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 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.
Filmography (119 titles)
Last Seen
2026
6.7ShowBait
Helen · 2026
6.0MovieBecoming Victoria Wood
Self · 2026
MovieLaundreams
2025
MovieThe Occupant of the Room
The Englishwoman (voice) · 2025
7.0MovieIrvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Narrator · 2025
8.2MovieI Swear
Dottie · 2025
MovieQuiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
Self · 2025
6.7MovieWords of War
Anna Politkovskaya · 2025
ShowThe Haunted Season
The Englishwoman (voice) · 2024
7.5ShowSay Nothing
Older Dolours Price · 2024
10.0MovieArt Matters
Self · 2024
5.4MovieWoken
Helen · 2024
ShowSecret Life of the Safari Park
Narrator · 2024
9.0MovieTish
Tish Murtha (voice) · 2023
6.9MovieDance First
Barbara · 2023
7.5MovieChoked Up
Fiona Lacey · 2023
6.6MovieWendell & Wild
Irmgard Klaxon (voice) · 2022
Inner Polar Bear
Narrator (voice) · 2022
MovieLapushka!
Scoot Piccolo · 2022
MovieSomething Out of Nothing
2022
5.5ShowArt That Made Us
Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne) · 2022
6.2ShowRules of the Game
Sam Thompson · 2022
MovieThe Real Anne: Unfinished Business
Self- Presenter · 2022
7.1ShowAnne
Anne Williams · 2022
MovieWhere We Used to Meet
2021
7.1ShowStar Wars: Visions
Kalina Kalfus (voice) · 2021
7.6ShowMandy
Susan Blower · 2020
7.6ShowAlan Bennett's Talking Heads
Miss Fozzard · 2020
MovieSurfaces
Alix · 2020