Maxine Peake

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Maxine Peake
Born 14 July 1974 (1974-07-14) (age 33)
Bolton
Greater Manchester
England

Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974[1] in Bolton,[2] Greater Manchester) is an English television actress.

She attended Westhoughton High School and later trained at RADA.[3] She has appeared in a number of television and stage productions including Channel 4's Shameless,[4] Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies[5] and Craig Cash's Early Doors as Janice.[6] 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.

In 2006, Peake took on one of the most challenging roles of her career; that of the Moors Murderess Myra Hindley in See No Evil: The Moors Murders.[7][8] See No Evil aired in May 2006 (forty years after Hindley and Ian Brady's trial), and was met with mixed reactions. Following the broadcast of See No Evil, Peake announced that she was quitting Shameless.

Also in 2006, Peake appeared in On the Third Day the resultant play in Channel 4's The Play's the Thing televised competition.[9]

In 2007, she played Tracey Temple in the TV drama Confessions of a Diary Secretary,[10] which told the story of John Prescott's affair with a co-worker. On 17 January 2008, she was the Cinderella character in the BBC's Fairy Tales series.[11] On 26 March 2008, she starred in Hancock and Joan,[12] a drama in BBC Four's Curse of Comedy series. She played Joan Le Mesurier, wife of actor John Le Mesurier who had an affair with comedian Tony Hancock.

[edit] References

  1. ^ My Secret Life: Maxine Peake, actress, 33. The Independent, first published 8 March 2008.
  2. ^ General Register Office - Births Index - Year: 1974. Quarter: Jul/Aug/Sep. Child's Name: Peake, Maxine. Mother's Maiden surname: Hall. District: Bolton. Volume: 38. Page: 0323.
  3. ^ Bolton Women of Achievement. URL accessed 5 May 2008.
  4. ^ Shameless at the Internet Movie Database
  5. ^ Dinnerladies at the Internet Movie Database
  6. ^ Early Doors at the Internet Movie Database
  7. ^ See No Evil: The Moors Murders at the Internet Movie Database
  8. ^ Return to the Moors. The Manchester Evening News, first published 4 May 2006.
  9. ^ The Play's the Thing. URL accessed 5 May 2008.
  10. ^ Confessions of a Diary Secretary at the Internet Movie Database
  11. ^ Fairy Tales at the Internet Movie Database
  12. ^ Hancock and Joan at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME Peake, Maxine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION English television actress.
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH