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Maxine Peake
Born 1974-07-14Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright, producer, director and political activist, who made her name as Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies. She has since played Veronica in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless, barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk and Grace Middleton in The Village. She is also an accomplished stage actress, having played the title role in Hamlet, and had a role in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything. In 2018 she played the lead in the film Funny Cow and had a starring role in Mike Leigh's epic Peterloo, a film very close to her heart.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Becoming Victoria WoodSelfLaundreamsRoleThe Occupant of the RoomThe Englishwoman (voice)Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughNarratorI SwearDottieQuiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?SelfWords of WarAnna PolitkovskayaArt MattersSelfWokenHelenTishTish Murtha (voice)Dance FirstBarbaraChoked UpFiona LaceyWendell & WildIrmgard Klaxon (voice)Inner Polar BearNarrator (voice)Lapushka!Scoot PiccoloSomething Out of NothingRoleThe Real Anne: Unfinished BusinessSelf- PresenterWhere We Used to MeetRoleSurfacesAlixThe Great Mountain Sheep GatherSelf - NarratorIt's MeMiriamFanny Lye Deliver'dFanny LyeBe Still My Beating HeartRoleJudyJudy