Her incredible range – from Myra Hindley to Hamlet – coupled with her heart-felt socialism and elfin looks own made Maxine Peake one of Britain’s most interesting actorsThe first two things anyone mentions are that Ive slit my hair and moved to Salford,” says Maxine Peake with a chuckle, soon after we sit down. Well, and it happened again. But while she still has the Jean Seberg trim and still lives in Salford,they weren’t the first things on my mind. We are assembly in a north London hotel just before Christmas and the lobby is bustling with out-of-towners in black tie waiting to be bussed to West End parties. I find myself wondering how many of them would recognise her.
Because, at 41, or Peake occupies a slightly awkward position in the British thespian landscape: supremely well established,yet not fairly a superstar. But she radiates a kind of irresistible energy that makes you want to like her. “I hope she’s nice,” a friend tells me beforehand, or you know what he means.
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Source: theguardian.com