Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Age: 51 years old
Born: July 14, 1974 in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Words of War

Words of War

Movie | 2025
Anna Politkovskaya
I Swear

I Swear

Movie | 2025
Dottie Achenbach
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Movie | 2025
Narrator
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

Movie | 2025
Self
The Occupant of the Room

The Occupant of the Room

Movie | 2025
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

TV | 2025
Self - Guest
One Episode
Woken

Woken

Movie | 2024
Helen
Art Matters

Art Matters

Movie | 2024
Self
Secret Life of the Safari Park

Secret Life of the Safari Park

TV | 2024
Narrator
6 Episodes
Say Nothing

Say Nothing

TV | 2024
Older Dolours Price
9 Episodes
Dance First

Dance First

Movie | 2023
Barbara
Tish

Tish

Movie | 2023
Tish Murtha (voice)
Choked Up

Choked Up

Movie | 2023
Fiona Lacey
Star Wars: Visions

Star Wars: Visions

TV | 2023
Kalina Kalfus (voice)
One Episode
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

Movie | 2022
Self- Presenter
Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild

Movie | 2022
Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Something Out of Nothing

Something Out of Nothing

Movie | 2022
Lapushka!

Lapushka!

Movie | 2022
Scoot Piccolo
Inner Polar Bear

Inner Polar Bear

Movie | 2022
Narrator (voice)
Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game

TV | 2022
Sam Thompson
4 Episodes
Art That Made Us

Art That Made Us

TV | 2022
Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)
2 Episodes
Anne

Anne

TV | 2022
Anne Williams
4 Episodes
Where We Used to Meet

Where We Used to Meet

Movie | 2021
Surfaces

Surfaces

Movie | 2020
Alix
It's Me

It's Me

Movie | 2020
Miriam
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

Movie | 2020
Self - Narrator
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

TV | 2020
Miss Fozzard
One Episode
Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

TV | 2020
Nadia
One Episode
Mandy

Mandy

TV | 2020
Susan Blower
One Episode
Judy

Judy

Movie | 2019
Judy
Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Movie | 2019
Fanny Lye
Be Still My Beating Heart

Be Still My Beating Heart

Movie | 2019
Funny Cow

Funny Cow

Movie | 2018
Funny Cow
Peterloo

Peterloo

Movie | 2018
Nellie
Wonders of the Moon

Wonders of the Moon

Movie | 2018
Narrator (voice)
Gwen

Gwen

Movie | 2018
Elen
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

Movie | 2018
Herself
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

Movie | 2018
Friedrich Engels (voice)
The Bisexual

The Bisexual

TV | 2018
Sadie
6 Episodes
Dinnerladies Diaries

Dinnerladies Diaries

TV | 2018
Self
3 Episodes
Men Who Sleep in Cars

Men Who Sleep in Cars

Movie | 2017
Sarah
Cake

Cake

Movie | 2017
The Priest

The Priest

Movie | 2017
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

Movie | 2017
Narrator
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Movie | 2017
Self (archive footage)
Unseen

Unseen

Movie | 2017
Emma
We Have Been Watching

We Have Been Watching

TV | 2017
Self
5 Episodes
Three Girls

Three Girls

TV | 2017
Sara Rowbotham
3 Episodes
Black Mirror

Black Mirror

TV | 2017
Bella
One Episode
I Wish For You

I Wish For You

Movie | 2016
Grown Up Mia
Generation '66

Generation '66

Movie | 2016
Narrator
Red Top

Red Top

Movie | 2016
Rebekah Brooks
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie | 2016
Titania
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

TV | 2016
Self
2 Episodes
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

Movie | 2015
Jane
The Falling

The Falling

Movie | 2015
Eileen Lamont
Hamlet

Hamlet

Movie | 2015
Hamlet
The Shuttleworths

The Shuttleworths

Movie | 2015
Helen Bach
Timeshift

Timeshift

TV | 2015
Self - Narrator
One Episode
Artsnight

Artsnight

TV | 2015
Self - Presenter
One Episode
Run & Jump

Run & Jump

Movie | 2014
Vanetia
The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

Movie | 2014
Elaine Mason
Keeping Rosy

Keeping Rosy

Movie | 2014
Charlotte
Svengali

Svengali

Movie | 2013
Angie
Keeping Up with the Joneses

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Movie | 2013
Celia
The Heart Fails Without Warning

The Heart Fails Without Warning

Movie | 2013
Mother
The Village

The Village

TV | 2013
Grace Middleton
12 Episodes
Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

Movie | 2012
Hazel Peaceful
Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

Movie | 2012
Isabel
Room at the Top

Room at the Top

TV | 2012
Alice Aisgill
2 Episodes
The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown

TV | 2012
Doll Tearsheet
2 Episodes
DeafBlind

DeafBlind

Movie | 2011
Maggie
Silk

Silk

TV | 2011
Martha Costello
18 Episodes
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Movie | 2010
Anne Lister
Edge

Edge

Movie | 2010
Elly
Imaginary Friend

Imaginary Friend

Movie | 2010
Pauline
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Movie | 2009
Helen Marshall
Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

