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Maxine Peake

1974-07-14

The 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. 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 Theory of Everything

7.854 average rating
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Wendell & Wild

6.7 average rating
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Peterloo

6.815 average rating
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Gwen

5.5 average rating
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Clubbed

6.731 average rating
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All or Nothing

7.018 average rating
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Private Peaceful

6.7 average rating
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The Falling

5.1 average rating
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Svengali

5.3 average rating
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

6.9 average rating
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

6.6 average rating
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Hamilton Mattress

6.4 average rating
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Dance First

5.4 average rating
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Fanny Lye Deliver'd

6.55 average rating
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Frozen

5.7 average rating
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Woken

10 average rating
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Christmas Lights

4.9 average rating
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Funny Cow

6.2 average rating
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Choked Up

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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

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