Maxine Peake
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1974
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- The Bright Side Running Club
The Bright Side Running Club TBA
Actor
- Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story
Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story 2026
as Self
- Crackula
Crackula 2026
Actor
Becoming Victoria Wood 2026
as Self
Laundreams 2025
Actor
The Occupant of the Room 2025
as The Englishwoman (voice)
The Secret Assistants 2025
Executive Producer
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough 2025
as Narrator
I Swear 2025
as Dottie
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? 2025
as Self
Words of War 2025
as Anna Politkovskaya
Art Matters 2024
as Self
Woken 2024
as Helen
Tish 2023
as Tish Murtha (voice)
Dance First 2023
as Barbara
Choked Up 2023
as Fiona Lacey
Wendell & Wild 2022
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
- Inner Polar Bear
Inner Polar Bear 2022
as Narrator (voice)
Lapushka! 2022
as Scoot Piccolo
Something Out of Nothing 2022
Actor
Incompatible 2022
Director
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business 2022
as Self- Presenter
Where We Used to Meet 2021
Actor
Doughnut 2021
Thanks
Surfaces 2020
as Alix
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather 2020
as Self - Narrator
It's Me 2020
as Miriam
Fanny Lye Deliver'd 2019
as Fanny Lye
- Be Still My Beating Heart
Be Still My Beating Heart 2019
Actor
Judy 2019
as Judy
Peterloo 2018
as Nellie
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca 2018
as Self, Director, Producer
Gwen 2018
as Elen
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels 2018
as Friedrich Engels (voice)
Funny Cow 2018
as Funny Cow, Executive Producer
Wonders of the Moon 2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Priest 2017
Actor, Writer
Men Who Sleep in Cars 2017
as Sarah
Cake 2017
Actor
Unseen 2017
as Emma
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle 2017
as Narrator
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods 2017
as Self (archive footage)
Generation '66 2016
as Narrator
A Midsummer Night's Dream 2016
as Titania
Red Top 2016
as Rebekah Brooks
I Wish For You 2016
as Grown Up Mia
The Falling 2015
as Eileen Lamont
Hamlet 2015
as Hamlet
Strange Weather 2015
as Jane
The Shuttleworths 2015
as Helen Bach
The Theory of Everything 2014
as Elaine Mason
Keeping Rosy 2014
as Charlotte
Run & Jump 2014
as Vanetia
Keeping Up with the Joneses 2013
as Celia
Svengali 2013
as Angie
- The Heart Fails Without Warning
The Heart Fails Without Warning 2013
as Mother
Private Peaceful 2012
as Hazel Peaceful
Best Laid Plans 2012
as Isabel
DeafBlind 2011
as Maggie
Edge 2010
as Elly
- Imaginary Friend
Imaginary Friend 2010
as Pauline
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 2010
as Anne Lister
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 2009
as Helen Marshall
Clubbed 2008
as Angela
Hancock & Joan 2008
as Joan Le Mesurier
Bike Squad 2008
as WPC Kate McFay
- Would Like To Meet
Would Like To Meet 2007
as George's Mum
- I Am Bob
I Am Bob 2007
as Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
- Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Confessions of a Diary Secretary 2007
as Tracey Temple
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas 2007
as Self
The Fear of Trilogy 2006
Actor
- The Madness of the Dance
The Madness of the Dance 2006
Actor
Frozen 2005
as Ticket Attendant
Faith 2005
as Linda
Christmas Lights 2004
as Pauline
All or Nothing 2002
as Party girl
Hamilton Mattress 2002
as Lulu (voice)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings 2000
as Self
Girls' Night 1998
as Sharon
Credits from TMDB.