Maxine Peake
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jul 14, 1974 (52 years old)
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
| 2026 | Becoming Victoria WoodSelf | |
| 2026 | BaitHelen | |
| 2025 | Words of WarAnna Politkovskaya | |
| 2025 | I SwearDottie | |
| 2025 | Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughNarrator | |
| 2025 | Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?Self | |
| 2025 | The Occupant of the RoomThe Englishwoman (voice) | |
| 2024 | WokenHelen | |
| 2024 | Art MattersSelf | |
| 2024 | Secret Life of the Safari ParkNarrator | |
| 2024 | Say NothingOlder Dolours Price | |
| 2024 | The Haunted SeasonThe Englishwoman (voice) | |
| 2023 | Dance FirstBarbara | |
| 2023 | TishTish Murtha (voice) | |
| 2023 | Choked UpFiona Lacey | |
| 2022 | The Real Anne: Unfinished BusinessSelf- Presenter | |
| 2022 | Wendell & WildIrmgard Klaxon (voice) | |
| 2022 | Something Out of Nothing | |
| 2022 | Lapushka!Scoot Piccolo | |
| 2022 | Inner Polar BearNarrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | Rules of the GameSam Thompson | |
| 2022 | Art That Made UsSelf - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne) | |
| 2022 | AnneAnne Williams | |
| 2021 | Where We Used to Meet | |
| 2021 | Star Wars: VisionsKalina Kalfus (voice) | |
| 2020 | SurfacesAlix | |
| 2020 | It's MeMiriam | |
| 2020 | The Great Mountain Sheep GatherSelf - Narrator | |
| 2020 | Alan Bennett's Talking HeadsMiss Fozzard | |
| 2020 | MandySusan Blower | |
| 2019 | JudyJudy | |
| 2019 | Fanny Lye Deliver'dFanny Lye | |
| 2019 | Be Still My Beating Heart | |
| 2018 | Funny CowFunny Cow | |
| 2018 | PeterlooNellie | |
| 2018 | Wonders of the MoonNarrator (voice) | |
| 2018 | GwenElen | |
| 2018 | The Last Testament of Lillian BiloccaSelf | |
| 2018 | Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich EngelsFriedrich Engels (voice) | |
| 2018 | The BisexualSadie | |
| 2018 | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSelf - Guest | |
| 2018 | Dinnerladies DiariesSelf | |
| 2017 | Men Who Sleep in CarsSarah | |
| 2017 | Cake | |
| 2017 | The Priest | |
| 2017 | Dispossession: The Great Social Housing SwindleNarrator | |
| 2017 | Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford ModsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | UnseenEmma | |
| 2017 | We Have Been WatchingSelf | |
| 2017 | Three GirlsSara Rowbotham | |
| 2016 | I Wish For YouGrown Up Mia | |
| 2016 | Generation '66Narrator | |
| 2016 | Red TopRebekah Brooks | |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's DreamTitania | |
| 2015 | Strange WeatherJane | |
| 2015 | The FallingEileen Lamont | |
| 2015 | HamletHamlet | |
| 2015 | The ShuttleworthsHelen Bach | |
| 2015 | ArtsnightSelf - Presenter | |
| 2014 | Run & JumpVanetia | |
| 2014 | The Theory of EverythingElaine Mason | |
| 2014 | Keeping RosyCharlotte | |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9Nadia | |
| 2013 | SvengaliAngie | |
| 2013 | Keeping Up with the JonesesCelia | |
| 2013 | The Heart Fails Without WarningMother | |
| 2013 | The VillageGrace Middleton | |
| 2012 | Private PeacefulHazel Peaceful | |
| 2012 | Best Laid PlansIsabel | |
| 2012 | Room at the TopAlice Aisgill | |
| 2012 | The Hollow CrownDoll Tearsheet | |
| 2011 | DeafBlindMaggie | |
| 2011 | Black MirrorBella | |
| 2011 | SilkMartha Costello QC | |
| 2010 | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne ListerAnne Lister | |
| 2010 | EdgeElly | |
| 2010 | Imaginary FriendPauline | |
| 2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Helen Marshall | |
| 2009 | Red Riding | |
| 2008 | ClubbedAngela | |
| 2008 | Hancock & JoanJoan Le Mesurier | |
| 2008 | Bike SquadWPC Kate McFay | |
| 2008 | Criminal JusticeJuliet Miller | |
| 2008 | Little DorritMiss Wade | |
| 2008 | The Devil's WhoreElizabeth Lilburne | |
| 2008 | Fairy TalesCindy Mellor | |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf | |
| 2007 | I Am BobMarilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant | |
| 2007 | Confessions of a Diary SecretaryTracey Temple | |
| 2007 | Would Like To MeetGeorge's Mum | |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | The Madness of the Dance | |
| 2006 | The Fear of Trilogy | |
| 2006 | The Street | |
| 2006 | See No Evil: The Moors MurdersMyra Hindley | |
| 2006 | The One ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2005 | FaithLinda | |
| 2005 | FrozenTicket Attendant | |
| 2004 | Christmas LightsPauline | |
| 2004 | ShamelessVeronica Fisher | |
| 2003 | Early DoorsJanice | |
| 2003 | Comedy Connections | |
| 2002 | All or NothingParty girl | |
| 2002 | Hamilton MattressLulu (voice) | |
| 2002 | TimeshiftSelf - Narrator | |
| 2001 | MessiahDS Vickie Clarke | |
| 2001 | Linda GreenReceptionist | |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsSelf | |
| 2000 | Clocking OffMarie Leach | |
| 1999 | SunburnSue | |
| 1998 | Girls' NightSharon | |
| 1998 | dinnerladiesTwinkle | |
| 1997 | Jonathan CreekMarion Cretiss | |
| 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | |
| 1996 | Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesPhotocopy Assistant | |
| 1987 | ChuckleVision | |
| - | Twisting My MelonLinda Ryder | |
| - | The Dispatcher | |
| - | First Day on EarthHelen |
| 2018 | The Last Testament of Lillian BiloccaProducer | |
| 2018 | Funny CowExecutive Producer |
| 2022 | IncompatibleDirector | |
| 2018 | The Last Testament of Lillian BiloccaDirector |
| 2017 | The PriestWriter |
| 2021 | DoughnutThanks |