Lesley Manville
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.jpg) Lesley Manville at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival |
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| Born | 12 March 1956 Brighton, Sussex, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Gary Oldman (1988–1990) Joe Dixon (2000–2004) |
| Children | Alfie |
Lesley Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress of film, theatre and television. She frequently collaborates with director Mike Leigh, twice being named British Actress of the Year at the London Film Critics Circle Awards for her performances in the Mike Leigh films, All or Nothing and Another Year. She is also a BAFTA and Olivier award nominee.
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Early life [edit]
Born in Brighton, Sussex, Manville was brought up in nearby Hove,[1] one of three daughters of a taxicab driver.[1][2] Training as a soprano singer from age 8, she twice became under-18 champion of Sussex.[1] She began acting as a teenager, appearing in television series such as King Cinder. As a result, at age 15, she gained a place at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.[3]
Career [edit]
After turning down teacher Arlene Phillips' invitation to join her new dance troupe Hot Gossip,[1][2][3] she was taught improvisation by Italia Conti teacher Julia Carey.[1]
Her first job was in West End theatre in the musical I and Albert directed by John Schlesinger,[1] which was followed by television presentation on Westward Television's version of the BBC's Blue Peter. She paid for her first flat taking a part on Emmerdale Farm, which lasted for 80 episodes.[1]
Manville built a career as a distinctive theatre actress, appearing in new plays at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Warehouse and Royal Court Theatre.[citation needed] She played Sister Croy in The Sons of Light; Ali in Savage Amusement; Isabel in Trust Us and Lucy in Lucy Page's Lucy.[4]
In 1979, she met Mike Leigh, who was looking for RSC actors who could improvise.[2] She starred in the 1980 BBC play Grown-Ups. She subsequently appeared in Leigh's films High Hopes, Secrets & Lies, Topsy-Turvy, All or Nothing and Another Year. Other film appearances include: Dance with a Stranger, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, High Season and The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, as well as A Christmas Carol[5] and Womb.[6]
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, North and South and Cranford.[citation needed][4] and "Mayday" in 2013.
As of September 2011 Manville was starring in Mike Leigh's play Grief at the National Theatre.[7][8]
Awards [edit]
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.[citation needed]
For her role in All or Nothing she won the London Film Critics' Circle British Actress of the Year in 2002.[9]
For her role in Another Year she has been nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and the European Film Award for Best Actress, as well as the Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Actress.[10] She won her second London Film Critics Circle award for British Actress of the Year.[11] She also won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress from the San Diego Film Critics Society.[12] On 18 January 2011, she received a BAFTA nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category.[citation needed] On 7 February 2011, former Charlie's Angels stars Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd presented the Best Actress Award to Lesley Manville for "Another Year" at the "Movies for Grownups Awards".[13]
Personal life [edit]
She met her first husband Gary Oldman while working at the Royal Court Theatre. Oldman left her in 1989, three months after their son, Alfie, was born. Her second marriage was to Joe Dixon.[2] Manville lives with her son in East Grinstead, West Sussex.[3]
Film and television [edit]
| Role | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Maryanne | Dance with a Stranger | 1985 |
| Margy | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | 1987 |
| Carol | High Season | 1987 |
| Laetitia Boothe-Brain | High Hopes | 1988 |
| Social Worker | Secrets & Lies | 1996 |
| Lucy Gilbert | Topsy-Turvy | 1999 |
| Penny | All or Nothing | 2002 |
| Mrs. Wells | Vera Drake | 2004 |
