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Maxine Peake

Actor • Born 1974

Maxine Peake

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About

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.

Known for

Black Mirror posterBlack MirrorSeries • 2011Shameless posterShamelessSeries • 2004Star Wars: Visions posterStar Wars: VisionsSeries • 2021Inside No. 9 posterInside No. 9Series • 2014Dalziel and Pascoe posterDalziel and PascoeSeries • 1996Last Seen posterLast SeenSeries • 2026Say Nothing posterSay NothingSeries • 2024Jonathan Creek posterJonathan CreekSeries • 1997ChuckleVision posterChuckleVisionSeries • 1987I Swear posterI SwearMovie • 2025The Hollow Crown posterThe Hollow CrownSeries • 2012Silk posterSilkSeries • 2011Hetty Wainthropp Investigates posterHetty Wainthropp InvestigatesSeries • 1996The Theory of Everything posterThe Theory of EverythingMovie • 2014Bait posterBaitSeries • 2026The Village posterThe VillageSeries • 2013Mandy posterMandySeries • 2020Little Dorrit posterLittle DorritSeries • 2008dinnerladies posterdinnerladiesSeries • 1998Criminal Justice posterCriminal JusticeSeries • 2008Messiah posterMessiahSeries • 2001Wendell & Wild posterWendell & WildMovie • 2022Words of War posterWords of WarMovie • 2025Three Girls posterThree GirlsSeries • 2017