Maxine Peake
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: July 14, 1974 (50 years old)
Place of Birth: Westhoughton, 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.
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Actor Nellie
Peterloo
Actor Funny Cow
Funny Cow
Actor Narrator (voice)
Wonders of the Moon
Actor Elen
Gwen
Actor Herself
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Actor Friedrich Engels (voice)
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
Producer
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Director
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Executive Producer
Funny Cow