TV | 2009
Juliet Miller
5 Episodes
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV | 2009
Self
One Episode
The Street

The Street

TV | 2009
One Episode
Red Riding

Red Riding

TV | 2009
One Episode
Clubbed

Clubbed

Movie | 2008
Angela
Hancock & Joan

Hancock & Joan

Movie | 2008
Joan Le Mesurier
Bike Squad

Bike Squad

Movie | 2008
WPC Kate McFay
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

TV | 2008
Miss Wade
14 Episodes
Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

TV | 2008
One Episode
The Devil's Whore

The Devil's Whore

TV | 2008
Elizabeth Lilburne
4 Episodes
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie | 2007
Self
I Am Bob

I Am Bob

Movie | 2007
Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Movie | 2007
Tracey Temple
Would Like To Meet

Would Like To Meet

Movie | 2007
George's Mum
The Madness of the Dance

The Madness of the Dance

Movie | 2006
The Fear of Trilogy

The Fear of Trilogy

Movie | 2006
ChuckleVision

ChuckleVision

TV | 2006
One Episode
Comedy Connections

Comedy Connections

TV | 2006
One Episode
See No Evil: The Moors Murders

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

TV | 2006
Myra Hindley
2 Episodes
Faith

Faith

Movie | 2005
Linda
Frozen

Frozen

Movie | 2005
Ticket Attendant
Messiah

Messiah

TV | 2005
DS Vickie Clarke
3 Episodes
Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights

Movie | 2004
Pauline
Shameless

Shameless

TV | 2004
6 Episodes
Shameless

Shameless

TV | 2004
Veronica Fisher
17 Episodes
Early Doors

Early Doors

TV | 2003
Janice
6 Episodes
All or Nothing

All or Nothing

Movie | 2002
Party girl
Hamilton Mattress

Hamilton Mattress

Movie | 2002
Lulu (voice)
Dalziel & Pascoe

Dalziel & Pascoe

TV | 2002
One Episode
Linda Green

Linda Green

TV | 2001
Receptionist
One Episode
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Movie | 2000
Self
Clocking Off

Clocking Off

TV | 2000
Marie Leach
One Episode
Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

TV | 1999
Marion Cretiss
One Episode
Sunburn

Sunburn

TV | 1999
Sue
One Episode
Girls' Night

Girls' Night

Movie | 1998
Sharon
dinnerladies

dinnerladies

TV | 1998
Twinkle
16 Episodes
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

TV | 1996
Photocopy Assistant
One Episode
Twisting My Melon

Twisting My Melon

Movie
Linda Ryder
The Dispatcher

The Dispatcher

TV
0 Episodes
Words of War

Words of War

Movie | 2025
Anna Politkovskaya
I Swear

I Swear

Movie | 2025
Dottie Achenbach
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Movie | 2025
Narrator
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

Movie | 2025
Self
The Occupant of the Room

The Occupant of the Room

Movie | 2025
Woken

Woken

Movie | 2024
Helen
Art Matters

Art Matters

Movie | 2024
Self
Dance First

Dance First

Movie | 2023
Barbara
Tish

Tish

Movie | 2023
Tish Murtha (voice)
Choked Up

Choked Up

Movie | 2023
Fiona Lacey
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

Movie | 2022
Self- Presenter
Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild

Movie | 2022
Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Something Out of Nothing

Something Out of Nothing

Movie | 2022
Lapushka!

Lapushka!

Movie | 2022
Scoot Piccolo
Inner Polar Bear

Inner Polar Bear

Movie | 2022
Narrator (voice)
Where We Used to Meet

Where We Used to Meet

Movie | 2021
Surfaces

Surfaces

Movie | 2020
Alix
It's Me

It's Me

Movie | 2020
Miriam
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

Movie | 2020
Self - Narrator
Judy

Judy

Movie | 2019
Judy
Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Movie | 2019
Fanny Lye
Be Still My Beating Heart

Be Still My Beating Heart

Movie | 2019
Funny Cow

Funny Cow

Movie | 2018
Funny Cow
Peterloo

Peterloo

Movie | 2018
Nellie
Wonders of the Moon

Wonders of the Moon

Movie | 2018
Narrator (voice)
Gwen

Gwen

Movie | 2018
Elen
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

Movie | 2018
Herself
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

Movie | 2018
Friedrich Engels (voice)
Men Who Sleep in Cars

Men Who Sleep in Cars

Movie | 2017
Sarah
Cake

Cake

Movie | 2017
The Priest

The Priest

Movie | 2017
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

Movie | 2017
Narrator
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Movie | 2017
Self (archive footage)
Unseen

Unseen

Movie | 2017
Emma
I Wish For You

I Wish For You

Movie | 2016
Grown Up Mia
Generation '66

Generation '66

Movie | 2016
Narrator
Red Top

Red Top

Movie | 2016
Rebekah Brooks
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie | 2016
Titania
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