| Sarah Carmichael | The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael | 2005 |
| Mother | Richard Is My Boyfriend | 2007 |
| Jill | Sparkle | 2007 |
| Mary | Another Year | 2010 |
| The Nurse | Romeo and Juliet | 2013 |
| Flittle | Maleficent | 2014 |
| Role | Television Feature or Series | Year |
| Janet | Pop Goes the Weasel | 1974 |
| Rosemary Kendall | Emmerdale Farm | 1974-76 |
| Christine West | Barlow at Large – Protection | 1975 |
| Janice | The Emigrants | 1976 |
| Helen Wyatt | A Bunch of Fives | 1977 |
| Julie | Leap in the Dark – The Fetch | 1977 |
| Nikki | King Cinder | 1977 |
| Francoise | Wings – Dawn Attack | 1978 |
| Shirley Davies | The Gentle Touch – Hammer | 1980 |
| Mandy | BBC2 Playhouse – Grown-Ups | 1980 |
| Liz | Objects of Affection – Our Winnie | 1982 |
| Jill Mason | Coronation Street | 1982 |
| Vivienne | Play for Today – Dog Ends | 1984 |
| Karen Tait | Bullman The Name of the Game | 1985 |
| Sue | The Firm | 1989 |
| ? | Bad Girl | 1992 |
| ? | When the Lies Run Out | 1993 |
| Margot | The Mushroom Picker | 1993 |
| Rosalind Killin | Goggle-Eyes | 1993 |
| Melissa Quigley | Ain't Misbehavin' | 1994 |
| Judith Silver | Little Napoleons | 1994 |
| Bessie Parkes | A Skirt Through History | 1994 |
| Beattie Freeman | Tears Before Bedtime | 1995 |
| Ellie Shannon | The Bite | 1996 |
| Lucy Cartwright | Kavanagh QC – True Commitment | 1996 |
| Fortune | Soldier Soldier | 1997 |
| Hilary | Holding On | 1997 |
| Susie Peel | Painted Lady | 1997 |
| Karen Turner | Real Women | 1998 |
| Suzy Franklin | Silent Witness – Fallen Idol | 1998 |
| Mrs. Allen | Toy Boys | 1999 |
| Karen Turner | Real Women II | 1999 |
| Fiona | Milk | 1999 |
| Nadine | Other People's Children | 2000 |
| Yvonne | Black Cab Episode: Lost & Found | 2000 |
| Mrs. Micawber | David Copperfield | 2000 |
| Villy Cazalet | The Cazalets | 2001 |
| Mandy Greenfield | Bodily Harm | 2002 |
| Dora Bruce | Plain Jane | 2002 |
| Capt. Annie Sullivan | Promoted to Glory | 2003 |
| Professor Diane Marquis | Rose and Maloney Episode No.1.2 | 2004 |
| Maria Hale | North & South | 2004 |
| Mrs. Lorrimer | Poirot: Cards on the Table | 2005 |
| Sister Antonia | Perfect Parents | 2006 |
| Mrs. Rose | Cranford | 2007 |
| Phyllis Gladstone | Law & Order: UK | 2009 |
| Margaret Thatcher | The Queen | 2009 |
| Phoebe Archbold | Midsomer Murders: "Fit for Murder" | 2011 |
| Heather Hartnell | An Adventure in Space and Time | 2013 |
| Gail Spicer | Mayday | 2013 |
Theatre [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Kellaway, Kate (2007-08-12). "The mother superior". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ a b c d Nick Curtis (2010-01-06). "Lesley Manville's six degrees of success". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ a b c Naomi West (2007-08-04). "The world of Lesley Manville, actress". London: daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ a b "Patrons". Hub Theatre Bio of Manville. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ A Christmas Carol IMDb
- ^ Womb IMDb
- ^ Mike Leigh: Profile of a Playwright Daily Telegraph, 22 September 2011.
- ^ This Is London theatre review Evening Standard, 22 September 2011.
- ^ London Critics Circle British Actress of the Year Critics Circle web site
- ^ Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Actress Chicago Film Critics web site
- ^ London Critics Circle for British Actress of the Year
- ^ San Diego Film Critics Society San Diego Film Critics Society web site
- ^ Cohrs, Jocelyn (2011). "AARP The Magazine's Movies for Grownups Awards Gala - An Evening of Congratulations, Class, and Circumstance | Splash Magazines | Los Angeles". lasplash.com. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jan/16/how-we-made-top-girls
External links [edit]
- Lesley Manville at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview, 2010, The Independent [1]
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Brighton
- Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
- English film actresses
- English radio actresses
- English soap opera actresses
- English stage actresses
- English television actresses
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- Royal National Theatre Company members
- Shakespearean actresses
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
