Acting
Maxine Peake
Birth Date
July 14, 1974
(52 years old)
Place of Birth
Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
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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.
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The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007 • 2 episodes
Black Mirror
Bella
2011 • 1 episode
Shameless
Veronica Fisher
2004 • 26 episodes
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006 • 1 episode
Dalziel and Pascoe
Dr Allison Laurie
1996 • 1 episode
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007 • 1 episode
Silk
Martha Costello QC
2011 • 18 episodes
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
2018 • 1 episode
Inside No. 9
Nadia
2014 • 1 episode
I Swear
Dottie
2025
Star Wars: Visions
Kalina Kalfus (voice)
2021 • 1 episode
Jonathan Creek
Marion Cretiss
1997 • 1 episode
Bait
Helen
2026 • 2 episodes
Timeshift
Self - Narrator
2002 • 1 episode
ChuckleVision
1987 • 1 episode
Say Nothing
Older Dolours Price
2024 • 9 episodes
The Theory of Everything
Elaine Mason
2014
The Hollow Crown
Doll Tearsheet
2012 • 2 episodes
The Village
Grace Middleton
2013 • 12 episodes
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Photocopy Assistant
1996 • 1 episode