Maxine Peake
Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1974
- Place of Birth
- Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Known For
- Женский
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.
Filmography
Black Mirror
as Bella
2011
Shameless
as Veronica Fisher
2004
Last Seen
2026
Inside No. 9
as Nadia
2014
Star Wars: Visions
as Kalina Kalfus (voice)
2021
Jonathan Creek
as Marion Cretiss
1997
Silk
as Martha Costello QC
2011
The Hollow Crown
as Doll Tearsheet
2012
Say Nothing
as Older Dolours Price
2024
Bait
as Helen
2026
Mandy
as Susan Blower
2020
dinnerladies
as Twinkle
1998
Little Dorrit
as Miss Wade
2008
Criminal Justice
as Juliet Miller
2008
Messiah
as DS Vickie Clarke
2001
The Devil's Whore
as Elizabeth Lilburne
2008
Three Girls
as Sara Rowbotham
2017
The Bisexual
as Sadie
2018
Early Doors
as Janice
2003
First Day on Earth
as Helen
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
as Myra Hindley
2006