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Maxine Peake

Cast & creator

Maxine Peake

1974-07-14 (age 52) Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UKIMDb

Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The One Show, Black Mirror

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.

Movies

82

film credits

Series

50

television credits

Career

126

1978–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

Self · 2007

The One Show

The One Show

Self - Guest · 2006

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

Bella · 2011

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

Acting · 1978

Shameless

Shameless

Veronica Fisher · 2004

Across film & television

Filmography (132)

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Showing 132 of 132 credits

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

Self

The One Show

The One Show

Self - Guest

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

Bella

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

Shameless

Shameless

Veronica Fisher

Last Seen

Last Seen

Jenna Reid

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dr Allison Laurie

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

Nadia

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

Self

Star Wars: Visions

Star Wars: Visions

Kalina Kalfus (voice)

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

Self - Guest

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

Marion Cretiss

Silk

Silk

Martha Costello QC

I Swear

I Swear

Dottie

Timeshift

Timeshift

Self - Narrator

ChuckleVision

ChuckleVision

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Photocopy Assistant

Say Nothing

Say Nothing

Older Dolours Price

The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown

Doll Tearsheet

Bait

Bait

Helen

Art That Made Us

Art That Made Us

Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)

The Theory of Everything

The Theory of Everything

Elaine Mason

The Village

The Village

Grace Middleton

Mandy

Mandy

Susan Blower

At Home with the Braithwaites

At Home with the Braithwaites

Trixie Fletcher

The Street

The Street

Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

Cindy Mellor

dinnerladies

dinnerladies

Twinkle

Clocking Off

Clocking Off

Marie Leach

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

Miss Wade

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

Juliet Miller

Comedy Connections

Comedy Connections

Messiah

Messiah

DS Vickie Clarke

Red Riding

Red Riding

Sunburn

Sunburn

Sue

The Devil's Whore

The Devil's Whore

Elizabeth Lilburne

Three Girls

Three Girls

Sara Rowbotham

Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild

Irmgard Klaxon (voice)

Early Doors

Early Doors

Janice

Words of War

Words of War

Anna Politkovskaya

The Bisexual

The Bisexual

Sadie

Anne

Anne

Anne Williams

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Miss Fozzard

Linda Green

Linda Green

Receptionist

We Have Been Watching

We Have Been Watching

Self

Room at the Top

Room at the Top

Alice Aisgill

All or Nothing

All or Nothing

Party girl

Artsnight

Self - Presenter

Dinnerladies Diaries

Dinnerladies Diaries

Self

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Self

Rules of the Game

Rules of the Game

Sam Thompson

Dance First

Dance First

Barbara

The Falling

The Falling

Eileen Lamont

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Fanny Lye

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Helen Marshall

Laundreams

Laundreams

Peterloo

Peterloo

Nellie

Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

Hazel Peaceful

Girls' Night

Girls' Night

Sharon

Run & Jump

Run & Jump

Vanetia

Red Top

Red Top

Rebekah Brooks

Funny Cow

Funny Cow

Funny Cow

Funny Cow

Funny Cow

Executive Producer

First Day on Earth

Helen

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Celia

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Anne Lister

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

Narrator

Secret Life of the Safari Park

Secret Life of the Safari Park

Narrator

Crackula

Frozen

Frozen

Ticket Attendant

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Self

DeafBlind

DeafBlind

Maggie

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Titania

Choked Up

Choked Up

Fiona Lacey

Strange Weather

Strange Weather

Jane

Clubbed

Clubbed

Angela

Faith

Faith

Linda

Be Still My Beating Heart

Becoming Victoria Wood

Becoming Victoria Wood

Self

I Wish For You

I Wish For You

Grown Up Mia

Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

Isabel

The Haunted Season

The Haunted Season

The Englishwoman (voice)

Keeping Rosy

Keeping Rosy

Charlotte

Svengali

Svengali

Angie

Hamilton Mattress

Hamilton Mattress

Lulu (voice)

Tish

Tish

Tish Murtha (voice)

Wonders of the Moon

Wonders of the Moon

Narrator (voice)

Christmas Lights

Christmas Lights

Pauline

Generation '66

Generation '66

Narrator

Imaginary Friend

Pauline

Unseen

Unseen

Emma

Incompatible

Incompatible

Director

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

Narrator

Woken

Woken

Helen

The Occupant of the Room

The Occupant of the Room

The Englishwoman (voice)

The Shuttleworths

The Shuttleworths

Helen Bach

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Self (archive footage)

Would Like To Meet

George's Mum

Surfaces

Surfaces

Alix

Cake

Cake

The Bright Side Running Club

Men Who Sleep in Cars

Men Who Sleep in Cars

Sarah

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Tracey Temple

Hancock & Joan

Hancock & Joan

Joan Le Mesurier

Hamlet

Hamlet

Hamlet

Gwen

Gwen

Elen

Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

Self

Where We Used to Meet

Where We Used to Meet

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

Self- Presenter

The Heart Fails Without Warning

Mother

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels (voice)

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

Self - Narrator

The Madness of the Dance

Inner Polar Bear

Narrator (voice)

Bike Squad

Bike Squad

WPC Kate McFay

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

Self

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

Producer

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

Director

I Am Bob

Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant

Edge

Edge

Elly

The Fear of Trilogy

The Fear of Trilogy

Art Matters

Art Matters

Self

The Priest

The Priest

The Priest

The Priest

Writer

Something Out of Nothing

Something Out of Nothing

It's Me

It's Me

Miriam

Doughnut

Doughnut

Thanks

Lapushka!

Lapushka!

Scoot Piccolo

Judy

Judy

Judy

The Unheard

Obsession: The Beryl Burton Story

Self

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

Myra Hindley