Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Date of Birth:

Jul 14, 1974

Place of Birth:

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 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.

filmography:

Frozen Frozen

2005

Best Laid Plans Best Laid Plans

2012

Keeping Up with the Joneses Keeping Up with the Joneses

2013

I Swear I Swear

1970

Fanny Lye Deliver'd Fanny Lye Deliver'd

2019

Imaginary Friend Imaginary Friend

2010

Would Like To Meet Would Like To Meet

2007

Art Matters Art Matters

2024

Funny Cow Funny Cow

2018

Private Peaceful Private Peaceful

2012

Choked Up Choked Up

2023

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

Bike Squad Bike Squad

2008

All or Nothing All or Nothing

2002

Hamilton Mattress Hamilton Mattress

2002

A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream

2016

The Heart Fails Without Warning The Heart Fails Without Warning

2013

Peterloo Peterloo

2018

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

2017

The Shuttleworths The Shuttleworths

2015

The Fear of Trilogy The Fear of Trilogy

2006

Twisting My Melon Twisting My Melon

1970

Be Still My Beating Heart Be Still My Beating Heart

2019

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

2018

Unseen Unseen

2017

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

2017

The Priest The Priest

2017

Wonders of the Moon Wonders of the Moon

2018

Men Who Sleep in Cars Men Who Sleep in Cars

2017

Cake Cake

2017

DeafBlind DeafBlind

2011

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

2018

Gwen Gwen

2018

Red Top Red Top

2016

Faith Faith

2005

Wendell & Wild Wendell & Wild

2022

Edge Edge

2010

Tish Tish

2023

Woken Woken

2024

Svengali Svengali

2013

Hancock & Joan Hancock & Joan

2008

Run & Jump Run & Jump

2014

Christmas Lights Christmas Lights

2004

I Am Bob I Am Bob

2007

Dance First Dance First

2023

Where We Used to Meet Where We Used to Meet

2021

Girls' Night Girls' Night

1998

Words of War Words of War

1970

Clubbed Clubbed

2008

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

2022

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

2010

The Theory of Everything The Theory of Everything

2014

Confessions of a Diary Secretary Confessions of a Diary Secretary

2007

Inner Polar Bear Inner Polar Bear

2022

The Falling The Falling

2015

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009

Hamlet Hamlet

2015

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

2020

Generation '66 Generation '66

2016

The Madness of the Dance The Madness of the Dance

2006

It's Me It's Me

2020

I Wish For You I Wish For You

2016

Something Out of Nothing Something Out of Nothing

2022

Keeping Rosy Keeping Rosy

2014

Surfaces Surfaces

2020

Lapushka! Lapushka!

2022

Strange Weather Strange Weather

2015

Judy Judy

2019

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

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