Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in the

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'' (1998–2000),

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in the hit

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'' Shameless'' (2004–2007), Martha Costello in the BBC One legal drama ''

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'' (2011–2014), and Grace Middleton in the BBC One drama series '' The Village'' (2013–2014). In 2017, she starred in the ''

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'' episode " Metalhead". She has also played the title role in ''

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'', as well as the notorious serial killer

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in the critically acclaimed

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dramatization of the

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, '' See No Evil: The Moors Murders'' (2006).

Early life

Peake was born in

Westhoughton Westhoughton ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, southwest of Bolton, east of Wigan and northwest of Manchester. the second of two daughters born to Glenys (''née'' Hall) and Brian Peake. Her father was a lorry driver before working in the electrical industry, and her mother was a part-time careworker. Her older sister, Lisa, who was born in 1965, is a police officer. Peake's parents separated when she was nine and she lived with her mother until the age of 15. When her mother moved in with a new boyfriend several miles away, Peake went to live with her grandfather so she could continue her

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studies at

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, before going on to take her

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in Bradshaw. Peake joined the Octagon Youth Theatre in

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at age 13, before a period at the youth theatre of the Royal Exchange in Manchester. She later did a two-year performing arts course at the

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. During this time she appeared in productions with two leading amateur theatre companies in Bolton: The Marco Players and The Phoenix Theatre Company. Peake was a member of the

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Salford branch in her youth. In her teens, Peake played for Wigan Ladies

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team. Peake's early attempts to enter the acting profession were unsuccessful. She was rejected by every theatre education company in

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, and tried unsuccessfully for three years to get into Manchester Polytechnic Theatre School and the

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. However, at 21, she obtained a place at the

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(RADA). Her attempts to find sponsorship for her study at RADA were the subject of a 1996 documentary by ''

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''. Eventually, after being put forward by RADA, she was awarded the Patricia Rothermere Scholarship.

Career

Peake has appeared in many television and stage productions including

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's ''

'',

's '' Shameless'', in the lead role of barrister Martha Costello in the BBC's legal drama ''

'' and alongside

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in the BBC drama '' The Village'', depicting life in a

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village during the

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. Following career advice from

, 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

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 ''

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''. In 2012, Peake played the title role in ''

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'' at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, and previously played the part of Kristin in a 2000 production. She played

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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

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-born cyclist

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, which was broadcast on

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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

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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

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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 ''

'' 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 ''

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'' in 2012 for the

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. Building on this work, in September 2014 Frankcom went on to direct her as the title character in a radical re-imagining of ''

''. 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' ''

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''. 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 ''

'' anthology. The episode was directed by ''

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'' and ''

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'' director,

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. Peake starred as Nellie in

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's 2018 film, ''

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'', based on the events of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester. Peake starred as the eponymous protagonist in the 2018 film ''

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'' alongside a cast including

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and

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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

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at the

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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

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singer

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at the

in July 2019. Peake stars as Miss Fozzard in the 2020 BBC remake of ''

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'', recreating a role originally played by

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Personal life

Peake is in a relationship with art director Pawlo Wintoniuk. In 2009, Peake left London after living there for 13 years. She said that living in

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with Wintoniuk gave her the freedom to choose more risky roles and lower-paying jobs in theatre.

Political views

Peake is a

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and

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. She was active in

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organisations during her youth and a member of the

. In January 2014, Peake won the first Bolton Socialist Club Outstanding Contribution to Socialism Award, for using her work to oppose the government's "crippling austerity measures". In January 2016, Peake featured in the Climate Coalition's short film ''I Wish For You'' as Mia, with

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starring as her grandfather, to highlight the urgency of combating climate change. Jeremy Corbyn and Maxine Peake, Tolpuddle 2016

In July 2015, Peake endorsed

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in the Labour Party leadership election. She wrote on her website: "For me, Jeremy Corbyn is our only beacon of hope to get the Labour Party back on track, get the electorate back in touch with politics and save this country from the constant mindless bullying of the vulnerable and poor." In 2016, along with other celebrities, Peake toured the UK to support Corbyn's bid to become

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. In April 2017, Peake endorsed Labour Party leader Corbyn in the 2017 general election. She said: "I am a Corbyn supporter. My mind boggles why people treat him like the

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, but it goes to show people are a lot more right-wing than they like to believe." In November 2019, along with other public figures, Peake signed a letter supporting Corbyn describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia and racism in much of the democratic world" and endorsed him in the 2019 general election. In June 2020, she took part in an interview with ''

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'', in which she stated that the practice of police officers in the United States kneeling on someone's neck, one example of which led to the

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, was "learnt from seminars taught by Israeli secret services". ''The Independent'' amended the original article to add a note that "the allegation that US police were taught tactics of 'neck kneeling' by Israeli secret services is unfounded". Peake later stated that she was "inaccurate in erassumption of American police training and its sources". Peake's statement was denounced by Labour leader

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, the

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and the

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as an "

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". Shadow Education Secretary

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retweeted the article and called Peake an "absolute diamond". When Jewish groups demanded she delete the tweet, Long-Bailey refused to do so, leading to her sacking from the Shadow cabinet by Starmer.

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, the shadow chancellor under Corbyn, said that "criticism of practices of heIsraeli state is not antisemitic" and that Peake's claim "was not antisemitic".

Filmography

Film

Television

Music Videos

Theatre

Radio drama

*''Guilty Until Proved Innocent'' (2009), Dina *''Geoffrey Chaucer – Troilus and Criseyde'' (2009), Criseyde (dramatised by Lavinia Greenlaw) *''This Repulsive Woman'' (2010), Deborah Hurst *''Craven'' (Series 1: 2009, Series 2, 3 & 4: 2012, Series 5: 2013, Series 6: 2014), Detective Sue Craven *''Beryl: A Love Story on Two Wheels'' (2012), writer and performer (Beryl Burton) *''Queens of the Coal Age'' (2013) writer and performer (Anne Scargill) *''My Dad Keith'' (2014), writer and performer (Steph) *''Betsie Coleman'' (2015), performer (Betsie Coleman) *''Briar Road'' (2015), narrator (writer Jonathan Buckley) *''Not in Our Name CD'' (2015), narrator (writer Heathcote Williams) *''Only Mountains,'' BBC Radio Drama on 3 (writer) 8 March 2020

Radio (other)

''Only Artists'' (2018), meets the musician and performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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