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Maxine Peake
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.
Known For
Words of War
as Anna Politkovskaya
The Theory of Everything
as Elaine Mason
Wendell & Wild
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
All or Nothing
as Party girl
Peterloo
as Nellie
The Falling
as Eileen Lamont
Dance First
as Barbara
Woken
as Helen
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Helen Marshall
Private Peaceful
as Hazel Peaceful
