7.8
Movie
Acting
Maxine Peake
- Born
- (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 128 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.8
Movie
8.3
TV
Black Mirror
8.3
Movie
I Swear
7.1
TV
Star Wars: Visions
6.6
Movie
Wendell & Wild
8.1
TV
Inside No. 9
6.9
Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
5.1
Movie
The Falling
7.1
Movie
All or Nothing
6.7
Movie
Peterloo
7.6
TV
Shameless
7.5
TV
Say Nothing
7.4
TV
The Hollow Crown
7.9
TV
Little Dorrit
6.7
Movie
Clubbed
7.6
TV
Jonathan Creek
5.4
Movie
Gwen
6.3
Movie
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Acting credits 126
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | The Bright Side Running Club Film | |
| TBA | Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story Film | Self |
| TBA | First Day on Earth TV | Helen |
| TBA | The Unheard TV | (1 ep) |
| 2026 | Crackula Film | |
| 2026 | Last Seen TV | Jenna Reid (6 ep) |
| 2026 | Bait TV | Helen (2 ep) |
| 2026 | Becoming Victoria Wood Film | Self |
| 2025 | Laundreams Film | |
| 2025 | The Occupant of the Room Film | The Englishwoman (voice) |
| 2025 | Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough Film | Narrator |
| 2025 | I Swear Film | Dottie |
| 2025 | Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? Film | Self |
| 2025 | Words of War Film | Anna Politkovskaya |
| 2024 | The Haunted Season TV | The Englishwoman (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2024 | Say Nothing TV | Older Dolours Price (9 ep) |
| 2024 | Art Matters Film | Self |
| 2024 | Woken Film | Helen |
| 2024 | Secret Life of the Safari Park TV | Narrator (6 ep) |
| 2023 | Tish Film | Tish Murtha (voice) |
| 2023 | Dance First Film | Barbara |
| 2023 | Choked Up Film | Fiona Lacey |
| 2022 | Wendell & Wild Film | Irmgard Klaxon (voice) |
| 2022 | Inner Polar Bear Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Lapushka! Film | Scoot Piccolo |
| 2022 | Something Out of Nothing Film | |
| 2022 | Art That Made Us TV | Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne) (2 ep) |
| 2022 | Rules of the Game TV | Sam Thompson (4 ep) |
| 2022 | The Real Anne: Unfinished Business Film | Self- Presenter |
| 2022 | Anne TV | Anne Williams (4 ep) |
| 2021 | Where We Used to Meet Film | |
| 2021 | Star Wars: Visions TV | Kalina Kalfus (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Mandy TV | Susan Blower (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads TV | Miss Fozzard (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Surfaces Film | Alix |
| 2020 | The Great Mountain Sheep Gather Film | Self - Narrator |
| 2020 | It's Me Film | Miriam |
| 2019 | Fanny Lye Deliver'd Film | Fanny Lye |
| 2019 | Be Still My Beating Heart Film | |
| 2019 | Judy Film | Judy |
| 2018 | Peterloo Film | Nellie |
| 2018 | The Bisexual TV | Sadie (6 ep) |
| 2018 | The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca Film | Self |
| 2018 | Gwen Film | Elen |
| 2018 | Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels Film | Friedrich Engels (voice) |
| 2018 | Funny Cow Film | Funny Cow |
| 2018 | Dinnerladies Diaries TV | Self (3 ep) |
| 2018 | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer TV | Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Wonders of the Moon Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | The Priest Film | |
| 2017 | Men Who Sleep in Cars Film | Sarah |
| 2017 | Cake Film | |
| 2017 | Unseen Film | Emma |
| 2017 | Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle Film | Narrator |
| 2017 | Three Girls TV | Sara Rowbotham (3 ep) |
| 2017 | Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | We Have Been Watching TV | Self (5 ep) |
| 2016 | Generation '66 Film | Narrator |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream Film | Titania |
| 2016 | Red Top Film | Rebekah Brooks |
Crew credits 5
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Incompatible Film | Director |
| 2021 | Doughnut Film | Thanks |
| 2018 | The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca Film | Director, Producer |
| 2018 | Funny Cow Film | Executive Producer |
| 2017 | The Priest Film | Writer |