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Maxine Peake
Acting

Maxine Peake

Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.

Profession

Acting

Birthday

14 Jul 1974

Age

52 Years

Born In

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Total Projects

120

Years Active

39 Yrs

Avg Rating

6.6 ★

Overview

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...

Filmography

Bait

tv

Bait

2026

Bait

as Helen

Becoming Victoria Wood

movie

Becoming Victoria Wood

2026

Becoming Victoria Wood

as Self

The Occupant of the Room

movie

The Occupant of the Room

2025

The Occupant of the Room

as The Englishwoman (voice)

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

movie

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

2025

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

as Narrator

I Swear

movie

I Swear

2025

I Swear

as Dottie

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

movie

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

2025

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

as Self

Words of War

movie

Words of War

2025

Words of War

as Anna Politkovskaya

The Haunted Season

tv

The Haunted Season

2024

The Haunted Season

as The Englishwoman (voice)

Say Nothing

tv

Say Nothing

2024

Say Nothing

as Older Dolours Price

Art Matters

movie

Art Matters

2024

Art Matters

as Self

Woken

movie

Woken

2024

Woken

as Helen

Secret Life of the Safari Park

tv

Secret Life of the Safari Park

2024

Secret Life of the Safari Park

as Narrator

Tish

movie

Tish

2023

Tish

as Tish Murtha (voice)

Dance First

movie

Dance First

2023

Dance First

as Barbara

Choked Up

movie

Choked Up

2023

Choked Up

as Fiona Lacey

Wendell & Wild

movie

Wendell & Wild

2022

Wendell & Wild

as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)

CineRaya

movie

Inner Polar Bear

2022

Inner Polar Bear

as Narrator (voice)

Lapushka!

movie

Lapushka!

2022

Lapushka!

as Scoot Piccolo

Something Out of Nothing

movie

Something Out of Nothing

2022

Something Out of Nothing

Art That Made Us

tv

Art That Made Us

2022

Art That Made Us

as Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)

Rules of the Game

tv

Rules of the Game

2022

Rules of the Game

as Sam Thompson

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

movie

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

2022

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

as Self- Presenter

Anne

tv

Anne

2022

Anne

as Anne Williams

Where We Used to Meet

movie

Where We Used to Meet

2021

Where We Used to Meet

Star Wars: Visions

tv

Star Wars: Visions

2021

Star Wars: Visions

as Kalina Kalfus (voice)

Mandy

tv

Mandy

2020

Mandy

as Susan Blower

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

tv

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

2020

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

as Miss Fozzard

Surfaces

movie

Surfaces

2020

Surfaces

as Alix

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

movie

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

2020

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

as Self - Narrator

It's Me

movie

It's Me

2020

It's Me

as Miriam

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

movie

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

2019

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

as Fanny Lye

CineRaya

movie

Be Still My Beating Heart

2019

Be Still My Beating Heart

Judy

movie

Judy

2019

Judy

as Judy

Peterloo

movie

Peterloo

2018

Peterloo

as Nellie

The Bisexual

tv

The Bisexual

2018

The Bisexual

as Sadie

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

movie

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

2018

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

as Self

Gwen

movie

Gwen

2018

Gwen

as Elen

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

movie

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

2018

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

as Friedrich Engels (voice)

Funny Cow

movie

Funny Cow

2018

Funny Cow

as Funny Cow

Dinnerladies Diaries

tv

Dinnerladies Diaries

2018

Dinnerladies Diaries

as Self

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

tv

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

2018

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

as Self - Guest

Wonders of the Moon

movie

Wonders of the Moon

2018

Wonders of the Moon

as Narrator (voice)

The Priest

movie

The Priest

2017

The Priest

Men Who Sleep in Cars

movie

Men Who Sleep in Cars

2017

Men Who Sleep in Cars

as Sarah

Cake

movie

Cake

2017

Cake

Unseen

movie

Unseen

2017

Unseen

as Emma

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

movie

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

2017

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

as Narrator

Three Girls

tv

Three Girls

2017

Three Girls

as Sara Rowbotham

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

movie

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

2017

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

as Self (archive footage)

