Maxine Peake

TV Actress

Maxine Peake was born in Westhoughton, England, United Kingdom on July 14th, 1974 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 49, Maxine Peake biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Maxine
Date of Birth
July 14, 1974
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Westhoughton, England, United Kingdom
Age
49 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Networth
$1 Million
Profession
Actor, Film Actor
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Maxine Peake Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 49 years old, Maxine Peake has this physical status:

Height
170cm
Weight
56kg
Hair Color
Blonde
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Maxine Peake Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Westhoughton High School, Canon Slade School, Octagon Youth Theatre, Salford College of Technology, Manchester Polytechnic Theatre School, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Maxine Peake Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Not Available
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Pawlo Wintoniuk
Parents
Brian Peake, Glenys Hall
Siblings
Lisa Peake (Older Sister) (Police Officer)
Maxine Peake Career

Career

Peake has appeared in many 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 Moors murderer Myra Hindley in See No Evil: The Moors Murders, which was broadcast in May 2006. In January 2009, Peake appeared in her first major feature film role, as Angela, in the film Clubbed.

In 2012, Peake played the title role in Miss Julie at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, and previously played the part of Kristin in a 2000 production. She played Doll Tearsheet in the BBC2 adaptations of Henry IV, Parts I and II.

Peake wrote, directed and starred in the play Beryl: A Love Story On Two Wheels about the life of the Leeds-born cyclist Beryl Burton, which was broadcast on BBC Radio Four in November 2012. In 2014, Peake adapted her play for the stage. Titled simply Beryl, it was commissioned by the West Yorkshire Playhouse where it ran in June and July 2014 to coincide with the start of the Tour de France in Leeds. The play returned in June and July 2015 and toured across England in Autumn 2015. Peake wrote a later play called Queens of the Coal Age again for Radio 4 that told the story of Annie Scargill and three other women who tried to occupy a coal mine in 1993.

Peake provided the vocals for the Eccentronic Research Council's 2012 concept album 1612 Underture about the Pendle Witch Trials and for their 2015 album Johnny Rocket, Narcissist & Music Machine…I'm Your Biggest Fan. Peake also features as a crazed stalker in the music video for "Sweet Saturn Mine" by Moonlandingz; a collaborative effort by Eccentronic Research Council and Fat White Family in 2015.

In September 2013, Peake was appointed an Associate Artist of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Her association with the theatre began in childhood and she was a member of the youth theatre. Major productions in which she has performed include The Children's Hour in 2008, for which she won a MEN Award, and Miss Julie in 2012 for which she won a Manchester Theatre Award. All of her performances at the Royal Exchange have been directed by Sarah Frankcom with whom she also collaborated on The Masque of Anarchy in 2012 for the Manchester International Festival. Building on this work, in September 2014 Frankcom went on to direct her as the title character in a radical re-imagining of Hamlet. The demand for tickets was so great that the production was extended for a week, having been "the theatre's fastest-selling show in a decade". The Guardian said of her performance: "Peake’s delicate ferocity, her particular mixture of concentration and lightness, ensure that you want to follow her whenever she appears". A year later she appeared in Frankcom's production of The Skriker, as "Caryl Churchill's shape-shifting, doom-wreaking fairy". The Guardian's Lyn Gardner listed the production in her top ten British plays of the year. In 2016, Peake resumed her partnership with Royal Exchange Artistic Director, Sarah Frankcom, to star as Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Peake's performance in the role garnered critical acclaim with The Guardian describing her performance as "exquisite" and "breathtaking".

Peake starred in Metalhead, a December 2017 episode of Netflix's Black Mirror anthology. The episode was directed by Hannibal and American Gods director, David Slade.

Peake starred as Nellie in Mike Leigh's 2018 film, Peterloo, based on the events of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester.

Peake starred as the eponymous protagonist in the 2018 film Funny Cow alongside a cast including Paddy Considine and Stephen Graham. Tony Pitts wrote and starred in the film, which received positive reviews, in particular for Peake's "magnificent" performance.

Peake starred in, and won critical acclaim for, the lead role of Winnie in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at the Royal Exchange Theatre in May 2018. The Guardian said she gave a "brilliant central performance, there’s barely a breath between optimism and despair". Following Happy Days, the theatre presented Queens of the Coal Age, a play written by Peake. Adapted from her earlier radio drama, Queens of the Coal Age looks at the 1993 pit closure protests by miners' wives in northern England. The play received mixed reviews.

Peake starred in The Nico Project as Velvet Underground singer Nico at the Manchester International Festival in July 2019.

Peake stars as Miss Fozzard in the 2020 BBC remake of Talking Heads, recreating a role originally played by Patricia Routledge.

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Instructions For A Teenage Armageddon This article by Veronica LEE is a fan of this tale of a snarky teen hiding a dark teen

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 21, 2024
VERONICA LEE: This one-woman performance by Rosie Day rather mislabels the content. Though it seems that it is a noble call to arms, it is not. It is, however, often amusing. And when we first met teenage Eileen (Charithra Chandran, who played Edwina Sharma in Bridgerton), she is full of peppy bravado and flippancy, even though discussing how her older sister, Olive, died a few years ago after suffering from anorexia. But then, Eileen's self-absorption is only enhanced by her lack of self-awareness, resulting in some snortingly, if inappropriately, amusing lines: At least the coffin will be light,' she says as the family makes her sister's funeral arrangements.

In a forthcoming ITV series, the actor seems unrecognizable with a scruffy white beard, so can YOU guess who it is?

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 20, 2024
With a scruffy white beard and hair-do, this iconic actor appears to be unrecognizable in upcoming ITV drama series Passenger. He's best known for his role in Shameless, and he's looking worlds away from his typical clean-shaven self. The TV star has straggly short hair, large bags under his eyes, and has been smocked with special effects make-up to age him ten years.

The heroes who helped bring down the Rochdale grooming gangs: How former detective, chief prosecutor and local councillor battled the establishment to expose shocking abuse of young schoolgirls by gangs of predatory older men

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 16, 2024
These are the three heroes who were instrumental in the downfall of the Rochdale grooming bands, which assaulted, assaulted, and assaulted hundreds of teenage girls. In order to seek revenge, Nazir Afzal, Maggie Oliver, and Sara Rowbotham clashed with police and council officials in the Greater Manchester city between 2004 and 2012. According to a recent study, the girls were the victims of this violence and the struggle to be recognized, as well as the bullying when reporting allegations against their abusers. The damning report, which has revealed 96 men who are still deemed a danger to children, has sparked calls from whistleblowers that grooming is still underway in the town. Ms Rowbotham, a whistleblower, appeared to be on the brink of tears as she greeted her repentance after years of being'scapegoated.'
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