07/14/1974
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK:
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.
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Bait (2026) as Helen |
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Becoming Victoria Wood (2026) as Self |
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The Occupant of the Room (2025) as The Englishwoman (voice) |
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Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough (2025) as Narrator |
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I Swear (2025) as Dottie |
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Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? (2025) as Self |
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Words of War (2025) as Anna Politkovskaya |
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Art Matters (2024) as Self |
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Woken (2024) as Helen |
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Tish (2023) as Tish Murtha (voice) |
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Dance First (2023) as Barbara |
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Choked Up (2023) as Fiona Lacey |
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Wendell & Wild (2022) as Irmgard Klaxon (voice) |
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Inner Polar Bear (2022) as Narrator (voice) |
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Lapushka! (2022) as Scoot Piccolo |
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Something Out of Nothing (2022) as |
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The Real Anne: Unfinished Business (2022) as Self- Presenter |
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Where We Used to Meet (2021) as |
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Surfaces (2020) as Alix |
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The Great Mountain Sheep Gather (2020) as Self - Narrator |
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It's Me (2020) as Miriam |
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Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019) as Fanny Lye |
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Be Still My Beating Heart (2019) as |
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Judy (2019) as Judy |
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Peterloo (2018) as Nellie |
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The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca (2018) as Self |
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Gwen (2018) as Elen |
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Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels (2018) as Friedrich Engels (voice) |
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Funny Cow (2018) as Funny Cow |
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Wonders of the Moon (2018) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Priest (2017) as |
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Men Who Sleep in Cars (2017) as Sarah |
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Cake (2017) as |
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Unseen (2017) as Emma |
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Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017) as Narrator |
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Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods (2017) as Self (archive footage) |
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Generation '66 (2016) as Narrator |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016) as Titania |
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Red Top (2016) as Rebekah Brooks |
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I Wish For You (2016) as Grown Up Mia |
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The Falling (2015) as Eileen Lamont |
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Hamlet (2015) as Hamlet |
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Strange Weather (2015) as Jane |
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The Shuttleworths (2015) as Helen Bach |
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The Theory of Everything (2014) as Elaine Mason |
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Keeping Rosy (2014) as Charlotte |
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Run & Jump (2014) as Vanetia |
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Keeping Up with the Joneses (2013) as Celia |
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Svengali (2013) as Angie |
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The Heart Fails Without Warning (2013) as Mother |
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Private Peaceful (2012) as Hazel Peaceful |
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Best Laid Plans (2012) as Isabel |
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DeafBlind (2011) as Maggie |
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Edge (2010) as Elly |
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Imaginary Friend (2010) as Pauline |
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) as Anne Lister |
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009) as Helen Marshall |
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Clubbed (2008) as Angela |
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Hancock & Joan (2008) as Joan Le Mesurier |
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Bike Squad (2008) as WPC Kate McFay |
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Would Like To Meet (2007) as George's Mum |
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I Am Bob (2007) as Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant |
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Confessions of a Diary Secretary (2007) as Tracey Temple |
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007) as Self |
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The Madness of the Dance (2006) as |
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The Fear of Trilogy (2006) as |
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Frozen (2005) as Ticket Attendant |
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Faith (2005) as Linda |
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Christmas Lights (2004) as Pauline |
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All or Nothing (2002) as Party girl |
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Hamilton Mattress (2002) as Lulu (voice) |
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000) as Self |
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Girls' Night (1998) as Sharon |
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Twisting My Melon () as Linda Ryder |
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Incompatible (2022) Director |
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Doughnut (2021) Thanks |
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The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca (2018) Director |
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The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca (2018) Producer |
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Funny Cow (2018) Executive Producer |
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The Priest (2017) Writer |