We Have Been Watching

tv

We Have Been Watching

2017

We Have Been Watching

as Self

Generation '66

movie

Generation '66

2016

Generation '66

as Narrator

A Midsummer Night's Dream

movie

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Titania

Red Top

movie

Red Top

2016

Red Top

as Rebekah Brooks

I Wish For You

movie

I Wish For You

2016

I Wish For You

as Grown Up Mia

The Falling

movie

The Falling

2015

The Falling

as Eileen Lamont

Hamlet

movie

Hamlet

2015

Hamlet

as Hamlet

CineRaya

tv

Artsnight

2015

Artsnight

as Self - Presenter

Strange Weather

movie

Strange Weather

2015

Strange Weather

as Jane

The Shuttleworths

movie

The Shuttleworths

2015

The Shuttleworths

as Helen Bach

The Theory of Everything

movie

The Theory of Everything

2014

The Theory of Everything

as Elaine Mason

Keeping Rosy

movie

Keeping Rosy

2014

Keeping Rosy

as Charlotte

Inside No. 9

tv

Inside No. 9

2014

Inside No. 9

as Nadia

Run & Jump

movie

Run & Jump

2014

Run & Jump

as Vanetia

Keeping Up with the Joneses

movie

Keeping Up with the Joneses

2013

Keeping Up with the Joneses

as Celia

Svengali

movie

Svengali

2013

Svengali

as Angie

The Village

tv

The Village

2013

The Village

as Grace Middleton

CineRaya

movie

The Heart Fails Without Warning

2013

The Heart Fails Without Warning

as Mother

Private Peaceful

movie

Private Peaceful

2012

Private Peaceful

as Hazel Peaceful

Room at the Top

tv

Room at the Top

2012

Room at the Top

as Alice Aisgill

The Hollow Crown

tv

The Hollow Crown

2012

The Hollow Crown

as Doll Tearsheet

Best Laid Plans

movie

Best Laid Plans

2012

Best Laid Plans

as Isabel

DeafBlind

movie

DeafBlind

2011

DeafBlind

as Maggie

Black Mirror

tv

Black Mirror

2011

Black Mirror

as Bella

Silk

tv

Silk

2011

Silk

as Martha Costello QC

Edge

movie

Edge

2010

Edge

as Elly

CineRaya

movie

Imaginary Friend

2010

Imaginary Friend

as Pauline

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

movie

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

as Anne Lister

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

movie

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

as Helen Marshall

Red Riding

tv

Red Riding

2009

Red Riding

The Devil's Whore

tv

The Devil's Whore

2008

The Devil's Whore

as Elizabeth Lilburne

Little Dorrit

tv

Little Dorrit

2008

Little Dorrit

as Miss Wade

Clubbed

movie

Clubbed

2008

Clubbed

as Angela

Criminal Justice

tv

Criminal Justice

2008

Criminal Justice

as Juliet Miller

Hancock & Joan

movie

Hancock & Joan

2008

Hancock & Joan

as Joan Le Mesurier

Fairy Tales

tv

Fairy Tales

2008

Fairy Tales

as Cindy Mellor

Bike Squad

movie

Bike Squad

2008

Bike Squad

as WPC Kate McFay

CineRaya

tv

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

CineRaya

movie

Would Like To Meet

2007

Would Like To Meet

as George's Mum

CineRaya

movie

I Am Bob

2007

I Am Bob

as Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant

CineRaya

movie

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

2007

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

as Tracey Temple

The Graham Norton Show

tv

The Graham Norton Show

2007

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

movie

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

as Self

The One Show

tv

The One Show

2006

The One Show

as Self - Guest

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

tv

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

2006

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

as Myra Hindley

The Street

tv

The Street

2006

The Street

CineRaya

movie

The Madness of the Dance

2006

The Madness of the Dance

The Fear of Trilogy

movie

The Fear of Trilogy

2006

The Fear of Trilogy

Frozen

movie

Frozen

2005

Frozen

as Ticket Attendant

Faith

movie

Faith

2005

Faith

as Linda

Christmas Lights

movie

Christmas Lights

2004

Christmas Lights

as Pauline

Shameless

tv

Shameless

2004

Shameless

as Veronica Fisher

Comedy Connections

tv

Comedy Connections

2003

Comedy Connections

Early Doors

tv

Early Doors

2003

Early Doors

as Janice

All or Nothing

movie

All or Nothing

2002

All or Nothing

as Party girl

Timeshift

tv

Timeshift

2002

Timeshift

as Self - Narrator

Hamilton Mattress

movie

Hamilton Mattress

2002

Hamilton Mattress

as Lulu (voice)

Linda Green

tv

Linda Green

2001

Linda Green

as Receptionist

Messiah

tv

Messiah

2001

Messiah

as DS Vickie Clarke

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

movie

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

as Self

Clocking Off

tv

Clocking Off

2000

Clocking Off

as Marie Leach

Sunburn

tv

Sunburn

1999

Sunburn

as Sue

dinnerladies

tv

dinnerladies

1998

dinnerladies

as Twinkle

Girls' Night

movie

Girls' Night

1998

Girls' Night

as Sharon

Jonathan Creek

tv

Jonathan Creek

1997

Jonathan Creek

as Marion Cretiss

Dalziel & Pascoe

tv

Dalziel & Pascoe

1996

Dalziel & Pascoe

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

tv

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1996

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

as Photocopy Assistant

ChuckleVision

tv

ChuckleVision

1987

ChuckleVision

Twisting My Melon

movie

Twisting My Melon

TBA

Twisting My Melon

as Linda Ryder

CineRaya

tv

The Dispatcher

TBA

The Dispatcher

CineRaya

tv

First Day on Earth

TBA

First Day on Earth

as Helen

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