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 Anna Politkovskaya
as Barbara
as Helen
as Narrator
as Older Dolours Price
as Self
as Fiona Lacey
as Tish Murtha (voice)
as Anne Williams
as Sam Thompson
as Self- Presenter
as Fanny Lye
as Fanny Lye
as Nellie
as Elen
as Funny Cow
as Herself
as Narrator (voice)
as Sadie
as Sara Rowbotham
as Self (archive footage)
as Grown Up Mia
as Narrator
as Rebekah Brooks
as Titania
as Eileen Lamont