Movie | 2015
Jane
The Falling

The Falling

Movie | 2015
Eileen Lamont
Hamlet

Hamlet

Movie | 2015
Hamlet
The Shuttleworths

The Shuttleworths

Movie | 2015
Helen Bach
Run & Jump

Run & Jump

Movie | 2014
Vanetia
The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

Movie | 2014
Elaine Mason
Keeping Rosy

Keeping Rosy

Movie | 2014
Charlotte
Svengali

Svengali

Movie | 2013
Angie
Keeping Up with the Joneses

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Movie | 2013
Celia
The Heart Fails Without Warning

The Heart Fails Without Warning

Movie | 2013
Mother
Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

Movie | 2012
Hazel Peaceful
Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

Movie | 2012
Isabel
DeafBlind

DeafBlind

Movie | 2011
Maggie
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Movie | 2010
Anne Lister
Edge

Edge

Movie | 2010
Elly
Imaginary Friend

Imaginary Friend

Movie | 2010
Pauline
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Movie | 2009
Helen Marshall
Clubbed

Clubbed

Movie | 2008
Angela
Hancock & Joan

Hancock & Joan

Movie | 2008
Joan Le Mesurier
Bike Squad

Bike Squad

Movie | 2008
WPC Kate McFay
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie | 2007
Self
I Am Bob

I Am Bob

Movie | 2007
Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Movie | 2007
Tracey Temple
Would Like To Meet

Would Like To Meet

Movie | 2007
George's Mum
The Madness of the Dance

The Madness of the Dance

Movie | 2006
The Fear of Trilogy

The Fear of Trilogy

Movie | 2006
Faith

Faith

Movie | 2005
Linda
Frozen

Frozen

Movie | 2005
Ticket Attendant
Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights

Movie | 2004
Pauline
All or Nothing

All or Nothing

Movie | 2002
Party girl
Hamilton Mattress

Hamilton Mattress

Movie | 2002
Lulu (voice)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Movie | 2000
Self
Girls' Night

Girls' Night

Movie | 1998
Sharon
Twisting My Melon

Twisting My Melon

Movie
Linda Ryder
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

TV | 2025
Self - Guest
One Episode
Secret Life of the Safari Park

Secret Life of the Safari Park

TV | 2024
Narrator
6 Episodes
Say Nothing

Say Nothing

TV | 2024
Older Dolours Price
9 Episodes
Star Wars: Visions

Star Wars: Visions

TV | 2023
Kalina Kalfus (voice)
One Episode
Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game

TV | 2022
Sam Thompson
4 Episodes
Art That Made Us

Art That Made Us

TV | 2022
Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)
2 Episodes
Anne

Anne

TV | 2022
Anne Williams
4 Episodes
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

TV | 2020
Miss Fozzard
One Episode
Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

TV | 2020
Nadia
One Episode
Mandy

Mandy

TV | 2020
Susan Blower
One Episode
The Bisexual

The Bisexual

TV | 2018
Sadie
6 Episodes
Dinnerladies Diaries

Dinnerladies Diaries

TV | 2018
Self
3 Episodes
We Have Been Watching

We Have Been Watching

TV | 2017
Self
5 Episodes
Three Girls

Three Girls

TV | 2017
Sara Rowbotham
3 Episodes
Black Mirror

Black Mirror

TV | 2017
Bella
One Episode
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

TV | 2016
Self
2 Episodes
Timeshift

Timeshift

TV | 2015
Self - Narrator
One Episode
Artsnight

Artsnight

TV | 2015
Self - Presenter
One Episode
The Village

The Village

TV | 2013
Grace Middleton
12 Episodes
Room at the Top

Room at the Top

TV | 2012
Alice Aisgill
2 Episodes
The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown

TV | 2012
Doll Tearsheet
2 Episodes
Silk

Silk

TV | 2011
Martha Costello
18 Episodes
Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

TV | 2009
Juliet Miller
5 Episodes
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV | 2009
Self
One Episode
The Street

The Street

TV | 2009
One Episode
Red Riding

Red Riding

TV | 2009
One Episode
Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

TV | 2008
Miss Wade
14 Episodes
Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

TV | 2008
One Episode
The Devil's Whore

The Devil's Whore

TV | 2008
Elizabeth Lilburne
4 Episodes
ChuckleVision

ChuckleVision

TV | 2006
One Episode
Comedy Connections

Comedy Connections

TV | 2006
One Episode
See No Evil: The Moors Murders

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

TV | 2006
Myra Hindley
2 Episodes
Messiah

Messiah

TV | 2005
DS Vickie Clarke
3 Episodes
Shameless

Shameless

TV | 2004
6 Episodes
Shameless

Shameless

TV | 2004
Veronica Fisher
17 Episodes
Early Doors

Early Doors

TV | 2003
Janice
6 Episodes
Dalziel & Pascoe

Dalziel & Pascoe

TV | 2002
One Episode
Linda Green

Linda Green

TV | 2001
Receptionist
One Episode
Clocking Off

Clocking Off

TV | 2000
Marie Leach
One Episode
Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

TV | 1999
Marion Cretiss
One Episode
Sunburn

Sunburn

TV | 1999
Sue
One Episode
dinnerladies

dinnerladies

TV | 1998
Twinkle
16 Episodes
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

TV | 1996
Photocopy Assistant
One Episode
The Dispatcher

The Dispatcher

TV
0 Episodes