Lara Peake

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Lara Peake
Born
Lara Alexandra Peake[ citation needed ]

(1998-08-04) 4 August 1998 (age 25)
OccupationActress

Lara Alexandra Peake (born 4 August 1998)[ citation needed ] is an English actress.

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Early life

From Nottingham, England, Peake did not go to drama school but attended the Inspire Academy drama workshop in her hometown. [1]

Career

Peake had her initial breakthrough at the age of 15, when she was cast opposite George MacKay in Duane Hopkins' independent feature film Bypass. [2] This earned her a spot on the 2015 longlist for the British Independent Film Awards ‘Most Promising Newcomer’. [3] 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. [4]

She has a lead role in the coming of age movie Spaceship. She's also appeared in Jo Brand's comedy vehicle Damned on Channel 4, and appeared in Tracey Ullman's Show on the BBC. Peake appeared in Channel 4 psychological thriller 4 part series Born to Kill. [5]

Peake appeared in Final Score with Pierce Brosnan and Dave Bautista as a West Ham United fan who encounters terrorists during a match at the Boleyn Ground. [6] Peake appeared in the Netflix series The English Game written by Julian Fellowes about the birth of professionalism in association football in Victorian England. [7] Peake has the role of Madysun in Brave New World .

In 2023 Peake appears in How to Have Sex [8] and was cast in upcoming lavish British television adaptation of Jilly Cooper novel Rivals . [9]

Filmography

Film

Key
Denotes productions that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2014BypassHelen
2016SpaceshipTegan
2017FirecrackerEmShort film
How to Talk to Girls at Parties Wainswain
The Marker Cristina Vaduva
2018 Final Score Danni
2019ParasomniacLucyShort film
2021Broken ShelterAmelieShort film
2023 How to Have Sex SkyeFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Damned ChantalEpisode: "Series 1, Episode 4"
2017 Tracey Ullman's Show Daughter2 episodes
Born to Kill ChrissyMini-series
2020 The English Game Betsy CronshawMini-series
Brave New World MadysunRecurring role, 3 episodes
2022 Mood CarlyMain cast
TBA Rivals Daysee ButlerSeries

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