Maxine Peake

About Maxine Peake

She is most known for her roles in the British television shows Shameless, Silk, dinnerladies, and The Village. She is best known for playing Elaine Mason in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything.

Maxine Peake is an English actress and narrator. She appeared as Twinkle in Dinners and Veronica Ball in Shameless, lawyer Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk and Grace Middleton in the BBC drama The Village, and starred in Black Mirror episode "Metalhead" . She also starred in Hamlet, as well as the infamous serial killer Myra Hindley in the critically acclaimed ITV Moors Murders screenplay, See No Evil: The Moors Murders, in 2006

Years active	1996–present
Occupation	Actress and narrator
Born	July 14, 1974, Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, England

---

Maxine Peake before fame

When she was in her early teens, she began performing with the Octagon and Royal Exchange Youth Theatres. Later in life, she attended the University of Salford and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Achievement of Maxine Peake

She is also a theater actor, having won a Manchester Theatre Award in 2012 for her performance in August Strindberg's Miss Julie. She joined the Communist Party in her early twenties and was honored by the Bolton Socialist Club in 2014 for her"Outstanding Contribution to Socialism".

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$1 Million

Maxine Peake family life

She was reared in Westhoughton, England, as the daughter of Glynis and Brian Peake, and spent a lot of her adolescence with her grandfather, who encouraged her artistic abilities.

Associations of Maxine Peake

She co-starred in the 2008 film Clubbed with Colin Salmon.

Maxine Peake Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	in kg - N/A
Height	170 cm
Eye Color	N/A
Hair Color	N/A

Family Members

Name	Relationship	Net worth	Profession
Pawlo Wintoniuk	Partner		N/A
Lisa Peake	Siblings		N/A