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Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Acting 1974-07-14 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 …

Known For

The Theory of Everything
MOV ⭐ 7.8
The Theory of Everything 2014
Wendell & Wild
MOV ⭐ 6.6
Wendell & Wild 2022
Words of War
MOV ⭐ 6.7
Words of War 2025
Girls' Night
MOV ⭐ 6.8
Girls' Night 1998
Dance First
MOV ⭐ 6.9
Dance First 2023
Clubbed
MOV ⭐ 6.7
Clubbed 2008
Run & Jump
MOV ⭐ 5.9
Run & Jump 2014
Svengali
MOV ⭐ 5.3
Svengali 2013
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
MOV
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas 2007
Hancock & Joan
MOV ⭐ 4.1
Hancock & Joan 2008
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
MOV ⭐ 6.5
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 2010
Keeping Rosy
MOV ⭐ 5.4
Keeping Rosy 2014
Edge
MOV ⭐ 6.0
Edge 2010
Woken
MOV ⭐ 5.4
Woken 2024
Christmas Lights
MOV ⭐ 5.6
Christmas Lights 2004
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
MOV
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business 2022
Tish
MOV ⭐ 9.0
Tish 2023
Where We Used to Meet
MOV
Where We Used to Meet 2021