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Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, 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''. ==Early life== Born in Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Peake is the second of two daughters born to Brian and Glenys Peake (née Hall). Her father was a lorry driver before working in the electrical industry, her mother a part-time careworker; Lisa, her elder sister by nine years, is a police officer.〔 Her parents separated when Peake 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, she 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, Bradshaw near Bolton. Her grandfather encouraged her to develop her creativity and start acting. Peake joined the Octagon Youth Theatre, Bolton, at 13, before a period at the youth theatre of the Royal Exchange, Manchester. She later attended the Salford College of Technology leaving after two years. During this time she appeared in productions with two leading amateur theatre companies in Bolton: The Marco Players and the Phoenix Theatre Company. Peake was a member of the Communist Party of Britain Salford branch in her youth.〔"When I was much younger I used to be a member of the Communist Party although nowadays I don’t really have a political affiliation to any party" Maxine Peake interview, ("Lancashire Life" ) January 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.〕 She supported Jeremy Corbyn in the in the Labour leadership election 〔http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-45b8-Peake-Corbyn-can-put-Labour-on-track/〕 In her teens Peake was a representative for Wigan Ladies rugby league team. 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. 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maxine Peake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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