Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

1974-07-14

THE BIOGRAPHY

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

ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Girls' Night

Girls' Night

Where We Used to Meet

Where We Used to Meet

Dance First

Dance First

Words of War

Words of War

Clubbed

Clubbed

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

I Am Bob

I Am Bob

Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights

Tish

Tish

Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild

Edge

Edge

Woken

Woken

Svengali

Svengali

Run & Jump

Run & Jump

Hancock & Joan

Hancock & Joan

The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Keeping Rosy

Keeping Rosy

Something Out of Nothing

Something Out of Nothing

Surfaces

Surfaces

I Wish For You

I Wish For You

Judy

Judy

It's Me

It's Me

Lapushka!

Lapushka!

Strange Weather

Strange Weather

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

The Falling

The Falling

Inner Polar Bear

Inner Polar Bear

Hamlet

Hamlet

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

The Madness of the Dance

The Madness of the Dance

Generation '66

Generation '66

Faith

Faith

Red Top

Red Top

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Choked Up

Choked Up

Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

Bike Squad

Bike Squad

All or Nothing

All or Nothing

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hamilton Mattress

Hamilton Mattress

Funny Cow

Funny Cow

Art Matters

Art Matters

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

Frozen

Frozen

I Swear

I Swear

The Heart Fails Without Warning

The Heart Fails Without Warning

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Would Like To Meet

Would Like To Meet

Imaginary Friend

Imaginary Friend

Peterloo

Peterloo

Men Who Sleep in Cars

Men Who Sleep in Cars

Wonders of the Moon

Wonders of the Moon

Cake

Cake

DeafBlind

DeafBlind

Gwen

Gwen

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

The Priest

The Priest

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

The Fear of Trilogy

The Fear of Trilogy

The Shuttleworths

The Shuttleworths

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Twisting My Melon

Twisting My Melon

Be Still My Beating Heart

Be Still My Beating Heart

Unseen

Unseen

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels