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Maleficent

2014
as Flittle

The Crown

2016
as Princess Margaret

Citadel

2023
as Dahlia Archer

A Christmas Carol

2009
as Mrs. Cratchit

Love Life

2020
as Narrator

Back to Black

2024
as Cynthia Winehouse

Harlots

2017
as Lydia Quigley

North & South

2004
as Maria Hale

Phantom Thread

2017
as Cyril Woodcock

Let Him Go

2020
as Blanche Weboy

World on Fire

2019
as Robina Chase

Romeo & Juliet

2013
as The Nurse

River

2015
as Chrissie Read

Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond

2014
as Evelyn St. Croix Fleming

Mum

2016
as Cathy

High Season

1987
as Carol

Sherwood (2022)

2022
as Julie Jackson

Womb

2010
as Judith

To Provide All People

2018
as Consultant Psychiatrist

All or Nothing

2002
as Penny

Goggle Eyes

1993
as Rosalind Killin

Perfect Parents

2006
as Sister Antonia

Vera Drake

2004
as Mrs. Wells

The Queen

2009
as Margaret Thatcher

A Very British Brothel

2015
as Herself - Narrator (voice)

Sparkle

2007
as Jill

Moonflower Murders

2024
as Susan Ryeland

High Hopes

1988
as Laetitia Boothe-Brain

Disclaimer

2024
as Nancy Brigstocke

Queer

2024
as Alice Cochan

Cranford

2007
as Mrs. Rose

Rupture

2016
as Dr. Nyman

Promoted to Glory

2003
as Capt. Annie Sullivan

The Christmas Candle

2013
as Bea Haddington

Secrets & Lies

1996
as The Social Worker

A Five Star Life

2013
as Kate Sherman

The Firm

1989
as Sue Bissell

Dangerous Liaisons (2022)

2022
as Geneviève de Merteuil

Mr. Turner

2014
as Mary Somerville

Grotesquerie

2024
as Nurse Redd

The Moon Over Soho

1985
as Sally Spencer

Plain Jane

2002
as Dora Bruce

14 Actors Acting

2010
as Lesley Manville

Dog Ends

1984
as Vivienne

Ain't Misbehavin' (1994)

1994
as Melissa Quigley

Top Girls

1991
as Marlene

Spike Island

2012
as Margaret

Another Year

2010
as Mary

Hampstead

2017
as Fiona

King Cinder

1977
as Nikki

Topsy-Turvy

1999
as Lucy Gilbert

A Bunch Of Fives

1977
as Helen Wyatt

The Go-Between

2015
as Mrs. Maudsley

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982
as (Archive Material)

An Adventure in Space and Time

2013
as Heather Hartnell

Misbehaviour

2020
as Dolores Hope

Painted Lady

1997
as Susie Peel

Magpie Murders

2022
as Susan Ryeland

Toy Boys

1999
as Mrs. Allen

Guest Star

Episode Performance
Top Girls
1991
Episode Midsomer Murders
Fit for Murder
2011
Episode Silent Witness
Fallen Idol (2)
1998
Episode CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Lesley Manville - Guess How Much I Love You
2015
Episode CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Lesley Manville - Preposterous Rhinoceros
2015
Episode Sharing Time
High Hopes
1984
Episode Silent Witness
Fallen Idol (1)
1998
Episode Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries
A Very British Brothel
2015
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Liam Neeson & Lesley Manville
2020
Episode CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Lesley Manville - Preposterous Rhinoceros
2015
Episode Who Do You Think You Are?
Lesley Manville
2023
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 2
2022
Episode CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Lesley Manville - Guess How Much I Love You
2015
Episode BBC Drama
The Moon Over Soho
1985
Episode Agatha Christie's Poirot
Cards on the Table
2006
Episode CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Lesley Manville - How To Hide A Lion
2015
Episode Playhouse
Grown Ups
1980
Episode CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Lesley Manville - A Bed of Your Own
2016
Episode CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Lesley Manville - Aunt Amelia
2016
Episode I Am... (2019)
I Am Maria
2021