Acting
Maxine Peake
EN, DE cinema · 79 credits
Born
14 July 1974 (age 52)
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.
Known for
Filmography
Words of War
as Anna Politkovskaya
I Swear
as Dottie
The Occupant of the Room
as The Englishwoman (voice)
The Secret Assistants
Executive Producer
Woken
as Helen
Art Matters
as Self
Dance First
as Barbara
Tish
as Tish Murtha (voice)
Choked Up
as Fiona Lacey
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
as Self- Presenter
Wendell & Wild
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Lapushka!
as Scoot Piccolo
Inner Polar Bear
2022
Inner Polar Bear
as Narrator (voice)
Incompatible
Director
Doughnut
Thanks
Surfaces
as Alix
It's Me
as Miriam
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
as Self - Narrator
Judy
as Judy
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as Fanny Lye
Funny Cow
as Funny Cow, Executive Producer
Peterloo
as Nellie
Wonders of the Moon
as Narrator (voice)
Gwen
as Elen
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
as Self, Producer, Director
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
as Friedrich Engels (voice)
Cake
Actor
The Priest
Actor, Writer
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
as Self (archive footage)
Unseen
as Emma
I Wish For You
as Grown Up Mia
Generation '66
as Narrator
Red Top
as Rebekah Brooks
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania
The Falling
as Eileen Lamont
Hamlet
as Hamlet
The Shuttleworths
as Helen Bach
Run & Jump
as Vanetia
The Theory of Everything
as Elaine Mason
Keeping Rosy
as Charlotte
Svengali
as Angie
Private Peaceful
as Hazel Peaceful
Best Laid Plans
as Isabel
DeafBlind
as Maggie
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
as Anne Lister
Edge
as Elly
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Helen Marshall
Clubbed
as Angela
Hancock & Joan
as Joan Le Mesurier
Bike Squad
as WPC Kate McFay
I Am Bob
2007
I Am Bob
as Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
as Tracey Temple
Would Like To Meet
2007
Would Like To Meet
as George's Mum
Faith
as Linda
Frozen
as Ticket Attendant
Christmas Lights
as Pauline
All or Nothing
as Party girl
Hamilton Mattress
as Lulu (voice)
Girls' Night
as Sharon