Maxine Peake
Acting
Born July 14, 1974
From 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, ...
Filmography
Becoming Victoria Wood
Self
20266.0
Laundreams
2025
The Occupant of the Room
The Englishwoman (voice)
2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Narrator
20257.0
I Swear
Dottie
20258.2
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
Self
2025
Words of War
Anna Politkovskaya
20256.7
Art Matters
Self
202410.0
Woken
Helen
20245.4
Tish
Tish Murtha (voice)
20239.0
Dance First
Barbara
20236.9
Choked Up
Fiona Lacey
20237.5
Wendell & Wild
Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
20226.6
—
Inner Polar Bear
Narrator (voice)
2022
Lapushka!
Scoot Piccolo
2022
Something Out of Nothing
2022
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
Self- Presenter
2022
Where We Used to Meet
2021
Surfaces
Alix
2020
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
Self - Narrator
2020
It's Me
Miriam
2020
Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Fanny Lye
20196.3
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Be Still My Beating Heart
20191.0
Judy
Judy
2019
Peterloo
Nellie
20186.8
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Self
2018
Gwen
Elen
20185.5
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels (voice)
20180.5
Funny Cow
Funny Cow
20186.3
Wonders of the Moon
Narrator (voice)
20186.6
The Priest
2017
Men Who Sleep in Cars
Sarah
2017
Cake
20175.3
Unseen
Emma
2017
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
Narrator
20174.0
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
Self (archive footage)
20177.2
Generation '66
Narrator
20167.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania
20165.4
Red Top
Rebekah Brooks
20165.3
I Wish For You
Grown Up Mia
2016
The Falling
Eileen Lamont
20155.1
Hamlet
Hamlet
20158.2
Strange Weather
Jane
2015
The Shuttleworths
Helen Bach
2015
The Theory of Everything
Elaine Mason
20147.8
Keeping Rosy
Charlotte
20145.4
Run & Jump
Vanetia
20145.9
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Celia
20135.9
Svengali
Angie
20135.4
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The Heart Fails Without Warning
Mother
2013
Private Peaceful
Hazel Peaceful
20126.6
Best Laid Plans
Isabel
20125.5
DeafBlind
Maggie
2011
Edge
Elly
20106.0
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Imaginary Friend
Pauline
20108.0
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Anne Lister
20106.5
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Helen Marshall
20096.9
Clubbed
Angela
20086.7
Hancock & Joan
Joan Le Mesurier
20084.1
Bike Squad
WPC Kate McFay
2008
—
Would Like To Meet
George's Mum
200710.0
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I Am Bob
Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
20077.5
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Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Tracey Temple
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
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The Madness of the Dance
20066.5
The Fear of Trilogy
2006
Frozen
Ticket Attendant
20055.9
Faith
Linda
20059.0
Christmas Lights
Pauline
20045.6
All or Nothing
Party girl
20027.1
Hamilton Mattress
Lulu (voice)
20026.8
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Self
20007.0
Girls' Night
Sharon
19986.8
Twisting My Melon
Linda Ryder
N/A
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The Bright Side Running Club
N/A