Maxine Peake
Birthday: 1974-07-14 | Place of Birth: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UKMaxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright 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
Acting
Role
as Anne Williams
as Sam Thompson
as Self- Presenter
as Fanny Lye
as Fanny Lye
as Nellie
as Elen
as Funny Cow
as Sadie
as Titania
as Eileen Lamont
as Charlotte
as Elaine Mason
as Vanetia
as Angie
as Grace Middleton
as Alice Aisgill
as Hazel Peaceful
as Isabel
as Martha Costello
as Anne Lister
as Elly
as Helen Marshall
as Angela
as Elizabeth Lilburne
as Juliet Miller
as Miss Wade
