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Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright, producer, director and political activist, 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 stage actress, having played the title role in Hamlet, and had a role in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything. In 2018 she played the lead in the film Funny Cow and had a starring role in Mike Leigh's epic Peterloo, a film very close to her heart.

Funny Cow ( 2018) | IMDb: 6.5

Comedy , Drama

A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.

Starring:

Maxine Peake , Stephen Graham , Christine Bottomley , Paddy Considine , Tony Pitts , Alun Armstrong

Directed by:

Adrian Shergold

Produced by:

Kevin Proctor , Tony Pitts , Maxine Peake

The Theory of Everything ( 2014) | IMDb: 7.7

Drama , Romance

The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

Starring:

Eddie Redmayne , Felicity Jones , Charlie Cox , Emily Watson , Simon McBurney , David Thewlis

Directed by:

Deborah Saban , James Marsh , Sylvia Parker

Produced by:

Theo Park , Carrie-Ann Banner , Robert Sterne

All or Nothing ( 2002) | IMDb: 7.5

Drama

Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

Starring:

Timothy Spall , Lesley Manville , James Corden , Alison Garland , Ruth Sheen , Sally Hawkins

Directed by:

Lyndsay Bullock , Lucy Whitton , Josh Robertson

Produced by:

Danielle Brandon , Will Tyler , Steve Mason

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