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Acting

Lesley Manville

Career: Active from 1976 to 2026, busiest in 2022 and 2024 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 44
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: River
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 78 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lesley Manville Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0
Violence
3.3, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 10
Social Commentary 10
Character-Driven 9
Character-Driven Drama 4
Biographical Drama 4
Psychological Drama 4
Family Dynamics 4
Melancholy 3
British Television 3
Realistic Portrayal 3
British Social Realism 3
Melancholic Tone 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

130

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

TV show · as Mother

2020s

24 titles · average score 66

Midwinter Break

60

as Stella

Marble Hall Murders

55

TV show · as Susan Ryeland

Cold Storage

66

as Trini Romano

Mr. Burton

67

as Ma Smith

Moonflower Murders

81

TV show · as Susan Ryeland

Disclaimer

71

TV show · as Nancy Brigstocke

Grotesquerie

61

TV show · as Nurse Redd

Queer

67

as Doctor Cotter

Citadel

58

TV show · as Dahlia Archer

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

78

as Ada Harris

Magpie Murders

83

TV show · as Susan Ryeland

Love Life

69

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

2010s

30 titles · average score 66

I Am...

76

TV show · as Maria

Ordinary Love

75

as Joan

World on Fire

74

TV show · as Robina Chase

Phantom Thread

83

as Cyril Woodcock

Harlots

79

TV show · as Lydia Quigley

The Crown

82

TV show · as Princess Margaret

Mum

89

TV show · as Cathy

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

40

as Miss Adderstone

Maleficent

62

as Flittle

The Christmas Candle

45

as Bea Haddington

Womb

51

as Judith

Another Year

80

as Mary

2000s

19 titles · average score 69

The Queen

TV show · as Margaret Thatcher

A Christmas Carol

59

as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

Law & Order: UK

77

TV show · as Phyllis Gladstone

Sparkle

58

as Jill

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael

38

as Sarah

North & South

85

TV show · as Mrs. Hale

Promoted to Glory

as Capt. Annie Sullivan

All or Nothing

76

as Penny

Bodily Harm

TV show · as Mandy Greenfield

Plain Jane

as Dora Bruce

The Cazalets

78

TV show · as Villy Cazalet

Other People's Children

TV show · as Nadine

1990s

25 titles · average score 77

Topsy-Turvy

81

as Lucy Gilbert

Real Women

TV show · as Karen

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Phoebe Archbold

Painted Lady

73

TV show · as Susie Peel

Secrets & Lies

88

as The Social Worker

TV show · as Ellie Shannon

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Suzy Franklin

Little Napoleons

TV show · as Judith Silver

TV show · as Rosalind Killin

The Mushroom Picker

TV show · as Margot

Bad Girl

as Penny Armitage

Top Girls

as Marlene

1980s

19 titles · average score 71

The Firm

72

as Sue Bissell

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Mrs. Lorrimer

High Hopes

82

as Lætitia Boothe-Brain

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

61

as Margy

High Season

53

as Carol

ScreenPlay

TV show · as Penny Armitage

Christmas Present

as Judy Tall

The Moon Over Soho

as Sally Spencer

Screen Two

69

TV show · as Sue / Sophie

Dog Ends

as Vivienne

Grown-Ups

73

as Mandy

The Gentle Touch

69

TV show · as Shirley Davis

1970s

10 titles · average score 72

A Bunch of Fives

TV show · as Helen Wyatt

King Cinder

TV show · as Nikki

Wings

TV show · as Francoise

TV show · as Janice Parker

Playhouse

TV show · as Mandy

Village Hall

TV show · as Merle

Leap in the Dark

TV show · as Julie

General Hospital

TV show · as Tina Butler

TV show · as Christine West

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Vivienne

1960s

2 titles · average score 60

Softly Softly: Task Force

66

TV show · as Janet

Coronation Street

54

TV show · as Jill Mason