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Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress. She has received various accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
She is known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films 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). She has been nominated for two British Academy Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Another Year (2010) and Phantom Thread (2017), and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the latter.
On television, Manville has appeared in Emmerdale (1974–1976), Cranford (2007), and Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014). For her roles in River (2015), Mum (2016–2019), Sherwood (2022–2024), and The Crown (2022–2023), she garnered five British Academy Television Award nominations. Her portrayal of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in the latter also earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. A four-time Laurence Olivier Award nominee, Manville has won twice for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her performances in Ghosts (2014) and Oedipus (2025). Her other notable credits include the films Dance with a Stranger (1985), High Season (1987), The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2005), A Christmas Carol (2009), Spike Island (2012), Maleficent (2014), Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Let Him Go (2020), Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022), The Critic (2023), Queer (2024) and Mr Burton (2025).