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Lesley Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress.

Biography

Manville was born and raised in in Brighton, East Sussex, the daughter of a taxi driver.^[1] After gaining a place at the Italia Conti Stage School, she began acting as a teenager, appearing in television series such as the soap opera Emmerdale Farm(1974–1976) and King Cinder.

Career

After turning down teacher Arlene Philips invitation to join her new dance troupe Hot Gossip,^[1] she built a career as a distinct actress of theatre, appearing in new plays at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Warehouse and Royal Court Theatre. She played Sister Croy in The Sons of Light; Ali in Savage Amusement; Isabel in Trust Us and Lucy in Lucy Page's Lucy.

In 1979 she met Mike Leigh, who was looking for RSC actors who could improvise.^[1] She starred in the 1980 BBC play Grown-Ups. She subsequently appeared in the films High Hopes, Secrets & Lies, Topsy Turvy and All or Nothing.

Other film appearances include: Dance with a Stranger, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, High Season and The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael.

Manville has also remained active on television, with credits such as The Gentle Touch, Coronation Street, Bulman, Soldier Soldier, Ain't Misbehavin', Tears Before Bedtime, Kavanagh QC, Holding On, Silent Witness, Real Women, The Cazalets, and Cranford.

Awards

For her role as Nadine in the series Other People's Children, Manville received a nomination for Best Actress in the 2001 Royal Television Society Awards.

Personal life

She met her first husband Gary Oldman while working at the Royal Court Theatre. Her left her in 1989, three months after their son, Alfie, was born. After the break-up of her second marriage to Joe Dixon, Manville is single “by choice.”^[1]

Film & Television

Role	Film	Year
Jill	Sparkle	2007
Mother	Richard Is My Boyfriend	2007
Sarah Carmichael	The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael	2005
Mrs. Wells	Vera Drake	2004
Penny	All or Nothing	2002
Lucy Gilbert	Topsy Turvy	1999
Social Worker	Secrets & Lies	1996
Laetitia Boothe-Brain	High Hopes	1988
Carol	High Season	1987
Margy	Sammy and Rosie Get Laid	1987
Maryanne	Dance with a Stranger	1985

Role	Television Feature or Series	Year
Margaret Thatcher	The Queen	2009
Phyllis Gladstone	Law and Order: UK	2009
Mrs. Rose	Cranford	2007
Sister Antonia	Perfect Parents	2006
Mrs. Lorrimer	Poirot: Cards On The Table	2005
Maria Hale	North & South	2004
Professor Diane Marquis	Rose and Maloney Episode #1.2	2004
Capt. Annie Sullivan	Promoted to Glory	2003
Dora Bruce	Plain Jane	2002
Mandy Greenfield	Bodily Harm	2002
Villy Cazalet	The Cazalets	2001
Mrs. Micawber	David Copperfield	2000
Yvonne	Black Cab Episode: Lost & Found	2000
Nadine	Other People's Children	2000
Fiona	Milk	1999
Karen Turner	Real Women II	1999
Mrs. Allen	Toy Boys	1999
Suzy Franklin	Silent Witness – Fallen Idol	1998
Karen Turner	Real Women	1998
Susie Peel	Painted Lady	1997
Hilary	Holding On	1997
Lucy Cartwright	Kavanagh QC – True Commitment	1996
Ellie Shannon	The Bite	1996
Beattie Freeman	Tears Before Bedtime	1995
Melissa Quigley	Aint’t Misbehavin	1994
Judith Silver	Little Napoleons	1994
Bessie Parkes	A Skirt Through History	1994
Rosalind Killin	Goggle-Eyes	1993
Margot	The Mushroom Picker	1993
?	When The Lies Run Out	1993
Fortune	Soldier Soldier	1997
?	Bad Girl	1992
Sue	The Firm (1988 film)	1988
Karen Tait	Bullman The Name of the Game	1985
Vivienne	Play for Today – Dog Ends	1984
Liz	Objects of Affection – Our Winnie	1982
Jill Mason	Coronation Street	1982
Mandy	BBC2 Playhouse – Grown-Ups	1980
Shirley Davies	The Gentle Touch – Hammer	1980
Francoise	Wings– Dawn Attack	1978
Nikki	King Cinder	1977
Helen Wyatt	A Bunch of Fives	1977
Janice	The Emigrants	1976
Christine West	Barlow at Large – Protection	1975
Rosemary Kendall	Emmerdale Farm	1974-6
Janet	Pop Goes The Weasel	1974

