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1974Born, Westhoughton
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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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The Theory of EverythingElaine Mason
Black MirrorBella
I SwearDottie
Star Wars: VisionsKalina Kalfus (voice)
Wendell & WildIrmgard Klaxon (voice)2026CrackulaMovie
2026BaitHelen · 2 episodesShow
2025LaundreamsMovie
2025The Occupant of the RoomThe Englishwoman (voice)Movie
2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughNarratorMovie
2025Words of WarAnna PolitkovskayaMovie
2024The Haunted SeasonThe Englishwoman (voice) · 1 episodeShow
2024Say NothingOlder Dolours Price · 9 episodesShow
2024WokenHelenMovie
2024Secret Life of the Safari ParkNarrator · 6 episodesShow
2023TishTish Murtha (voice)Movie
2023Dance FirstBarbaraMovie
2023Choked UpFiona LaceyMovie
2022Wendell & WildIrmgard Klaxon (voice)Movie
2022Inner Polar BearNarrator (voice)Movie
2022Lapushka!Scoot PiccoloMovie
2022Something Out of NothingMovie
2022Rules of the GameSam Thompson · 4 episodesShow
2022AnneAnne Williams · 4 episodesShow
2021Where We Used to MeetMovie
2021Star Wars: VisionsKalina Kalfus (voice) · 1 episodeShow
2020MandySusan Blower · 1 episodeShow
2020Alan Bennett's Talking HeadsMiss Fozzard · 1 episodeShow
2020SurfacesAlixMovie
2020It's MeMiriamMovie
2019Fanny Lye Deliver'dFanny LyeMovie
2019Be Still My Beating HeartMovie
2019JudyJudyMovie
2018PeterlooNellieMovie
2018The BisexualSadie · 6 episodesShow
2018GwenElenMovie
2018Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich EngelsFriedrich Engels (voice)Movie
2018Funny CowFunny CowMovie
2018Wonders of the MoonNarrator (voice)Movie
2017The PriestMovie
2017Men Who Sleep in CarsSarahMovie
2017CakeMovie
2017UnseenEmmaMovie
2017Dispossession: The Great Social Housing SwindleNarratorMovie
2017Three GirlsSara Rowbotham · 3 episodesShow
2016Generation '66NarratorMovie
2016A Midsummer Night's DreamTitaniaMovie
2016Red TopRebekah BrooksMovie
2016I Wish For YouGrown Up MiaMovie
2015The FallingEileen LamontMovie
2015HamletHamletMovie
2015Strange WeatherJaneMovie
2015The ShuttleworthsHelen BachMovie
2014The Theory of EverythingElaine MasonMovie
2014Keeping RosyCharlotteMovie
2014Inside No. 9Nadia · 1 episodeShow
2014Run & JumpVanetiaMovie
2013Keeping Up with the JonesesCeliaMovie
2013SvengaliAngieMovie
2013The VillageGrace Middleton · 12 episodesShow
2013The Heart Fails Without WarningMotherMovie
2012Private PeacefulHazel PeacefulMovie
2012Room at the TopAlice Aisgill · 2 episodesShow
2012The Hollow CrownDoll Tearsheet · 2 episodesShow
2012Best Laid PlansIsabelMovie
2011DeafBlindMaggieMovie
2011Black MirrorBella · 1 episodeShow
2011SilkMartha Costello QC · 18 episodesShow
2010EdgeEllyMovie
2010Imaginary FriendPaulineMovie
2010The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne ListerAnne ListerMovie
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Helen MarshallMovie
2009Red Riding1 episodeShow
2008The Devil's WhoreElizabeth Lilburne · 4 episodesShow
2008Little DorritMiss Wade · 14 episodesShow
2008ClubbedAngelaMovie
2008Criminal JusticeJuliet Miller · 5 episodesShow
2008Hancock & JoanJoan Le MesurierMovie
2008Fairy TalesCindy Mellor · 1 episodeShow
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