[4][8], Peake has appeared in many television and stage productions including Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies, Channel 4's Shameless, in the lead role of barrister Martha Costello in the BBC's legal drama Silk and alongside John Simm in the BBC drama The Village, depicting life in a Derbyshire village during the First World War. Candace Cameron-Bure. [20] Peake also features as a crazed stalker in the music video for "Sweet Saturn Mine"[21] by Moonlandingz; a collaborative effort by Eccentronic Research Council and Fat White Family in 2015. Andrea Barber. [23] Her association with the theatre began in childhood and she was a member of the youth theatre. Sofía Vergara. "Maxine Peake stars in new climate change film 'I Wish for You... "Celebrities to tour Britain in 'Jeremy Corbyn For Prime Minister' musical show", "Maxine Peake: 'I'm a Corbyn supporter. Peake portrayed Moors murderer Myra Hindley in See No Evil: The Moors Murders, which was broadcast in May 2006. Her grandfather encouraged her to develop her creativity and start acting. [41] 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". "[47], In November 2019, along with other public figures, Peake signed a letter supporting Labour Party leader Jeremy 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 UK general election.[48]. The comments below have not been moderated. [35][35][36], Peake starred in The Nico Project as Velvet Underground singer Nico at the Manchester International Festival in July 2019.

Peake was a member of the Communist Party of Britain Salford branch in her youth. Cancers. [43], In July 2015, Peake endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election. And she hit out at those who assume all women ought to become mothers, saying it ‘shocks’ her that childless women are subjected to more scrutiny than men. Revealed in an interview in August 2014 that over the years she has suffered two miscarriages and undergone several failed attempts at IVF treatment. TV Actress. [32], Peake starred in, and won critical acclaim for, the lead role of Winnie in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at the Royal Exchange Theatre in May 2018.

She said: ‘I get angry about the way women are forced and bullied into what the male ideal is.

She said: ‘My own mum told me not to have children. We need a coup, "Exclusive: New letter supporting Jeremy Corbyn signed by Roger Waters, Robert Del Naja and more", "Maxine Peake: 'People who couldn't vote Labour because of Corbyn? [5] In her teens, Peake played for Wigan Ladies rugby league team. The episode was directed by Hannibal and American Gods director, David Slade.