Maxine Peake

Acting • 1974-07-14 • Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

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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2026
Last SeenTV
Jenna Reid • 6 episodes
★ 7.6
2026
BaitTV
Helen • 2 episodes
★ 6.7
2026
Becoming Victoria WoodFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2026
CrackulaFilm
2025
I SwearFilm
Dottie
★ 8.3
2025
Words of WarFilm
Anna Politkovskaya
★ 6.9
2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2025
LaundreamsFilm
2025
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?Film
Self
2025
The Occupant of the RoomFilm
The Englishwoman (voice)
2024
Say NothingTV
Older Dolours Price • 9 episodes
★ 7.5
2024
WokenFilm
Helen
★ 5.4
2024
Art MattersFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2024
The Haunted SeasonTV
The Englishwoman (voice) • 1 episodes
2024
Secret Life of the Safari ParkTV
Narrator • 6 episodes
2023
Dance FirstFilm
Barbara
★ 6.6
2023
Choked UpFilm
Fiona Lacey
★ 7.5
2023
TishFilm
Tish Murtha (voice)
★ 9.0
2022
Wendell & WildFilm
Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
★ 6.6
2022
AnneTV
Anne Williams • 4 episodes
★ 7.0
2022
Rules of the GameTV
Sam Thompson • 4 episodes
★ 6.2
2022
Art That Made UsTV
Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne) • 2 episodes
★ 5.5
2022
The Real Anne: Unfinished BusinessFilm
Self- Presenter
2022
Inner Polar BearFilm
Narrator (voice)
2022
Something Out of NothingFilm
2022
Lapushka!Film
Scoot Piccolo
2021
Star Wars: VisionsTV
Kalina Kalfus (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
2021
Where We Used to MeetFilm
2020
MandyTV
Susan Blower • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2020
Alan Bennett's Talking HeadsTV
Miss Fozzard • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2020
The Great Mountain Sheep GatherFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.0
2020
SurfacesFilm
Alix
2020
It's MeFilm
Miriam
2019
Fanny Lye Deliver'dFilm
Fanny Lye
★ 6.3
2019
Be Still My Beating HeartFilm
★ 1.0
2019
JudyFilm
Judy
2018
PeterlooFilm
Nellie
★ 6.7
2018
GwenFilm
Elen
★ 5.4
2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2018
The BisexualTV
Sadie • 6 episodes
★ 6.4
2018
Funny CowFilm
Funny Cow
★ 6.3
2018
Wonders of the MoonFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.7
2018
Dinnerladies DiariesTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 9.0
2018
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich EngelsFilm
Friedrich Engels (voice)
★ 0.5
2018
The Last Testament of Lillian BiloccaFilm
Self
2017
Three GirlsTV
Sara Rowbotham • 3 episodes
★ 7.3
2017
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford ModsFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.2
2017
CakeFilm
★ 5.3
2017
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing SwindleFilm
Narrator
★ 4.0
2017
We Have Been WatchingTV
Self • 5 episodes
2017
UnseenFilm
Emma
2017
Men Who Sleep in CarsFilm
Sarah
2017
The PriestFilm
2016
A Midsummer Night's DreamFilm
Titania
★ 5.3
2016
Red TopFilm
Rebekah Brooks
★ 5.3
2016
Generation '66Film
Narrator
★ 7.0
2016
I Wish For YouFilm
Grown Up Mia
2015
The FallingFilm
Eileen Lamont
★ 5.1
2015
HamletFilm
Hamlet
★ 8.2
2015
ArtsnightTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
2015
The ShuttleworthsFilm
Helen Bach
2015
Strange WeatherFilm
Jane
2014
The Theory of EverythingFilm
Elaine Mason
★ 7.8
2014
Inside No. 9TV
Nadia • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
2014
Run & JumpFilm
Vanetia
★ 5.9
2014
Keeping RosyFilm
Charlotte
★ 5.4
2013
The VillageTV
Grace Middleton • 12 episodes
★ 7.3
2013
SvengaliFilm
Angie
★ 5.4
2013
Keeping Up with the JonesesFilm
Celia
★ 5.9
2013
The Heart Fails Without WarningFilm
Mother
2012
The Hollow CrownTV
Doll Tearsheet • 2 episodes
★ 7.4
2012
Private PeacefulFilm
Hazel Peaceful
★ 6.6
2012
Best Laid PlansFilm
Isabel
★ 5.5
2012
Room at the TopTV
Alice Aisgill • 2 episodes
★ 6.9
2011
Black MirrorTV
Bella • 1 episodes
★ 8.3
2011
SilkTV
Martha Costello QC • 18 episodes
★ 7.5
2011
DeafBlindFilm
Maggie
2010
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne ListerFilm
Anne Lister
★ 6.5
2010
EdgeFilm
Elly
★ 6.0
2010
Imaginary FriendFilm
Pauline
★ 8.0
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Film
Helen Marshall
★ 6.9
2009
Red RidingTV
★ 7.2
2008
Little DorritTV
Miss Wade • 14 episodes
★ 7.9
2008
ClubbedFilm
Angela
★ 6.7
2008
The Devil's WhoreTV
Elizabeth Lilburne • 4 episodes
★ 6.8
2008
Criminal JusticeTV
Juliet Miller • 5 episodes
★ 7.6
2008
Hancock & JoanFilm
Joan Le Mesurier
★ 4.1
2008
Fairy TalesTV
Cindy Mellor • 1 episodes
2008
Bike SquadFilm
WPC Kate McFay
2007
The Graham Norton ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.2
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.5
2007
Would Like To MeetFilm
George's Mum
★ 10.0
2007
I Am BobFilm
Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
★ 7.5
2007
The 50 Greatest Television DramasFilm
Self
2007
Confessions of a Diary SecretaryFilm
Tracey Temple
2006
The One ShowTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.3
2006
See No Evil: The Moors MurdersTV
Myra Hindley • 2 episodes
★ 6.3
2006
The StreetTV
★ 7.6
2006
The Madness of the DanceFilm
★ 6.5
2006
The Fear of TrilogyFilm
2005
FrozenFilm
Ticket Attendant
★ 5.9
2005
FaithFilm
Linda
★ 9.0
2004
ShamelessTV
Veronica Fisher • 26 episodes
★ 7.5
2004
Christmas LightsFilm
Pauline
★ 5.6
2003
Early DoorsTV
Janice • 6 episodes
★ 7.8
2003
Comedy ConnectionsTV
★ 6.5
2002
All or NothingFilm
Party girl
★ 7.1
2002
TimeshiftTV
Self - Narrator • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2002
Hamilton MattressFilm
Lulu (voice)
★ 6.8
2001
MessiahTV
DS Vickie Clarke • 3 episodes
★ 7.4
2001
Linda GreenTV
Receptionist • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2000
At Home with the BraithwaitesTV
Trixie Fletcher • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
2000
Clocking OffTV
Marie Leach • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2000
Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1999
SunburnTV
Sue • 1 episodes
★ 4.8
1998
dinnerladiesTV
Twinkle • 16 episodes
★ 7.5
1998
Girls' NightFilm
Sharon
★ 6.8
1997
Jonathan CreekTV
Marion Cretiss • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1996
Dalziel and PascoeTV
Dr Allison Laurie • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1996
Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesTV
Photocopy Assistant • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1987
ChuckleVisionTV
★ 6.3
1978
The South Bank ShowTV
★ 5.6

Known For

Shameless

I Swear

The Theory of Everything

Peterloo

The Falling

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

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Filmography