Maxine Peake
Known For
Acting
Born
1974-07-14 in 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 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.
Most Known For
Black Mirror
as Bella
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The One Show
as Self - Guest
Star Wars: Visions
as Kalina Kalfus (voice)
Inside No. 9
as Nadia
Shameless
as Veronica Fisher
I Swear
as Dottie Achenbach
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
The Hollow Crown
as Doll Tearsheet
Jonathan Creek
as Marion Cretiss
Timeshift
as Self - Narrator
Dalziel & Pascoe
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Photocopy Assistant
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
Say Nothing
as Older Dolours Price
Silk
as Martha Costello QC
The Village
as Grace Middleton
Funny Cow
as Funny Cow
Frozen
as Ticket Attendant
