Maxine Peake
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright, producer, director and political activist, who made her name as Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies. She has since played Veronica in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless, barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk and Grace Middleton in The Village. She is also an accomplished stage actress, having played the title role in Hamlet, and had a role in the 2014 film The Theory of Everything. In 2018 she played the lead in the film Funny Cow and had a starring role in Mike Leigh's epic Peterloo, a film very close to her heart.
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Filmography
The Bright Side Running Club
Movie
First Day on Earth
TV · as Helen
The Unheard
TV · 1 ep
Becoming Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self
Crackula
Movie
Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story
Movie · as Self
Last Seen
TV · as Jenna Reid · 6 eps
Bait
TV · as Helen · 2 eps
Words of War
Movie · as Anna Politkovskaya
I Swear
Movie · as Dottie
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Movie · as Narrator
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
Movie · as Self
The Occupant of the Room
Movie · as The Englishwoman (voice)
Laundreams
Movie
Woken
Movie · as Helen
Art Matters
Movie · as Self
Secret Life of the Safari Park
TV · as Narrator · 6 eps
Say Nothing
TV · as Older Dolours Price · 9 eps
The Haunted Season
TV · as The Englishwoman (voice) · 1 ep
Dance First
Movie · as Barbara
Tish
Movie · as Tish Murtha (voice)
Choked Up
Movie · as Fiona Lacey
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
Movie · as Self- Presenter
Wendell & Wild
Movie · as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Something Out of Nothing
Movie
Lapushka!
Movie · as Scoot Piccolo
Inner Polar Bear
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Rules of the Game
TV · as Sam Thompson · 4 eps
Art That Made Us
TV · as Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne) · 2 eps
Anne
TV · as Anne Williams · 4 eps
Where We Used to Meet
Movie
Star Wars: Visions
TV · as Kalina Kalfus (voice) · 1 ep
Surfaces
Movie · as Alix
It's Me
Movie · as Miriam
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
TV · as Miss Fozzard · 1 ep
Mandy
TV · as Susan Blower · 1 ep
Judy
Movie · as Judy
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Movie · as Fanny Lye
Be Still My Beating Heart
Movie
Funny Cow
Movie · as Funny Cow
Peterloo
Movie · as Nellie
Wonders of the Moon
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Gwen
Movie · as Elen
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Movie · as Self
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
Movie · as Friedrich Engels (voice)
The Bisexual
TV · as Sadie · 6 eps
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Dinnerladies Diaries
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Men Who Sleep in Cars
Movie · as Sarah
Cake
Movie
The Priest
Movie
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
Movie · as Narrator
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Unseen
Movie · as Emma
We Have Been Watching
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Three Girls
TV · as Sara Rowbotham · 3 eps
I Wish For You
Movie · as Grown Up Mia
Generation '66
Movie · as Narrator
Red Top
Movie · as Rebekah Brooks
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Titania
Strange Weather
Movie · as Jane
The Falling
Movie · as Eileen Lamont
Hamlet
Movie · as Hamlet
The Shuttleworths
Movie · as Helen Bach
Artsnight
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Run & Jump
Movie · as Vanetia
The Theory of Everything
Movie · as Elaine Mason
Keeping Rosy
Movie · as Charlotte
Inside No. 9
TV · as Nadia · 1 ep
Svengali
Movie · as Angie
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Movie · as Celia
The Heart Fails Without Warning
Movie · as Mother
The Village
TV · as Grace Middleton · 12 eps
Private Peaceful
Movie · as Hazel Peaceful
Best Laid Plans
Movie · as Isabel
Room at the Top
TV · as Alice Aisgill · 2 eps
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Doll Tearsheet · 2 eps
DeafBlind
Movie · as Maggie
Black Mirror
TV · as Bella · 1 ep
Silk
TV · as Martha Costello QC · 18 eps
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Movie · as Anne Lister
Edge
Movie · as Elly
Imaginary Friend
Movie · as Pauline
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Movie · as Helen Marshall
Red Riding
TV · 1 ep
Clubbed
Movie · as Angela
Hancock & Joan
Movie · as Joan Le Mesurier
Bike Squad
Movie · as WPC Kate McFay
Criminal Justice
TV · as Juliet Miller · 5 eps
Little Dorrit
TV · as Miss Wade · 14 eps
The Devil's Whore
TV · as Elizabeth Lilburne · 4 eps
Fairy Tales
TV · as Cindy Mellor · 1 ep
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie · as Self
I Am Bob
Movie · as Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Movie · as Tracey Temple
Would Like To Meet
Movie · as George's Mum
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Madness of the Dance
Movie
The Fear of Trilogy
Movie
The Street
TV · 1 ep
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
TV · as Myra Hindley · 2 eps
The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Faith
Movie · as Linda
Frozen
Movie · as Ticket Attendant
Christmas Lights
Movie · as Pauline
Shameless
TV · as Veronica Fisher · 26 eps
Early Doors
TV · as Janice · 6 eps
Comedy Connections
TV · 1 ep
All or Nothing
Movie · as Party girl
Hamilton Mattress
Movie · as Lulu (voice)
Timeshift
TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep
Messiah
TV · as DS Vickie Clarke · 3 eps
Linda Green
TV · as Receptionist · 1 ep
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · as Self
Clocking Off
TV · as Marie Leach · 1 ep
At Home with the Braithwaites
TV · as Trixie Fletcher · 1 ep
Sunburn
TV · as Sue · 1 ep
Girls' Night
Movie · as Sharon
dinnerladies
TV · as Twinkle · 16 eps
Jonathan Creek
TV · as Marion Cretiss · 1 ep
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV · as Photocopy Assistant · 1 ep
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Dr Allison Laurie · 1 ep
ChuckleVision
TV · 1 ep
The South Bank Show
TV · 2 eps