Maxine Peake
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1974-07-14 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (46)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Black Mirror
2011
as Bella
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Star Wars: Visions
2021
as Kalina Kalfus (voice)
Shameless
2004
as Veronica Fisher
Inside No. 9
2014
as Nadia
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Silk
2011
as Martha Costello QC
Jonathan Creek
1997
as Marion Cretiss
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Doll Tearsheet
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Photocopy Assistant
ChuckleVision
1987
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
Timeshift
2002
as Self - Narrator
Bait
2026
as Helen
The Street
2006
Say Nothing
2024
as Older Dolours Price
Little Dorrit
2008
as Miss Wade
The Village
2013
as Grace Middleton
Mandy
2020
as Susan Blower
Criminal Justice
2008
as Juliet Miller
Clocking Off
2000
as Marie Leach
Messiah
2001
as DS Vickie Clarke
Red Riding
2009
dinnerladies
1998
as Twinkle
Early Doors
2003
as Janice
Sunburn
1999
as Sue
The Devil's Whore
2008
as Elizabeth Lilburne
Anne
2022
as Anne Williams
Linda Green
2001
as Receptionist
Three Girls
2017
as Sara Rowbotham
Artsnight
2015
as Self - Presenter
Comedy Connections
2003
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020
as Miss Fozzard
Room at the Top
2012
as Alice Aisgill
The Bisexual
2018
as Sadie
Fairy Tales
2008
as Cindy Mellor
We Have Been Watching
2017
as Self
Art That Made Us
2022
as Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)
Rules of the Game
2022
as Sam Thompson
Last Seen
2026
Dinnerladies Diaries
2018
as Self
First Day on Earth
as Helen
Secret Life of the Safari Park
2024
as Narrator
The Haunted Season
2024
as The Englishwoman (voice)
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
2006
as Myra Hindley
Movies (75)
I Swear
2025
as Dottie
Words of War
2025
as Anna Politkovskaya
The Theory of Everything
2014
as Elaine Mason
Wendell & Wild
2022
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
The Falling
2015
as Eileen Lamont
Peterloo
2018
as Nellie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
2009
as Helen Marshall
All or Nothing
2002
as Party girl
Woken
2024
as Helen
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2016
as Titania
Dance First
2023
as Barbara
Clubbed
2008
as Angela
Faith
2005
as Linda
Private Peaceful
2012
as Hazel Peaceful
Funny Cow
2018
as Funny Cow
Frozen
2005
as Ticket Attendant
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019
as Fanny Lye
Girls' Night
1998
as Sharon
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
2010
as Anne Lister
Svengali
2013
as Angie
Best Laid Plans
2012
as Isabel
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Self
Keeping Rosy
2014
as Charlotte
Run & Jump
2014
as Vanetia
Would Like To Meet
2007
as George's Mum
Christmas Lights
2004
as Pauline
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2013
as Celia
Hamilton Mattress
2002
as Lulu (voice)
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
as Tracey Temple
Hancock & Joan
2008
as Joan Le Mesurier
Gwen
2018
as Elen
I Am Bob
2007
as Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
as Narrator
Hamlet
2015
as Hamlet
Bike Squad
2008
as WPC Kate McFay
Tish
2023
as Tish Murtha (voice)
Art Matters
2024
as Self
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
2018
as Friedrich Engels (voice)
Where We Used to Meet
2021
The Heart Fails Without Warning
2013
as Mother
Red Top
2016
as Rebekah Brooks
Unseen
2017
as Emma
Strange Weather
2015
as Jane
Wonders of the Moon
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Twisting My Melon
as Linda Ryder
Edge
2010
as Elly
Surfaces
2020
as Alix
The Fear of Trilogy
2006
Generation '66
2016
as Narrator
Choked Up
2023
as Fiona Lacey
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
as Self
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
2022
as Self- Presenter
The Madness of the Dance
2006
Lapushka!
2022
as Scoot Piccolo
Cake
2017
Be Still My Beating Heart
2019
Men Who Sleep in Cars
2017
as Sarah
The Priest
2017
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
2017
as Narrator
Imaginary Friend
2010
as Pauline
DeafBlind
2011
as Maggie
The Bright Side Running Club
I Wish For You
2016
as Grown Up Mia
The Occupant of the Room
2025
as The Englishwoman (voice)
It's Me
2020
as Miriam
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
2018
as Self
Judy
2019
as Judy
Laundreams
2025
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
2025
as Self
Something Out of Nothing
2022
Inner Polar Bear
2022
as Narrator (voice)
The Shuttleworths
2015
as Helen Bach
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
2020
as Self - Narrator
About Maxine Peake
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… With 121 credits spanning from 1987 to 2026, Maxine Peake has appeared in 75 films and 46 TV shows.
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Most Popular Maxine Peake Movies
- I Swear (2025) — as Dottie
- Words of War (2025) — as Anna Politkovskaya
- The Theory of Everything (2014) — as Elaine Mason
- Wendell & Wild (2022) — as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007) — as Self
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