Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1974-07-14 (49 years old)

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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.

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Filmography

all 111

Movies 68

TV Shows 43

self 15

Narrator 5

Voice 4

Director 1

Helen
Woken

Woken (2024)

Movie
Narrator
Secret Life of the Safari Park

Secret Life of the Safari Park (2024)

TV
Tish Murtha
Tish

Tish (2023)

Movie
Barbara
Dance First

Dance First (2023)

Movie
Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild (2022)

Movie
4
Narrator (voice)
Inner Polar Bear

Inner Polar Bear (2022)

Movie
Scoot Piccolo
Lapushka!

Lapushka! (2022)

Movie
Something Out of Nothing

Something Out of Nothing (2022)

Movie
Director
Incompatible

Incompatible (2022)

Movie
Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)
Art That Made Us

Art That Made Us (2022)

TV
Self - Narrator
Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure

Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure (2022)

TV
Sam Thompson
Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game (2022)

TV
Self - Narrator
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business (2022)

Movie
Anne Williams
Anne

Anne (2022)

TV
Actress
Where We Used to Meet

Where We Used to Meet (2021)

Movie
Kalina Kalfus (voice)
Star Wars: Visions

Star Wars: Visions (2021)

TV
8
Fanny Lye
Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2021)

Movie
Thanks
Doughnut

Doughnut (2021)

Movie
Miss Fozzard
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (2020)

TV
Alix
Surfaces

Surfaces (2020)

Movie
Self - Narrator
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather (2020)

Movie
Miriam
It's Me

It's Me (2020)

Movie
Actress
Be Still My Beating Heart

Be Still My Beating Heart (2019)

Movie
Judy
Judy

Judy (2019)

Movie
Nellie
Peterloo

Peterloo (2018)

Movie
Sadie
The Bisexual

The Bisexual (2018)

TV
Herself / Director / Producer
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca (2018)

Movie
Elen
Gwen

Gwen (2018)

Movie
6
Engels
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels (2018)

Movie
Funny Cow
Funny Cow

Funny Cow (2018)

Movie
6
Self / Twinkle
Dinnerladies Diaries

Dinnerladies Diaries (2018)

TV
Narrator
999: Rescue Squad

999: Rescue Squad (2018)

TV
Self - Narrator
Wonders of the Moon

Wonders of the Moon (2018)

Movie
Actress
The Priest

The Priest (2017)

Movie
Sarah
Men Who Sleep in Cars

Men Who Sleep in Cars (2017)

Movie
Actress
Cake

Cake (2017)

Movie
Emma
Unseen

Unseen (2017)

Movie
Narrator
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017)

Movie
Sara Rowbotham
Three Girls

Three Girls (2017)

TV
Self (archive footage)
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods (2017)

Movie
Self / Twinkle / Self - Presenter
Our Friend Victoria

Our Friend Victoria (2017)

TV
Self
We Have Been Watching

We Have Been Watching (2017)

TV
Titania
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)

Movie
Rebekah Brooks
Red Top

Red Top (2016)

Movie
Grown Up Mia
I Wish For You

I Wish For You (2016)

Movie
Eileen Lamont
The Falling

The Falling (2015)

Movie
Hamlet
Hamlet

Hamlet (2015)

Movie
Self - Presenter
Artsnight

Artsnight (2015)

TV
Narrator
Billionaire's Paradise: Inside Necker Island

Billionaire's Paradise: Inside Necker Island (2015)

Movie
Jane
Strange Weather

Strange Weather (2015)

Movie
Helen Bach
The Shuttleworths

The Shuttleworths (2015)

Movie
Elaine Mason
The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything (2014)

Movie
7.3
Charlotte
Keeping Rosy

Keeping Rosy (2014)

Movie
Nadia
Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9 (2014)

TV
3.5
Vanetia
Run & Jump

Run & Jump (2014)

Movie
Celia
Keeping Up with the Joneses

Keeping Up with the Joneses (2013)

Movie
Angie
Svengali

Svengali (2013)

Movie
Grace Middleton
The Village

The Village (2013)

TV
Mother
The Heart Fails Without Warning

The Heart Fails Without Warning (2013)

Movie
Hazel Peaceful
Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful (2012)

Movie
Alice Aisgill
Room at the Top

Room at the Top (2012)

TV
Doll Tearsheet
The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown (2012)

TV
7.1
Isabel
Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans (2012)

Movie
Maggie
DeafBlind

DeafBlind (2011)

Movie
Bella
Black Mirror

Black Mirror (2011)

TV
6.48
Martha Costello QC
Silk

Silk (2011)

TV
6.55
Elly
Edge

Edge (2010)

Movie
Pauline
Imaginary Friend

Imaginary Friend (2010)

Movie
Anne Lister
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)

Movie
Red Riding

Red Riding (2009)

TV
Helen Marshall
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)

Movie
6
Elizabeth Lilburne
The Devil's Whore

The Devil's Whore (2008)

TV
3.5
Miss Wade
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit (2008)

TV
6
Angela
Clubbed

Clubbed (2008)

Movie
Juliet Miller
Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice (2008)

TV
6.22
Joan Le Mesurier
Hancock & Joan

Hancock & Joan (2008)

Movie
Cindy Mellor
Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales (2008)

TV
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)

TV
George's Mum
Would Like To Meet

Would Like To Meet (2007)

Movie
Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
I Am Bob

I Am Bob (2007)

Movie
Tracey Temple
Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Confessions of a Diary Secretary (2007)

Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show (2007)

TV
7.5
Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)

Movie
Myra Hindley
See No Evil: The Moors Murders

See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006)

TV
6
The Street

The Street (2006)

TV
5
The professor
The Madness of the Dance

The Madness of the Dance (2006)

Movie
The Fear of Trilogy

The Fear of Trilogy (2006)

Movie
Ticket Attendant
Frozen

Frozen (2005)

Movie
Linda
Faith

Faith (2005)

Movie
Pauline
Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights (2004)

Movie
Veronica Fisher
Shameless

Shameless (2004)

TV
6.28
Comedy Connections

Comedy Connections (2003)

TV
Janice
Early Doors

Early Doors (2003)

TV
Self - Narrator
Timeshift

Timeshift (2002)

TV
Party girl
All or Nothing

All or Nothing (2002)

Movie
Lulu (voice)
Hamilton Mattress

Hamilton Mattress (2002)

Movie
Receptionist
Linda Green

Linda Green (2001)

TV
DS Vickie Clarke
Messiah

Messiah (2001)

TV
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000)

Movie
Marie Leach
Clocking Off

Clocking Off (2000)

TV
Sue
Sunburn

Sunburn (1999)

TV
Twinkle
Dinnerladies

Dinnerladies (1998)

TV
6
Sharon
Girls' Night

Girls' Night (1998)

Movie
Marion Cretiss
Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek (1997)

TV
1
Dalziel & Pascoe

Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)

TV
6
Photocopy Assistant
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)

TV
6
ChuckleVision

ChuckleVision (1987)

TV
Narrator
Jon Venables: What Went Wrong?

Jon Venables: What Went Wrong?

Movie
Anna
Anna

Anna

Movie
Say Nothing

Say Nothing

TV
Linda Ryder
Twisting My Melon

Twisting My Melon

Movie

Ratings

Average 5.62
Based on 1.35 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1987
2007
2014
2008
2024
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1974-07-14 (49 years old)

Birth Place
Westhoughton, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom


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