Somerville. 2017 sees her as a secondary character in The hidden thread, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson; film which, in addition to receiving a Oscar nomination 2018 for Best Picture, it allowed the actress to win one nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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THE LATEST FILMS BY LESLEY MANVILLE
The Contest (Misbehavior)
Role: Actress
Year: 2020
One of Us (Let Him Go)
Role: Actress
Year: 2020
Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil)
Role: Actress
Year: 2019
Appointment at the park (Hampstead)
Role: Actress
Year: 2017 Go to the complete Filmography
THE MOST RECURRING GENRES OF LESLEY MANVILLE
Drama: 43% Comedy: 13% Fantasy: 10% Thriller: 6%
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RECENT ROLES PLAYED BY LESLEY MANVILLE
| Movie | Role |
|---|---|
Competition | Dolores Hope |
One of us | Blanche Weboy |
Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil | Flittle |
Appointment at the park | Fiona |
The hidden thread | Cyril |
Rupture | Dr. Nyman |
Maleficent | Flittle |
Turner | Mary Somerville |
I travel alone | Kate Sherman |
Another Year | Mary |
Womb | Judith |
THE GREAT ECSTASY OF ROBERT CARMICHAEL | Sarah Carmichael |
ALL OR NOTHING | Penny |
