Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

actress, director, writer

Maxine Peake was born on Jul 14, 1974 in UK. Maxine Peake's big-screen debut came with Picking up the Pieces - Season 1 directed by Roger Gartland in 1998. Maxine Peake is known for Anne directed by Bruce Goodison, Maxine Peake stars as Anne Williams and Bobby Schofield as Michael Williams. Maxine Peake has got 3 awards and 8 nominations so far. The most recent award Maxine Peake achieved is Fantasporto. The upcoming new movie Maxine Peake plays is Wendell & Wild which will be released on Oct 28, 2022.

Maxine Peake is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, 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.Peake has appeared in a number of television and stage productions including Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies, Channel 4's Shameless, in the lead role of barrister Martha Costello in the BBC's legal drama Silk and alongside John Simm in the BBC drama The Village, depicting life in a Derbyshire village during the First World War. Following career advice from Victoria Wood, between the two series of Dinnerladies, Peake lost so much weight that an explanation had to be written into the script for her character, Twinkle.Peake portrayed the Moors murderer Myra Hindley in See No Evil: The Moors Murders. Broadcast in May 2006, it was met with mixed reactions; soon after this Peake announced that she was leaving Shameless. January 2009 saw Peake appear in her first major feature film role, as Angela, in the film Clubbed.

  • Birthday

    Jul 14, 1974
  • Place of Birth

    Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

3 wins & 8 nominations

Fantasporto
2015
Best Actress
Winner - Directors' Week Award
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
2010
Best Actress
Winner - Broadcasting Press Guild Award
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