Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayJuli 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
Ended

999 Rescue Squad

as Narrator
Animal Heroes
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Animal Heroes

as Narrator
Anne
Ended

Anne

as Anne Williams
Criminal Justice
Ended

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as Juliet Miller
dinnerladies
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dinnerladies

as Twinkle
dinnerladies diaries
Ended

dinnerladies diaries

as Maxine Peake
Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure
Ended

Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

as Narrator
Little Dorrit
Ended

Little Dorrit

as Miss Wade
Room at the Top
Ended

Room at the Top

as Alice Aisgill
Rules of the Game
Ended

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
Ended

Shameless

as Veronica Fisher
Silk
Ended

Silk

as Martha Costello
The Bisexual
Ended

The Bisexual

as Sadie
The Devil's Whore
Ended

The Devil's Whore

as Elizabeth Lilburne
The Hollow Crown
Ended

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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