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Actor

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.

July 14, 1974 (52 years old) Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

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2008–Present

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Maxine Peake

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Last Seen Season 1 - First Look at Maxine Peake as Jenna Reid

Last Seen Season 1 - First Look at Maxine Peake and Brendan Cowell

Known For

The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

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I Swear

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Wendell & Wild

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

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The Falling

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All or Nothing

Filmography

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Words of War

Dance First

Peterloo

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The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

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TV Shows

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Shameless

Say Nothing

Little Dorrit

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Last Seen

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The Devil's Whore

The Devil's Whore

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Silk

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Videos

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'Words of War' Exclusive Interviews

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'Words of War' Interview: Executive Producer Sean Penn

'Words of War' Interview: Executive Producer Sean Penn

The new biographical drama ‘Words of War’, which tells the true story of late Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and...

Jami Philbrick · May 5, 2025

'Words of War' Interview: Jason Isaacs and Maxine Peake

'Words of War' Interview: Jason Isaacs and Maxine Peake

Opening in theaters on May 2nd is the new biographical drama ‘Words of War’, which tells the true story of late Russian...

Jami Philbrick · Apr 28, 2025

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