Maxine Peake was an actress who starred in many drama films. She had an early role on the television special "The Way We Live Now" (PBS, 2001-02). She also appeared in various films, such as the comedic drama "Girls' Night" (1998) with Brenda Blethyn and "All or Nothing" (2002). She then appeared in the crime drama "Clubbed" (2009) with Colin Salmon, "Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister" (2010) and the Andrew Garfield crime drama "1980: The Red Riding Trilogy Part 2" (2010). She also appeared in "Best Laid Plans" (2012). She spent the 2010s tackling film roles in "Svengali" (2014), "Keeping Rosy" (2014) and the Jack O'Connell dramatic adaptation "Private Peaceful" (2014). She also appeared in "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "Maxine Peake As Hamlet" (2015). Most recently, Peake acted in "The Falling" (2015).