Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayJul 14, 1974
BiographyMaxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in dinnerladies, a sitcom on BBC One (1998–2000), as Veronica Ball in Shameless, the comedy drama from Channel 4 (2004–2007), Martha Costello in the BBC One legal drama Silk (2011–2014), and Grace Middleton in the BBC One drama series The Village (2013–2014). In 2017, she starred in the Black Mirror episode "Metalhead". She has also played the title role in a Royal Exchange production of Hamlet, as well as the notorious serial killer Myra Hindley in See No Evil: The Moors Murders, the critically acclaimed 2006 dramatisation by ITV of the Moors murders.

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Known For

999 Rescue Squad
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999 Rescue Squad

as Narrator
Animal Heroes
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Animal Heroes

as Narrator
Anne
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Anne

as Anne Williams
Criminal Justice
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as Juliet Miller
dinnerladies
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dinnerladies

as Twinkle
dinnerladies diaries
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as Maxine Peake
Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure
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Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

as Narrator
Little Dorrit
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Little Dorrit

as Miss Wade
Room at the Top
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Room at the Top

as Alice Aisgill
Rules of the Game
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Rules of the Game

as Sam Thompson
Say Nothing
Ended

Say Nothing

as Older Dolours Price
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
Ended

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

as Myra Hindley
Shameless
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Shameless

as Veronica Fisher
Silk
Ended

Silk

as Martha Costello
The Bisexual
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The Bisexual

as Sadie
The Devil's Whore
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The Devil's Whore

as Elizabeth Lilburne
The Hollow Crown
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The Hollow Crown

as Doll Tearsheet
The Village
Ended

The Village

as Grace Middleton
Three Girls
Ended

Three Girls

as Sara Rowbotham

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