Lesley Manville Husband: Who Is Lesley Manvilles Husband?

Publish date: 2024-03-16

Lesley Manville husband-British actress, Lesley Ann Manville was born on March 12, 1956 in Brighton, East Sussex in the United Kingdom.

Manville was born to Noma Manville and Ron Manville. She shares the same parents with her two older siblings which makes her the youngest among her siblings.

She was raised in the neighbouring town of Hove. She began soprano vocal training at the age of 8 and twice represented Sussex as the under-18 champion.

When she was a youngster, she started acting and had appearances in shows like King Cinder. She was accepted into the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts when she was 15 years old.

Lesley Manville career

Manville was instructed in improvisation by Italia Conti teacher Julia Carey after declining teacher Arlene Phillips’ invitation to join her brand-new dance group Hot Gossip.

She appeared in 80 episodes of the ITV serial series Emmerdale Farm (1974–76), which helped her pay for her first apartment, and had her professional theatrical debut in the 1972 West End production of I and Albert, directed by John Schlesinger.

Beginning in 1978, Manville established a successful acting career by performing in new plays at the Warehouse and Royal Court Theatres of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

When Mike Leigh was looking for RSC actors who could improvise in 1979, she ran across him. Rita, Sue, and Bob Too (1981) by Andrea Dunbar and Top Girls (1982) and Serious Money (1987) by Caryl Churchill were among her performances for the Royal Court in the 1980s. In 1983, she also appeared in the Off-Broadway production of Top Girls.

She performed as the lead in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1985–1986) and As You Like It (1985) for the RSC. She made her feature film debut in Mike Newell’s 1985 film Dance with a Stranger before going on to act in Stephen Frears’ 1987 films Sammy and Rosie Get Laid and High Season.

She returned to the theatre and appeared in the Sam Mendes-directed plays The Cherry Orchard at the Aldwych Theatre in 1989 and Three Sisters at the Royal Court in 1990.

Throughout her career, Manville has had multiple appearances in movies directed by Mike Leigh, such as High Hopes (1988), Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Vera Drake (2004), and Mr. Turner (2014).

Her two most well-known Mike Leigh movies are Another Year from 2010 and All or Nothing from 2002. She took home the British Actress of the Year prize from the London Film Critics Circle for both.

In addition to winning the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for Another Year, she received nominations for the European Film Award for Best Actress, the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Actress.

The San Diego Film Critics Society also gave her a prize for Best Supporting Actress. She was nominated for a BAFTA on January 18, 2011, in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd, former Charlie’s Angels actors, gave her the Best Actress Award at the “Movies for Grownups Awards” on February 7, 2011.

Manville received a Best Actress Olivier Award nomination in 2011 for her performance in Mike Leigh’s play Grief at the National Theatre.

She appeared in the BBC drama River in 2015 alongside Stellan Skarsgrd, earning her a nomination for the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Manville portrayed Cyril Woodcock, the sister of the costume designer Reynolds Woodcock, who was portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis, in the 2017 historical drama Phantom Thread.

For his contributions to theater and philanthropy, Manville was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 New Year’s Honours.

Alongside Daniel Mays, Alexandros Logothetis, Jude Hill, and Claire Rushbrook, Manville starred in the Anthony Horowitz murder mystery series, Magpie Murders, in 2022.

Manville additionally portrayed Mrs. Harris in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. For her work in this movie, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical.

Manville will play Amy Winehouse’s grandma Cynthia Winehouse in the Amy Winehouse movie Back to Black, it was confirmed in January 2023.

Who is Lesley Manville’s husband?

Lesly Manville has been married twice in her life. She was first married to Gary Oldman, an actor and they divorced in 1989 just three months after they had their son.

She then married Joe Dixon in 2000 and they divorced in 2004. As of the time of filing this report, we have no information as to whether she is married again or in any relationship.

Source: www.Ghgossip.com

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