Maxine Peake
British actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1974 · age 52
Maxine Peake is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in dinnerladies, a sitcom on BBC One (1998-2000), as Veronica Ball in Shameless, the comedy drama from Channel 4 (2004-2007), Martha Costello in the BBC One legal drama Silk (2011-2014), and Grace Middleton in the BBC One drama...
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Something wrong?A life in dates
BaitSeries, Helen2025
I SwearFilm, Dottie2023
Choked UpFilm, Fiona Lacey2022
IncompatibleFilm, Director2021
Star Wars: VisionsSeries, Kalina Kalfus (voice)2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerSeries
Funny CowFilm, 2018Producer2017
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford ModsFilm2015
HamletFilm, Hamlet2014
Inside No. 9Series, Nadia2013
Keeping Up with the JonesesFilm, Celia2012
The Hollow CrownSeries, Doll Tearsheet
Best Laid PlansFilm, 2012Isabel2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Film, Helen Marshall2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSeriesI Am BobFilm, 2007Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant2006The Madness of the DanceFilm2004
ShamelessSeries, Veronica Fisher
Christmas LightsFilm, 2004Pauline2002
All or NothingFilm, Party girl2000
Clocking OffSeries, Marie Leach1998
Girls' NightFilm, Sharon1997
Jonathan CreekSeries, Marion Cretiss1987
ChuckleVisionSeries1974Born14 July 1974People around Maxine
Close ties
James Marsh Directed The Theory of Everything (2015)
Mike Leigh Directed All or Nothing and Peterloo
Christine Bottomley Also in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)
Harry Lloyd Also in The Theory of Everything (2015)
Rory Kinnear Also in Black Mirror, Peterloo and Say Nothing
Peter Mullan Also in Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
Sean Harris Also in Frozen (2005)
David Bamber Also in I Am Bob (2007)
Ben Crompton Also in All or Nothing, Peterloo and Choked Up
George Costigan Also in Frozen, Girls' Night and Hancock & Joan
Mark Benton Also in Early Doors and All or Nothing
Carol Morley Directed The Falling (2015)
Paddy Considine Also in Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
Diane Morgan Directed Mandy
Andrew Garfield Also in Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
Jodie Foster Directed Black Mirror
Julie Walters Also in Dinnerladies
James Fox Also in Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
David Slade Directed Black Mirror
John Hillcoat Directed Black Mirror
Emma Lowndes Also in Frozen and All or Nothing
Mary Nighy Directed Say Nothing
Karl Johnson Also in Frozen and Peterloo
Shobna Gulati Also in Dinnerladies and Incompatible
Known for
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I Swear 2025
The Theory of Everything 2014
All or Nothing 2002
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 2009
Peterloo 2018
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
128 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
About this person
She is known for her roles as Twinkle in dinnerladies, a sitcom on BBC One (1998-2000), as Veronica Ball in Shameless, the comedy drama from Channel 4 (2004-2007), Martha Costello in the BBC One legal drama Silk (2011-2014), and Grace Middleton in the BBC One drama series The Village (2013-2014). In 2017, she starred in the Black Mirror episode "Metalhead". She has also played the title role in a Royal Exchange production of Hamlet, as well as the notorious serial killer Myra Hindley in See No Evil: The Moors Murders, the critically acclaimed 2006 dramatisation by ITV of the Moors murders.
In the same film or series as Maxine
Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeAlso in Best Laid Plans (2012)
Gemma JonesAlso in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010)
Lindsay DuncanAlso in Hamilton Mattress (2002)
Nick CaveAlso in Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough (2025)
Sharon HorganAlso in Run & Jump (2014)
Kathryn HunterAlso in All or Nothing (2002)