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Maxine 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).
Maxine Peake is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, 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.
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Maxine Peake. Actress: The Theory of Everything. Maxine Peake is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, 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 ...
- July 14, 1974
Jun 30, 2023 · Imogen Knight, Maxine Peake and Sarah Frankcom rehearsing They. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian “It feels visionary,” says Peake, who – 25 years since she first made her name in ...
- Kate Wyver
Dec 26, 2021 · Maxine Peake and Stephen Walters as Anne and Steve Williams. Photograph: Justin Slee/ITV. The relatability is also there in the depiction of a family breaking down in their grief, and their need ...
- Adrian Tempany
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Maxine Peake 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).