Maxine Peake
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Mike Leigh
Writers: Mike Leigh,
Cast: David Moorst, Karl Johnson, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, Rachel Finnegan, Robert Wilfort, Rory Kinnear, Sam Troughton, Simona Bitmate, Tom Meredith,
Director: James Marsh
Writers: Anthony McCarten,
Cast: Charlie Cox, David Thewlis, Eddie Redmayne, Emily Watson, Felicity Jones, Harry Lloyd, Maxine Peake, Simon McBurney, Sophie Perry, Tom Prior,
Director: James Marsh
Writers: Tony Grisoni,
Cast: David Calder, David Morrissey, Eddie Marsan, James Fox, Jim Carter, Maxine Peake, Nicholas Woodeson, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts, Warren Clarke,