Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright 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.
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- Born:
- Jul 14, 1974 In Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 75
- First Appeared:
- In the series ChuckleVision 1987-09-26
- Latest Project:
- Movie Woken 2024-03-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Woken | Helen | 2024-03-03 |
| Movie | Dance First | Barbara | 2023-11-03 |
| Series | Anne | Anne Williams | 2022-01-02 |
| Movie | The Real Anne: Unfinished Business | Self- Presenter | 2022-01-06 |
| Series | Rules of the Game | Sam Thompson | 2022-01-11 |
| Movie | Lapushka! | Scoot Piccolo | 2022-08-04 |
| Movie | Wendell & Wild | Irmgard Klaxon (voice) | 2022-10-21 |
| Movie | Fanny Lye Deliver'd | Fanny Lye | 2021-07-29 |
| Movie | Wonders of the Moon | Narrator (voice) | 2018-01-31 |
| Movie | Funny Cow | Funny Cow | 2018-04-20 |
| Series | The Bisexual | Sadie | 2018-10-10 |
| Movie | The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca | Herself | 2018-09-02 |
| Movie | Peterloo | Nellie | 2018-11-01 |
| Movie | Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-21 |
| Series | We Have Been Watching | Self | 2017-01-04 |
| Movie | Cake | 2017-09-29 | |
| Series | Three Girls | Sara Rowbotham | 2017-05-16 |
| Movie | Men Who Sleep in Cars | Sarah | 2017-10-01 |
| Movie | Red Top | Rebekah Brooks | 2016-01-20 |
| Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | 2016-05-30 |
| Movie | The Falling | Eileen Lamont | 2015-04-24 |
| Series | Artsnight | Herself - Presenter | 2015-03-06 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2015-03-23 |
| Movie | Run & Jump | Vanetia | 2014-01-24 |
| Movie | The Theory of Everything | Elaine Mason | 2014-11-26 |
| Movie | Keeping Rosy | Charlotte | 2014-06-08 |
| Movie | The Heart Fails Without Warning | Mother | 2013-01-01 |
| Series | The Village | Grace Middleton | 2013-03-31 |
| Movie | Svengali | Angie | 2013-06-19 |
| Movie | Keeping Up with the Joneses | Celia | 2013-10-18 |
| Movie | Best Laid Plans | Isabel | 2012-02-03 |
| Series | The Hollow Crown | Doll Tearsheet | 2012-06-30 |
| Series | Room at the Top | Alice Aisgill | 2012-09-26 |
| Movie | Private Peaceful | Hazel Peaceful | 2012-10-12 |
| Series | Silk | Martha Costello | 2011-02-22 |
| Movie | DeafBlind | Maggie | 2011-12-31 |
| Series | Black Mirror | Bella | 2011-12-04 |
| Movie | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister | Anne Lister | 2010-03-01 |
| Movie | Edge | Elly | 2010-10-23 |
| Movie | Imaginary Friend | Pauline | 2010-05-08 |
| Movie | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 | Helen Marshall | 2009-02-28 |
| Series | Fairy Tales | Unknown | 2008-01-10 |
| Movie | Hancock & Joan | Joan Le Mesurier | 2008-03-26 |
| Series | Criminal Justice | Juliet Miller | 2008-06-30 |
| Series | The Devil's Whore | Elizabeth Lilburne | 2008-11-19 |
| Series | Little Dorrit | Miss Wade | 2008-10-26 |
| Movie | Clubbed | Angela | 2008-10-02 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Diary Secretary | Tracey Temple | 2007-02-28 |
| Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
| Movie | I Am Bob | Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | Would Like To Meet | George's Mum | 2007-07-31 |
| Movie | The Madness of the Dance | 2006-01-01 | |
| Series | See No Evil: The Moors Murders | Myra Hindley | 2006-05-14 |
| Series | The Street | Unknown | 2006-04-13 |
| Movie | Faith | Linda | 2005-02-28 |
| Movie | Frozen | Ticket Attendant | 2005-03-12 |
| Movie | Christmas Lights | Pauline | 2004-12-20 |
| Series | Shameless | Veronica Fisher | 2004-01-13 |
| Series | Early Doors | Janice | 2003-05-12 |
| Series | Comedy Connections | Unknown | 2003-06-09 |
| Movie | Hamilton Mattress | Lulu (voice) | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | All or Nothing | Party girl | 2002-05-17 |
| Series | Linda Green | Receptionist | 2001-10-30 |
| Series | Messiah | DS Vickie Clarke | 2001-05-26 |
| Series | Clocking Off | Marie Leach | 2000-01-23 |
| Movie | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | 2000-12-25 | |
| Series | Sunburn | Unknown | 1999-01-16 |
| Movie | Girls' Night | Sharon | 1998-06-26 |
| Series | Dinnerladies | Twinkle | 1998-11-12 |
| Series | Jonathan Creek | Unknown | 1997-05-09 |
| Series | Dalziel & Pascoe | Unknown | 1996-03-16 |
| Series | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Unknown | 1996-01-03 |
| Series | ChuckleVision | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |