Maxine Peake
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1974
- Place of birth
- Westhoughton, 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 with Maxine Peake
- The Theory of Everything 2014 · ★ 7.8
- I Swear 2025 · ★ 8.3
- Wendell & Wild 2022 · ★ 6.6
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 2009 · ★ 6.9
- The Falling 2015 · ★ 5.1
- All or Nothing 2002 · ★ 7.1
- Peterloo 2018 · ★ 6.7
- Clubbed 2008 · ★ 6.7
- Gwen 2018 · ★ 5.4
- Fanny Lye Deliver'd 2019 · ★ 6.3
- The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 2010 · ★ 6.5
- Private Peaceful 2012 · ★ 6.6
- Words of War 2025 · ★ 6.8
- Funny Cow 2018 · ★ 6.3
- Svengali 2013 · ★ 5.4
- Best Laid Plans 2012 · ★ 5.5
- Woken 2024 · ★ 5.4
- Run & Jump 2014 · ★ 5.9
- Dance First 2023 · ★ 6.6
- Frozen 2005 · ★ 5.9
- Keeping Rosy 2014 · ★ 5.4
- A Midsummer Night's Dream 2016 · ★ 5.3
- Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods 2017 · ★ 7.2
- Girls' Night 1998 · ★ 6.8
- Christmas Lights 2004 · ★ 5.6
- Hamilton Mattress 2002 · ★ 6.8
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings 2000 · ★ 7.0
- Hamlet 2015 · ★ 8.2
- Keeping Up with the Joneses 2013 · ★ 5.9
- Wonders of the Moon 2018 · ★ 6.7
- Hancock & Joan 2008 · ★ 4.1
- Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough 2025 · ★ 7.0
- Red Top 2016 · ★ 5.3
- Cake 2017 · ★ 5.3
- I Am Bob 2007 · ★ 7.5
- Edge 2010 · ★ 6.0
- The Madness of the Dance 2006 · ★ 6.5
- Choked Up 2023 · ★ 7.5
- Tish 2023 · ★ 9.0
- The Great Mountain Sheep Gather 2020 · ★ 7.0
Movies directed by Maxine Peake
- Incompatible 2022 · ★ 7.0
- The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca 2018