
Maxine Peake
- Date of Birth: 1974-07-14
- Place of Birth: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
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 ... 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.

Fairy Tales
Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • 2008 January

We Have Been Watching
• 2017 January

Inner Polar Bear
Animation • 2022 October

Where We Used to Meet
• 2021 September

The Dispatcher
Crime, Drama • 2025 June

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Documentary • 2018 September

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Documentary, TV Movie • 2007 February

The Fear of Trilogy
Comedy • 2006 January

Judy
• 2019 January

Something Out of Nothing
Animation • 2022 May