Maxine Peake
1974 Age: 46 years oldinfo
Maxine 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.
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Female
Works 49
2002
All or NothingParty Girl
2005
FrozenTicket Attendant
2008
ClubbedAngela
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Helen Marshall
2010
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne ListerAnne Lister
2012
Private PeacefulHazel Peaceful
2012
Best Laid PlansIsabel
2014
The Theory of EverythingElaine Mason
2014
Keeping RosyCharlotte
2015
The FallingEileen Lamont
2015
HamletHamlet
2016
A Midsummer Night's DreamTitania
2018
PeterlooNellie
2019
GwenElen
2020
Fanny Lye Deliver'dFanny Lye
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