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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Becoming Victoria Wood
Character:Self
Release Date:08/01/2026
The Occupant of the Room
Character:
Release Date:24/10/2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Character:Narrator
Release Date:26/09/2025
I Swear
Character:Dottie Achenbach
Release Date:22/09/2025
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
Character:Self
Release Date:13/07/2025
Words of War
Character:Anna Politkovskaya
Release Date:02/05/2025
Art Matters
Character:Self
Release Date:24/07/2024
Woken
Character:Helen
Release Date:04/07/2024
Tish
Character:Tish Murtha (voice)
Release Date:17/11/2023
Dance First
Character:Barbara
Release Date:03/11/2023
Choked Up
Character:Fiona Lacey
Release Date:28/03/2023
Wendell & Wild
Character:Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Release Date:21/10/2022
Inner Polar Bear
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/10/2022
Lapushka!
Character:Scoot Piccolo
Release Date:04/08/2022
Something Out of Nothing
Character:
Release Date:29/05/2022
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
Character:Self- Presenter
Release Date:06/01/2022
Where We Used to Meet
Character:
Release Date:28/09/2021
Surfaces
Character:Alix
Release Date:03/06/2020
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:13/04/2020
It's Me
Character:Miriam
Release Date:02/01/2020
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Character:Fanny Lye
Release Date:10/10/2019
Be Still My Beating Heart
Character:
Release Date:06/10/2019
Judy
Character:Judy
Release Date:01/01/2019
Peterloo
Character:Nellie
Release Date:01/11/2018
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Character:Herself
Release Date:02/09/2018
Gwen
Character:Elen
Release Date:12/07/2018
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
Character:Friedrich Engels (voice)
Release Date:22/06/2018
Funny Cow
Character:Funny Cow
Release Date:20/04/2018
Wonders of the Moon
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:31/01/2018
The Priest
Character:
Release Date:11/12/2017
Men Who Sleep in Cars
Character:Sarah
Release Date:01/10/2017
Cake
Character:
Release Date:29/09/2017
Unseen
Character:Emma
Release Date:22/09/2017
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
Character:Narrator
Release Date:08/06/2017
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/04/2017
Generation '66
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/07/2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Titania
Release Date:30/05/2016
Red Top
Character:Rebekah Brooks
Release Date:20/01/2016
I Wish For You
Character:Grown Up Mia
Release Date:01/01/2016
The Falling
Character:Eileen Lamont
Release Date:24/04/2015
Hamlet
Character:Hamlet
Release Date:23/03/2015
Strange Weather
Character:Jane
Release Date:02/01/2015
The Shuttleworths
Character:Helen Bach
Release Date:01/01/2015
The Theory of Everything
Character:Elaine Mason
Release Date:07/11/2014
Keeping Rosy
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:08/06/2014
Run & Jump
Character:Vanetia
Release Date:24/01/2014
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Character:Celia
Release Date:18/10/2013
Svengali
Character:Angie
Release Date:19/06/2013
The Heart Fails Without Warning
Character:Mother
Release Date:01/01/2013
Private Peaceful
Character:Hazel Peaceful
Release Date:12/10/2012
Best Laid Plans
Character:Isabel
Release Date:03/02/2012
DeafBlind
Character:Maggie
Release Date:31/12/2011
Edge
Character:Elly
Release Date:23/10/2010
Imaginary Friend
Character:Pauline
Release Date:08/05/2010
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Character:Anne Lister
Release Date:01/03/2010
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Character:Helen Marshall
Release Date:11/11/2009
Clubbed
Character:Angela
Release Date:02/10/2008
Hancock & Joan
Character:Joan Le Mesurier
Release Date:26/03/2008
Bike Squad
Character:WPC Kate McFay
Release Date:04/01/2008
Would Like To Meet
Character:George's Mum
Release Date:31/07/2007
I Am Bob
Character:Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
Release Date:26/04/2007
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Character:Tracey Temple
Release Date:28/02/2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Character:Self
Release Date:03/02/2007
The Madness of the Dance
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2006
The Fear of Trilogy
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2006
Frozen
Character:Ticket Attendant
Release Date:12/03/2005
Faith
Character:Linda
Release Date:28/02/2005
Christmas Lights
Character:Pauline
Release Date:20/12/2004
All or Nothing
Character:Party girl
Release Date:18/10/2002
Hamilton Mattress
Character:Lulu (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2002
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Character:Self
Release Date:25/12/2000
Girls' Night
Character:Sharon
Release Date:26/06/1998
Television Appearances
Say Nothing
Character:Older Dolours Price
Secret Life of the Safari Park
Character:Narrator
Art That Made Us
Character:Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)
Rules of the Game
Character:Sam Thompson
Anne
Character:Anne Williams
Star Wars: Visions
Character:Kalina Kalfus (voice)
Mandy
Character:Susan Blower
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Character:Miss Fozzard
The Bisexual
Character:Sadie
Dinnerladies Diaries
Character:Self
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Character:Self - Guest
Three Girls
Character:Sara Rowbotham
We Have Been Watching
Character:Self
Artsnight
Character:Self - Presenter
Inside No. 9
Character:Nadia
The Village
Character:Grace Middleton
Room at the Top
Character:Alice Aisgill
The Hollow Crown
Character:Doll Tearsheet
Black Mirror
Character:Bella
Silk
Character:Martha Costello
Red Riding
Character:
The Devil's Whore
Character:Elizabeth Lilburne
Little Dorrit
Character:Miss Wade
Criminal Justice
Character:Juliet Miller
Fairy Tales
Character:Cindy Mellor
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The One Show
Character:Self - Guest
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
Character:Myra Hindley
The Street
Character:
Shameless
Character:Veronica Fisher
Comedy Connections
Character:
Early Doors
Character:Janice
Timeshift
Character:Self - Narrator
Linda Green
Character:Receptionist
Messiah
Character:DS Vickie Clarke
Clocking Off
Character:Marie Leach
Sunburn
Character:Sue
dinnerladies
Character:Twinkle
Jonathan Creek
Character:Marion Cretiss
Dalziel & Pascoe
Character:
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Character:Photocopy Assistant
ChuckleVision
Character:
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