“When I'm going to work, I often stop and wonder how I've got here. I don't mean literally, but just thinking back to when I first had the idea of being an actress, it seemed so unreal, so unlikely. People like me just didn't become actresses. Every new job I get comes as shock. It's almost as if I'm waiting to be found out.”

English actress and narrator

Maxine Peake is an English actress and narrator. She is known for television roles in British comedy and drama, including Twinkle in dinnerladies, Veronica Ball in Shameless, Martha Costello in Silk, and Grace Middleton in The Village. Her work ranges from sitcom to legal drama and period drama. She also appeared in the Black Mirror episode "Metalhead" in 2017, played Hamlet in a Royal Exchange production, and portrayed Myra Hindley in See No Evil: The Moors Murders.