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.
Movie | Woken | Helen | 2024-03-03 |
Movie | Dance First | Barbara | 2023-11-03 |
Movie | The Real Anne: Unfinished Business | Self- Presenter | 2022-01-06 |
Series | Anne | Anne Williams | 2022-01-02 |
Movie | Lapushka! | Scoot Piccolo | 2022-08-04 |
Movie | Wendell & Wild | Irmgard Klaxon (voice) | 2022-10-21 |
Series | Rules of the Game | Sam Thompson | 2022-01-11 |
Movie | Fanny Lye Deliver'd | Fanny Lye | 2021-07-29 |
Movie | Wonders of the Moon | Narrator (voice) | 2018-01-31 |
Movie | Peterloo | Nellie | 2018-11-01 |
Movie | Funny Cow | Funny Cow | 2018-04-20 |
Movie | The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca | Herself | 2018-09-02 |
Series | The Bisexual | Sadie | 2018-10-10 |
Movie | Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-21 |
Series | Three Girls | Sara Rowbotham | 2017-05-16 |
Series | We Have Been Watching | Self | 2017-01-04 |
Movie | Cake | 2017-09-29 | |
Movie | Men Who Sleep in Cars | Sarah | 2017-10-01 |
Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | 2016-05-30 |
Movie | Red Top | Rebekah Brooks | 2016-01-20 |
Movie | Generation '66 | Narrator | 2016-07-31 |
Series | Artsnight | Herself - Presenter | 2015-03-06 |
Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | The Falling | Eileen Lamont | 2015-04-24 |
Movie | Run & Jump | Vanetia | 2014-01-24 |
Movie | Keeping Rosy | Charlotte | 2014-06-08 |
Movie | The Theory of Everything | Elaine Mason | 2014-11-26 |
Series | The Village | Grace Middleton | 2013-03-31 |
Movie | The Heart Fails Without Warning | Mother | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | Svengali | Angie | 2013-06-19 |
Movie | Keeping Up with the Joneses | Celia | 2013-10-18 |
Series | The Hollow Crown | Doll Tearsheet | 2012-06-30 |
Movie | Best Laid Plans | Isabel | 2012-02-03 |
Series | Room at the Top | Alice Aisgill | 2012-09-26 |
Movie | Private Peaceful | Hazel Peaceful | 2012-10-12 |
Series | Black Mirror | Bella | 2011-12-04 |
Series | Silk | Martha Costello | 2011-02-22 |
Movie | DeafBlind | Maggie | 2011-12-31 |
Movie | Imaginary Friend | Pauline | 2010-05-08 |
Movie | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister | Anne Lister | 2010-03-01 |
Movie | Edge | Elly | 2010-10-23 |
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 |
Movie | Would Like To Meet | George's Mum | 2007-07-31 |
Movie | I Am Bob | Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant | 2007-04-26 |
Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
Series | The Street | Unknown | 2006-04-13 |
Movie | The Madness of the Dance | 2006-01-01 | |
Series | See No Evil: The Moors Murders | Myra Hindley | 2006-05-14 |
Movie | Faith | Linda | 2005-02-28 |
Movie | Frozen | Ticket Attendant | 2005-03-12 |
Series | Shameless | Veronica Fisher | 2004-01-13 |
Movie | Christmas Lights | Pauline | 2004-12-20 |
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 | Messiah | DS Vickie Clarke | 2001-05-26 |
Series | Linda Green | Receptionist | 2001-10-30 |
Movie | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | 2000-12-25 | |
Series | Clocking Off | Marie Leach | 2000-01-23 |
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 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Unknown | 1996-01-03 |
Series | Dalziel & Pascoe | Unknown | 1996-03-16 |
Series | ChuckleVision | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |