Maxine Peake
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
July 14, 1974Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
74Place of birth
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UKCast credits
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
SelfWhere We Used to Meet
Dance First
BarbaraClubbed
AngelaThe Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Anne ListerThe Real Anne: Unfinished Business
Self- PresenterChristmas Lights
PaulineTish
Tish Murtha (voice)Edge
EllyWendell & Wild
Irmgard Klaxon (voice)Woken
HelenSvengali
AngieRun & Jump
VanetiaHancock & Joan
Joan Le MesurierThe Theory of Everything
Elaine MasonKeeping Rosy
CharlotteSomething Out of Nothing