Maxine Peake

Quick Facts

Full Name	Maxine Peake
Occupation	Tv Actress
Date Of Birth	Jul 14, 1974(1974-07-14)
Age	50
Birthplace	Westhoughton
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Maxine Peake Biography

Maxine Peake is one of the most popular and richest TV Actress who was born on July 14, 1974 in Westhoughton, England, United Kingdom. She is most well-known for her role in The Theory of Everything (2014) film as Elaine Mason. But she is probably best known for her roles on British television in Shameless, Silk and dinnerladies, and The Village.

Both she and She and Colin Salmon were both in the cast of the 2008 film Clubbed. were part of the 2008 film Clubbed.

Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Twinkle in dinnerladies and Veronica Ball in Shameless, barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk, and Grace Middleton in the BBC drama series The Village, as well as starring in Black Mirror episode “Metalhead”. She is also an accomplished stage actress, having played the title role in Hamlet.

Peake’s early attempts to enter the acting profession were unsuccessful. She was rejected by every theatre education company in North West England, and tried unsuccessfully for three years to get into Manchester Polytechnic Theatre School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. However, at 21, she obtained a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Her attempts to find sponsorship for RADA were the subject of a 1996 documentary by The South Bank Show. Eventually, after being put forward by RADA, she was awarded the Patricia Rothermere Scholarship.

She is the daughter of Brian Peake and Glynis Peake. She grew up in Westhoughton in England and spent part of her teenage years with her grandfather who encouraged her artistic abilities.

Maxine Peake Net Worth

Maxine Peake is one of the richest Tv Actress from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maxine Peake 's net worth $1 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She began performing with the Octagon Youth Theatres and Royal Exchange Youth Theatres in her teens. Later, she attended the University of Salford as well as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She was also a theatre actress and received a Manchester Theatre Award in 2012 for her performance of Miss Julie, August Strindberg’s play. In her early years of adulthood, she joined the Communist Party. She was awarded the Bolton Socialist Club’s “Outstanding Contribution To Socialism” award in 2014.

Peake was born in Westhoughton, Bolton on 14 July 1974, 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 (born 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 GCSE studies at Westhoughton High School, before going on to take her A-Levels at Canon Slade School in Bradshaw. Her grandfather encouraged her to develop her creativity and start acting.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Maxine Peake height 5 ft 7 in Maxine weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Maxine Peake Dating?

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In November 2012, a play that Peake had written, directed and starred in about the life of the Leeds-born cyclist Beryl Burton was broadcast on BBC Radio Four as Beryl: A Love Story On Two Wheels. 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, 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 during the 1980s Miners’ Strike.

Facts & Trivia

Maxine Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Maxine Peake celebrates birthday on July 14 of every year.

Peake brings her views into much of her work. She is a feminist and socialist. She was active in communist organisations during her youth and a member of Communist Party of Britain. 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”.

Who is Maxine Peake married to?

Maxine Peake
Years active| 1995–present
Known for| dinnerladies Shameless Silk The Village
Partner(s)| Pawlo Wintoniuk

How much weight did Maxine Peake lose?

Aged 24, Maxine – who played Twinkle in the popular sitcom – joined WeightWatchers and lost 5st in nine months.

Where is Maxine Peake now?

The actress lives in Salford, Manchester , with art director Pawlo Wintoniuk.

Are Maxine Peake and Sharon Small related?

Yeah, OK, I’ll be the evil, bitter, twisted, adopted daughter, sister of Maxine Peake …” she laughs. I think we might be onto something, but at this point the PR tells us time is up. “If I’ve said anything t**tish please don’t write that,” says Small.

Does Maxine Peake have a child?

Sadly the IVF was unsuccessful and Maxine suffered two miscarriages during this time. Talking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in 2019, Maxine explained how she was not allowed to take time off work for fertility treatment.