years_active birth_place parents birth_date image article_title name occupation
1996 -- present westhoughton , bolton , england , uk brian and glenys peake 14 july 1974 maxinepeak 2015.jpg maxine peake
 maxine peake actress
maxine peake

maxine peake -lrb- born 14 july 1974 -rrb- is an english stage , film and television actress , 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 qc in bbc legal drama `` silk '' and grace middleton in `` the village '' .
she is also an accomplished stage actress , and co-starred in the 2014 film `` the theory of everything '' .
