Lara Alexandra Peake (born 4 August 1998) is an English actress.
Early life
From
Nottingham, England, Peake did not go to drama school. At 12 Peake joined a drama workshop in Nottingham called the Inspire Academy.
Career
Peake had her initial breakthrough at the age of 15, when she was cast opposite
George MacKay in
Duane Hopkins
Duane Hopkins (born 22 July 1973) is an English film director and artist, best known for directing the independent film ''Better Things'' (2008).
Career
Hopkins' first short film, ''Field'', made in 2001, premiered at Cannes Film Festival a ...
' independent feature film ''Bypass''. This earned her a spot on the 2015 longlist for the
British Independent Film Awards ‘Most Promising Newcomer’. Peake has also filmed opposite
Nicole Kidman and
Elle Fanning in
''How To Talk To Girls at Parties'' adapted from a short story by fantasy writer
Neil Gaiman
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.
She has a lead role in the coming of age movie ''Spaceship''. She's aso appeared in
Jo Brand
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's comedy vehicle
''Damned'' on Channel 4, and appeared in
Tracey Ullman's Show
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on the
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. Peake appeared in
Channel 4
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psychological thriller 4 part series
''Born to Kill''.
Peake appeared in
''Final Score'' with
Pierce Brosnan
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and
Dave Bautista as a
West Ham United fan who encounters terrorists during a match at the
Boleyn Ground. Peake appeared in the
Netflix
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series ''
The English Game
''The English Game'' is a British historical sports drama television miniseries developed by Julian Fellowes for Netflix about the origins of modern association football in England. The six-part series was released on 20 March 2020.
Premise
In ...
'' written by
Julian Fellowes
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He is primarily known as the author of s ...
about the birth of professionalism in
association football
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in Victorian England.
Peake has the role of Madysun in ''
Brave New World''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peake, Lara
1998 births
Living people
Actresses from Nottinghamshire
Actors from Nottingham