Maxine Peake
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
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
Laundreams
Laundreams
The Occupant of the Room
as The Englishwoman (voice)
The Occupant of the Room
as The Englishwoman (voice)
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
I Swear
as Dottie
I Swear
as Dottie
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
as Self
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
as Self
Words of War
as Anna Politkovskaya
Words of War
as Anna Politkovskaya
Art Matters
as Self
Art Matters
as Self
Woken
as Helen
Woken
as Helen
Tish
as Tish Murtha (voice)
Tish
as Tish Murtha (voice)
Dance First
as Barbara
Dance First
as Barbara
Choked Up
as Fiona Lacey
Choked Up
as Fiona Lacey
Wendell & Wild
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Wendell & Wild
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Inner Polar Bear
as Narrator (voice)
Inner Polar Bear
as Narrator (voice)
Something Out of Nothing
Something Out of Nothing
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
as Self- Presenter
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
as Self- Presenter
Surfaces
as Alix
Surfaces
as Alix
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
as Self - Narrator
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
as Self - Narrator
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as Fanny Lye
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as Fanny Lye
Judy
as Judy
Judy
as Judy
Peterloo
as Nellie
Peterloo
as Nellie
Funny Cow
as Funny Cow
Funny Cow
as Funny Cow
Wonders of the Moon
as Narrator (voice)
Wonders of the Moon
as Narrator (voice)
The Priest
The Priest
Cake
Cake
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
as Narrator
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
as Narrator
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania
Red Top
as Rebekah Brooks
Red Top
as Rebekah Brooks
I Wish For You
as Grown Up Mia
I Wish For You
as Grown Up Mia
The Falling
as Eileen Lamont
The Falling
as Eileen Lamont
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Strange Weather
as Jane
Strange Weather
as Jane
Keeping Up with the Joneses
as Celia
Keeping Up with the Joneses
as Celia
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Helen Marshall
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Helen Marshall
Bike Squad
as WPC Kate McFay
Bike Squad
as WPC Kate McFay
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
Frozen
as Ticket Attendant
Frozen
as Ticket Attendant
Faith
as Linda
Faith
as Linda
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Self
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Self
Girls' Night
as Sharon
Girls' Night
as Sharon