Biografie
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.
Acteercredits 44 titels
Last Seen
als Jenna Reid
Serie
2026
7.6
Becoming Victoria Wood
als Self
Film
2026
6.0
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
als Narrator
Film
2025
7.0
I Swear
als Dottie
Film
2025
8.3
Words of War
als Anna Politkovskaya
Film
2025
6.7
Say Nothing
als Older Dolours Price
Serie
2024
7.5
Art Matters
als Self
Film
2024
10.0
Woken
als Helen
Film
2024
5.4
Tish
als Tish Murtha (voice)
Film
2023
9.0
Dance First
als Barbara
Film
2023
6.9
Choked Up
als Fiona Lacey
Film
2023
7.0
Wendell & Wild
als Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Film
2022
6.6
Rules of the Game
als Sam Thompson
Serie
2022
6.2
Anne
als Anne Williams
Serie
2022
7.1
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
als Fanny Lye
Film
2019
6.3
Be Still My Beating Heart
Film
2019
1.0
Peterloo
als Nellie
Film
2018
6.8
The Bisexual
als Sadie
Serie
2018
6.4
Gwen
als Elen
Film
2018
5.4
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
als Friedrich Engels (voice)
Film
2018
0.5
Funny Cow
als Funny Cow
Film
2018
6.3
Dinnerladies Diaries
als Self
Serie
2018
9.0
Wonders of the Moon
als Narrator (voice)
Film
2018
6.6
Cake
Film
2017
5.3
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
als Narrator
Film
2017
4.0
Three Girls
als Sara Rowbotham
Serie
2017
7.3
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
als Self (archive footage)
Film
2017
7.2
Generation '66
als Narrator
Film
2016
7.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
als Titania
Film
2016
5.4
Red Top
als Rebekah Brooks
Film
2016
5.3
The Theory of Everything
als Elaine Mason
Film
2014
7.8
Run & Jump
als Vanetia
Film
2014
5.9
The Village
als Grace Middleton
Serie
2013–2014
7.2
Room at the Top
als Alice Aisgill
Serie
2012
6.9
Silk
als Martha Costello QC
Serie
2011–2014
7.5
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
als Helen Marshall
Film
2009
6.9
The Devil's Whore
als Elizabeth Lilburne
Serie
2008
6.8
Little Dorrit
als Miss Wade
Serie
2008
7.9
Criminal Justice
als Juliet Miller
Serie
2008–2009
7.6
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
als Myra Hindley
Serie
2006
6.4
Faith
als Linda
Film
2005
9.0
dinnerladies
als Twinkle
Serie
1998–2000
7.5
Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story
als Self
Film
The Unheard
Serie
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7.5
Serie
Say Nothing
Older Dolours Price
2024
7.5
Serie
Silk
Martha Costello QC
2011–2014
8.3
Film
I Swear
Dottie
2025
7.6
Serie
Last Seen
Jenna Reid
2026
6.6
Film
Wendell & Wild
Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
2022
7.9
Serie
Little Dorrit
Miss Wade
2008
7.8
Film
The Theory of Everything
Elaine Mason
2014
5.9
Film
Run & Jump
Vanetia
2014
9.0
Film
Faith
Linda
2005
6.8
Serie
The Devil's Whore
Elizabeth Lilburne
2008
7.6
Serie
Criminal Justice
Juliet Miller
2008–2009
7.2
Serie
The Village
Grace Middleton
2013–2014
6.9
Film
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Helen Marshall
2009
6.2
Serie
Rules of the Game
Sam Thompson
2022
7.5
Serie
dinnerladies
Twinkle
1998–2000
7.3
Serie
Three Girls
Sara Rowbotham
2017
7.1
Serie
Anne
Anne Williams
2022
6.4
Serie
The Bisexual
Sadie
2018
9.0
Serie
Dinnerladies Diaries
Self
2018
6.9
Film
Dance First
Barbara
2023
6.8
Film
Peterloo
Nellie
2018
6.9
Serie
Room at the Top
Alice Aisgill
2012
6.7
Film
Words of War
Anna Politkovskaya
2025
6.0
Film
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
2026
6.3
Film
Funny Cow
Funny Cow
2018
6.3
Film
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Fanny Lye
2019
5.3
Film
Red Top
Rebekah Brooks
2016
0.0
Serie
The Unheard
7.0
Film
Choked Up
Fiona Lacey
2023
5.4
Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania
2016
5.4
Film
Gwen
Elen
2018
10.0
Film
Art Matters
Self
2024
7.0
Film
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Narrator
2025
5.4
Film
Woken
Helen
2024
6.6
Film
Wonders of the Moon
Narrator (voice)
2018
7.2
Film
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
Self (archive footage)
2017
5.3
Film
Cake
2017
7.0
Film
Generation '66
Narrator
2016
1.0
Film
Be Still My Beating Heart
2019
9.0
Film
Tish
Tish Murtha (voice)
2023
6.4
Serie
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
Myra Hindley
2006
0.5
Film
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels (voice)
2018
0.0
Film
Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story
Self
4.0
Film
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
Narrator
2017