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:
- 41
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Girls' Night 1998-06-26
- Latest Project:
- Movie I Swear 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | I Swear | 2025 | |
| Movie | Dance First | Barbara | 2023-11-03 |
| Movie | Fanny Lye Deliver'd | Fanny Lye | 2019-10-10 |
| Movie | Funny Cow | Funny Cow | 2018-04-20 |
| Movie | Peterloo | Nellie | 2018-11-01 |
| Series | Three Girls | Sara Rowbotham | 2017-05-16 |
| Movie | Unseen | Emma | 2017-09-22 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Hamlet | 2015-03-23 |
| Movie | Run & Jump | Vanetia | 2014-01-24 |
| Movie | Keeping Rosy | Charlotte | 2014-06-08 |
| Movie | The Theory of Everything | Elaine Mason | 2014-11-26 |
| Movie | Svengali | Angie | 2013-06-19 |
| Movie | Keeping Up with the Joneses | Celia | 2013-10-18 |
| Movie | Best Laid Plans | Isabel | 2012-02-03 |
| Movie | Rachael | Mum | 2012-01-12 |
| Movie | Private Peaceful | Hazel Peaceful | 2012-10-12 |
| Series | Room at the Top | Alice Aisgill | 2012-09-26 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Clubbed | Angela | 2008-10-02 |
| Series | Little Dorrit | Miss Wade | 2008-10-26 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | I Am Bob | Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant | 2007-04-26 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Diary Secretary | Tracey Temple | 2007-02-28 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Christmas Lights | Pauline | 2004-12-20 |
| Movie | Hamilton Mattress | Lulu (voice) | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | All or Nothing | Party girl | 2002-05-17 |
| Movie | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Self | 2000-12-25 |
| Movie | Girls' Night | Sharon | 1998-06-26 |
| Series | Dinnerladies | 1998-11-12 |