Theatre

Role	Play	Theatre	Year
Ouisa Kittredge	Six Degrees of Separation	The Old Vic	2010
Celia Cain	Her Naked Skin	National Theatre	2008
Manuela	All About My Mother	The Old Vic	2007
Dol Common	The Alchemist	National Theatre	2006
?	Pillars of the Community	National Theatre (Lyttelton)	2006
Mrs. Coulter	His Dark Materials	National Theatre	2005
?	Some Girls	?	2005
Miss Julie	Miss Julie	Greenwich Theatre	1990
Natasha	The Three Sisters (Adrian Noble)	Royal Court	1990
Varya	The Cherry Orchard (Sam Mendes)	Aldwych	1989
Sandra	American Bagpipes (Lindsay Posner)	Royal Court	1989
Scilla	Serious Money (Max Stafford-Clark)	Royal Court	1989
Cécile	Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Howard Davies)	Pit	1986
?	High Season (Clare Peploe)	?	1987
Phebe	As You Like It (Adrian Noble)	RST	1985-6
Dolores	The Dead Monkey (Roger Mitchell)	Royal Shakespeare Company	1985
Polya	Gorky’s Philistines	TOP	1985
Liz	Bond’s Saved (Danny Boyle)	Royal Court	1984
Pat	The Pope’s Wedding (Max Stafford-Clark)	Royal Court	1984
?	Falkland Sound	Royal Court	1983
Marlene	Top Girls (Caryl Churchill)	Royal Court	1982
Sue	Rita, Sue and Bob Too (Andrea Dunbar)	Royal Court	1981
?	Borderline (Max Stafford-Clark)	Royal Court	1981
?	Chorus Girls (Adrian Shergold)	Theatre Royal, Stratford East	1981
Jen	Fear Of The Dark (Walter Donohue)	Royal Shakespeare Company	1980
Sister Croy	The Sons Of Light (Ron Daniels)	RSC - Warehouse	1978
Ali	Savage Amusement (John Caird))	RSC - Warehouse	1978
Isabel	Trust Us (Walter Donohue)	RSC - Warehouse	1978
Lucy	Lucy (Mark Dornford-May)	RSC - Warehouse	1978
Second Student	Who Needs Enemies? (Walter Donohue)	RSC - Warehouse	1978

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nick Curtis (2010-01-06). "Lesley Manville's six degrees of success". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2010-05-20.

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+Manville was born and raised in in [[Brighton]], [[East Sussex]], the daughter of a [[taxi driver]].<ref name=Standard23791544/> After gaining a place at the [[Italia Conti Stage School]], she began acting as a teenager, appearing in [[television]] series such as the [[soap opera]] ''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Farm]]''(1974–1976) and ''[[King Cinder]].''
+===Career===
-She began acting as a teenager, appearing in [[television]] series such as the [[soap opera]] ''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Farm]]''(1974–1976) and ''[[King Cinder]]''.
+After turning down teacher [[Arlene Philips]] invitation to join her new dance troupe ''[[Hot Gossip]],''<ref name=Standard23791544/> she built a career as a distinct actress of theatre, appearing in new plays at the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s Warehouse and [[Royal Court Theatre]]. She played Sister Croy in ''[[The Sons of Light]]''; Ali in ''[[Savage Amusement]]''; Isabel in ''[[Trust Us]]'' and Lucy in Lucy Page's ''Lucy.''
+In 1979 she met [[Mike Leigh]], who was looking for RSC actors who could [[improvisation|improvise]].<ref name=Standard23791544/> She starred in the 1980 [[BBC]] play ''[[Grown-Ups]]''. She subsequently appeared in the [[film]]s ''[[High Hopes]]'', ''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]'', ''[[Topsy Turvy]]'' and ''[[All or Nothing (film)|All or Nothing]]''.
-At the end of the seventies she built a career as a distinct actress of theatre, appearing in new plays at the [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]]'s Warehouse and [[Royal Court Theatre]]. She played Sister Croy in ''[[The Sons of Light]]''; Ali in ''[[Savage Amusement]]''; Isabel in ''[[Trust Us]]'' and Lucy in Lucy Page's ''Lucy''. She met [[Gary Oldman]] while working at the Court.
-She is perhaps best known for her acting collaborations with [[Mike Leigh]], which began in 1980 with the [[BBC]] play ''[[Grown-Ups]]''. She subsequently appeared in the [[film]]s ''[[High Hopes]]'', ''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]'', ''[[Topsy Turvy]]'' and ''[[All or Nothing (film)|All or Nothing]]''.
 Other film appearances include: ''[[Dance with a Stranger]]'', ''[[Sammy and Rosie Get Laid]]'', ''[[High Season]]'' and ''[[The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael]]''.
-Manville has also remained active on television, with credits such as ''[[The Gentle Touch]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''[[Bulman]]'', ''[[Soldier Soldier]]'', ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (TV series)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'', ''[[Tears Before Bedtime]]'', ''[[Kavanagh QC]]'', ''[[Holding On]]'', ''[[Silent Witness]]'', ''[[Real Women (TV series)|Real Women]]'', ''[[The Cazalets]]'', and ''[[Cranford (2007 TV series)|Cranford]]''. For her role as Nadine in the series ''[[Other People's Children (TV series)|Other People's Children]]'', Manville received a nomination for Best Actress in the 2001 [[Royal Television Society]] Awards.
+Manville has also remained active on television, with credits such as ''[[The Gentle Touch]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''[[Bulman]]'', ''[[Soldier Soldier]]'', ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (TV series)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'', ''[[Tears Before Bedtime]]'', ''[[Kavanagh QC]]'', ''[[Holding On]]'', ''[[Silent Witness]]'', ''[[Real Women (TV series)|Real Women]]'', ''[[The Cazalets]]'', and ''[[Cranford (2007 TV series)|Cranford]]''.
+===Awards===
+For her role as Nadine in the series ''[[Other People's Children (TV series)|Other People's Children]]'', Manville received a nomination for Best Actress in the 2001 [[Royal Television Society]] Awards.
+===Personal life===
+She met her first husband [[Gary Oldman]] while working at the Royal Court Theatre. Her left her in 1989, three months after their son, Alfie, was born. After the break-up of her second marriage to Joe Dixon, Manville is single “by choice.”<ref name=Standard23791544>{{citeweb|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23791544-lesley-manvilles-six-degrees-of-success.do|title= Lesley Manville's six degrees of success|author=Nick Curtis|publisher=London Evening Standard|date=2010-01-06|accessdate=2010-05-20}}</ref>
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