Lesley Ann Manville OBE is an English actress. She is known for her frequent collaborations with director Mike Leigh. In July 2020, it was announced that Manville will portray Princess Margaret in seasons five and six of the Netflix series The Crown.
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Lesley Ann Manville OBE is an English actress. She is known for her frequent collaborations with director Mike Leigh. For her performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s period drama Phantom Thread, she won the London Film Critics’ Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year. In July 2020, it was announced that Manville will portray Princess Margaret in seasons five and six of the Netflix series The Crown. Manville was born in Brighton, East Sussex, the daughter of Jean, a former ballet dancer, and Ron Manville, a taxi driver. She trained as a soprano singer from age 8, she twice became under-18 champion of Sussex. She began acting as a teenager, appearing in television series such as King Cinder.
She made her professional stage debut in the 1972 West End musical I and Albert directed by John Schlesinger. In the 1980s, her work for the Royal Court included Andrea Dunbar’s Rita, Sue and Bob Too and Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls and Serious Money. She also starred in the Top Girls Off-Broadway production in 1983. For the RSC, she starred in As You Like It and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Her film debut in 1985s Dance with a Stranger directed by Mike Newell, and went on to appear in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid directed by Stephen Frears, and High Season.
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