About Maxine Peake
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.
Movie Credits
Maxine Peake has appeared in 66 movies.
Some of Maxine Peake's most popular movies include:
TV Credits
Maxine Peake has appeared in 38 TV Series.
Some of the most popular TV Shows include:
Production Credits
Maxine Peake has 6 production credits.Crew
Credited for Thanks in 1 show - Doughnut.
Directing
Credited for Director in 2 shows - The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca and Incompatible.
Production
Credited for Producer in 1 show - The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca.
Credited for Executive Producer in 1 show - Funny Cow.
Writing
Credited for Writer in 1 show - The Priest.