Directed credits
2
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Maxine Peake
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.1
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 76944
IMDb ID: nm0668845
Known for: Acting
Born: July 14, 1974
Age: 51
Place of birth: Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1987 - 2026
Years active: 40
Average TMDB rating: 6.82
Wikidata: Q3853137
Frequent jobs
Director (2)Executive Producer (1)Thanks (1)Writer (1)
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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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Maxine Peake.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Maxine Peake.
7.8
The Theory of Everything
as Elaine Mason
2014 Movie
7.1
All or Nothing
as Party girl
2002 Movie
6.9
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Helen Marshall
2009 Movie
6.8
Peterloo
as Nellie
2018 Movie
6.6
Wendell & Wild
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
2022 Movie
5.1
The Falling
as Eileen Lamont
2015 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Maxine Peake.
8.3
Black Mirror
as Bella • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.1
Inside No. 9
as Nadia • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.6
Shameless
as Veronica Fisher • 26 eps
2004 Series
7.4
Say Nothing
as Older Dolours Price • 9 eps
2024 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
7.1
Star Wars: Visions
as Kalina Kalfus (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Maxine Peake.
8.1
I Swear
as Dottie Achenbach
2025 Movie
6.3
Funny Cow
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
5.7
Frozen
as Ticket Attendant
2005 Movie
7.8
The Theory of Everything
as Elaine Mason
2014 Movie
6.8
Girls' Night
as Sharon
1998 Movie
Strange Weather
as Jane
2015 Movie
5.9
Run & Jump
as Vanetia
2014 Movie
5.3
Red Top
as Rebekah Brooks
2016 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Maxine Peake.
8.3
Black Mirror
as Bella • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
4.4
The One Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.1
Star Wars: Visions
as Kalina Kalfus (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
8.1
Inside No. 9
as Nadia • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.6
Shameless
as Veronica Fisher • 26 eps
2004 Series
7.4
The Hollow Crown
as Doll Tearsheet • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Jonathan Creek
as Marion Cretiss • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.0
Timeshift
as Self - Narrator • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.3
Dalziel & Pascoe
1 eps
1996 Series
7.3
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Photocopy Assistant • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.4
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2018 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Maxine Peake.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Maxine Peake.
6.0
Becoming Victoria Wood
as Self
2026 Movie
The Occupant of the Room
2025 Movie
7.0
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
2025 Movie
8.1
I Swear
as Dottie Achenbach
2025 Movie
Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
as Self
2025 Movie
6.7
Words of War
as Anna Politkovskaya
2025 Movie
10.0
Art Matters
as Self
2024 Movie
5.4
Woken
as Helen
2024 Movie
9.0
Tish
as Tish Murtha (voice)
2023 Movie
6.9
Dance First
as Barbara
2023 Movie
7.0
Choked Up
as Fiona Lacey
2023 Movie
6.6
Wendell & Wild
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
2022 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Maxine Peake.
7.4
Say Nothing
as Older Dolours Price • 9 eps
2024 Series
Secret Life of the Safari Park
as Narrator • 6 eps
2024 Series
5.5
Art That Made Us
as Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne) • 2 eps
2022 Series
6.2
Rules of the Game
as Sam Thompson • 4 eps
2022 Series
7.1
Anne
as Anne Williams • 4 eps
2022 Series
7.1
Star Wars: Visions
as Kalina Kalfus (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.6
Mandy
as Susan Blower • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.6
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
as Miss Fozzard • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Bisexual
as Sadie • 6 eps
2018 Series
9.0
Dinnerladies Diaries
as Self • 3 eps
2018 Series
7.4
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.2
Three Girls
as Sara Rowbotham • 3 eps
2017 Series