Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Acting
Born 1974-07-14Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Movies (74)

I Swear
8.2

I Swear

2025Movie8.2
The Theory of Everything
7.8

The Theory of Everything

2014Movie7.8
Wendell & Wild
6.6

Wendell & Wild

2022Movie6.6
All or Nothing
7.1

All or Nothing

2002Movie7.1
Words of War
6.7

Words of War

2025Movie6.7
Dance First
6.9

Dance First

2023Movie6.9
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
6.9

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009Movie6.9
Peterloo
6.7

Peterloo

2018Movie6.7
The Falling
5.1

The Falling

2015Movie5.1
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
6.3

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

2019Movie6.3
Best Laid Plans
5.5

Best Laid Plans

2012Movie5.5
Private Peaceful
6.6

Private Peaceful

2012Movie6.6
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007Movie
Run & Jump
5.9

Run & Jump

2014Movie5.9
I Wish For You

I Wish For You

2016Movie
Girls' Night
6.8

Girls' Night

1998Movie6.8
Funny Cow
6.3

Funny Cow

2018Movie6.3
Laundreams

Laundreams

2025Movie
Red Top
5.3

Red Top

2016Movie5.3
Frozen
5.9

Frozen

2005Movie5.9
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2015Movie
Hancock & Joan
4.1

Hancock & Joan

2008Movie4.1
Faith
9.0

Faith

2005Movie9.0
Choked Up
7.5

Choked Up

2023Movie7.5
Svengali
5.4

Svengali

2013Movie5.4
Clubbed
6.7

Clubbed

2008Movie6.7
Keeping Up with the Joneses
5.9

Keeping Up with the Joneses

2013Movie5.9
A Midsummer Night's Dream
5.2

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2016Movie5.2
Woken
5.4

Woken

2024Movie5.4
Hamilton Mattress
6.8

Hamilton Mattress

2002Movie6.8
Becoming Victoria Wood
6.0

Becoming Victoria Wood

2026Movie6.0
Tish
9.0

Tish

2023Movie9.0
Keeping Rosy
5.4

Keeping Rosy

2014Movie5.4
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
6.5

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010Movie6.5
Gwen
5.5

Gwen

2018Movie5.5
Imaginary Friend
8.0

Imaginary Friend

2010Movie8.0
The Shuttleworths

The Shuttleworths

2015Movie
Wonders of the Moon
6.7

Wonders of the Moon

2018Movie6.7
Unseen

Unseen

2017Movie
Generation '66
7.0

Generation '66

2016Movie7.0
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
7.0

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

2025Movie7.0
Surfaces

Surfaces

2020Movie
DeafBlind

DeafBlind

2011Movie
I Am Bob
7.5

I Am Bob

2007Movie7.5
Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

2007Movie
Christmas Lights
5.6

Christmas Lights

2004Movie5.6
Edge
6.0

Edge

2010Movie6.0
Inner Polar Bear

Inner Polar Bear

2022Movie
Hamlet
8.2

Hamlet

2015Movie8.2
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
4.0

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

2017Movie4.0
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
7.2

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

2017Movie7.2
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
7.0

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000Movie7.0
Bike Squad

Bike Squad

2008Movie
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

2022Movie
The Priest

The Priest

2017Movie
Art Matters
10.0

Art Matters

2024Movie10.0
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

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

2025Movie
Cake
5.3

Cake

2017Movie5.3
The Occupant of the Room

The Occupant of the Room

2025Movie
Be Still My Beating Heart
1.0

Be Still My Beating Heart

2019Movie1.0
Would Like To Meet
10.0

Would Like To Meet

2007Movie10.0
The Heart Fails Without Warning

The Heart Fails Without Warning

2013Movie
Lapushka!

Lapushka!

2022Movie
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

2018Movie
It's Me

It's Me

2020Movie
The Bright Side Running Club

The Bright Side Running Club

Movie
The Fear of Trilogy

The Fear of Trilogy

2006Movie
Men Who Sleep in Cars

Men Who Sleep in Cars

2017Movie
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
0.5

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

2018Movie0.5
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

2020Movie
Where We Used to Meet

Where We Used to Meet

2021Movie
The Madness of the Dance
6.5

The Madness of the Dance

2006Movie6.5
Something Out of Nothing

Something Out of Nothing

2022Movie
Judy

Judy

2019Movie

TV Shows (47)

The Graham Norton Show
7.2

The Graham Norton Show

2007Series7.2
Black Mirror
8.3

Black Mirror

2011Series8.3
Shameless
7.5

Shameless

2004Series7.5
The One Show
4.4

The One Show

2006Series4.4
Inside No. 9
8.1

Inside No. 9

2014Series8.1
Dalziel and Pascoe
6.4

Dalziel and Pascoe

1996Series6.4
Star Wars: Visions
7.1

Star Wars: Visions

2021Series7.1
Silk
7.5

Silk

2011Series7.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
4.5

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007Series4.5
Jonathan Creek
7.6

Jonathan Creek

1997Series7.6
Say Nothing
7.5

Say Nothing

2024Series7.5
Timeshift
7.0

Timeshift

2002Series7.0
ChuckleVision
6.3

ChuckleVision

1987Series6.3
Bait
6.6

Bait

2026Series6.6
The Hollow Crown
7.4

The Hollow Crown

2012Series7.4
Little Dorrit
7.9

Little Dorrit

2008Series7.9
The Village
7.2

The Village

2013Series7.2
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
7.3

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1996Series7.3
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
7.1

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

2018Series7.1
Mandy
7.5

Mandy

2020Series7.5
Last Seen

Last Seen

2026Series
Comedy Connections
6.5

Comedy Connections

2003Series6.5
dinnerladies
7.5

dinnerladies

1998Series7.5
The Street
7.6

The Street

2006Series7.6
Three Girls
7.3

Three Girls

2017Series7.3
Criminal Justice
7.6

Criminal Justice

2008Series7.6
The Bisexual
6.4

The Bisexual

2018Series6.4
Clocking Off
7.6

Clocking Off

2000Series7.6
The Devil's Whore
6.9

The Devil's Whore

2008Series6.9
Messiah
7.4

Messiah

2001Series7.4
Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

2008Series
Red Riding
7.2

Red Riding

2009Series7.2
Early Doors
7.8

Early Doors

2003Series7.8
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
7.6

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

2020Series7.6
Anne
7.1

Anne

2022Series7.1
Art That Made Us
5.5

Art That Made Us

2022Series5.5
Linda Green
7.2

Linda Green

2001Series7.2
Artsnight

Artsnight

2015Series
Dinnerladies Diaries
9.0

Dinnerladies Diaries

2018Series9.0
Rules of the Game
6.2

Rules of the Game

2022Series6.2
Room at the Top
6.9

Room at the Top

2012Series6.9
Sunburn
4.8

Sunburn

1999Series4.8
We Have Been Watching

We Have Been Watching

2017Series
First Day on Earth

First Day on Earth

Series
Secret Life of the Safari Park

Secret Life of the Safari Park

2024Series
The Haunted Season

The Haunted Season

2024Series
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
6.3

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

2006Series6.3