Who is Maxine Peake’s partner Pawlo Wintoniuk?
MAXINE Peake is riding high as one of Britain's leading ladies.
But when the actress isn't busy filming her latest show, she enjoys a quiet life with her partner Pawlo Wintoniuk.
Who is Maxine Peake's partner Pawlo Wintoniuk?
Maxine isn't married but she does have a long term partner.
The actress is in a relationship with art director Pawlo Wintoniuk.
Wintoniuk works in film and has directed Another Me (2013), Blood (2012) and Away (2016).
In 2009 the couple left London after living there for 13 years and moved to Salford, Manchester.
What has Maxine said about Pawlo?
In an interview with in 2017, Maxine referred to Pawlo as her "soulmate".
She said: “He’s better informed than I am, and he thinks I’m a lot better informed than I am. Which makes me laugh.”
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Maxine revealed how the couple have tried to have children through IVF, but it was unsuccessful.
The actress revealed the appalling things that people have said to her about not being a mother.
She said: “After Mum’s generation, it felt like we’ll get a career off the ground, and now it feels as if it’s gone back to the role of wife and motherhood.
"You’ve got to have five kids to fill your 4x4. It’s a middle-class thing: they’re having these huge broods.”
What else do we know about Maxine Peake?
Maxine is a 47-year-old actress from Bolton.
At the age of thirteen she joined the Octagon Youth Theatre before moving on to the Royal Exchange Youth Theatre.
Maxine first came to prominence as the hapless but lovable Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies.
In 2022 she kicked off the year by starring in both ITV drama Anne and the BBC's Rules of the Game.
On the big screen, Maxine took on the lead role in Funny Cow - a comedy about a female comedian in 70s Yorkshire.
In 2018 she appeared in Peterloo, a historical drama which marked the 200th anniversary of the Manchester massacre.
She also starred in the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory Of Everything as Elaine Mason.