Lesley Manville (born 12 March 1956 in Brighton, East Sussex, England) is an actress. March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked...

She began acting as a teenager, appearing in television series such as the soap opera Emmerdale Farm and King Cinder. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For Emmerdale, the 1994 debut album by The Cardigans, see Emmerdale (album). ...

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 films High Hopes, Secrets & Lies, Topsy Turvy and All or Nothing. Mike Leigh (born February 20, 1943) is an award winning British film and theatre director. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... For the 1988 Mike Leigh film, see High Hopes (movie) High Hopes is a song from the 1994 Pink Floyd album The Division Bell, written by David Gilmour and Polly Samson. ... Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British film which tells the story of a successful black woman who, while tracing her family history, discovers that her mother is a lower-class white woman (whose brother is a photographer married to a petty house-proud suburban woman). ... Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 film which tells the background story of the creation of The Mikado, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. ... Released in Europe in November, 1988, titled All Or Nothing this was the first Milli Vanilli album. ...

Other film appearances include: Dance with a Stranger, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, High Season and The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael. Dance with a Stranger (1985) is a haunting drama film, directed by Mike Newell. ...

Manville has also remained active on television, with credits such as The Gentle Touch, Coronation Street, Bulman, Soldier Soldier, Tears Before Bedtime, Kavanagh QC, Holding On, Silent Witness, Real Women and The Cazalets. The Gentle Touch is a British television drama made by LWT for ITV. Commencing transmission on the 11th April 1980, the series is notable for being the first to feature a woman police detective as its leading character, beating the BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months. ... Coronation Street is Britains longest-running television soap opera, and the UKs consistently highest-rated show. ... Bulman was a Granada TV series from 1985-1987 which followed the major character from the earlier Strangers series. ... Soldier Soldier was a British television drama series. ... Kavanagh QC is a British television series made by Carlton Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. ... This article is about a TV series. ...

She was formerly married to actor Gary Oldman. Oldman as Drexl Spivey in the Tarantino-scripted True Romance. ...

Theatre Work

His Dark Materials(2005) - National Theatre

Some Girls (2005)

Pillars of the Community(2006) - Lyttelton Theatre

External link

• Lesley Manville at The Internet Movie Database