Maxine Peake
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Born July 14, 1974 (52 years old)·Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK·Female
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.
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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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the most rated titles across all credits
Filmography
127 credits across 123 titlesActing
103 creditsDirecting
2 creditsWriting
1 creditProduction
2 creditsCrew
1 creditAs self
18 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
