person

Maxine Peake

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1974-07-14

Place of Birth

Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

Maxine Peake

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.

Also Known For

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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Feb 03, 2007

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68

Girls' Night

Jun 26, 1998

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Where We Used to Meet

Sep 28, 2021

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70

Dance First

Nov 03, 2023

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67

Words of War

May 02, 2025

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67

Clubbed

Oct 02, 2008

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66

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

Mar 01, 2010

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The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

Jan 06, 2022

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75

I Am Bob

Apr 26, 2007

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51

Christmas Lights

Dec 20, 2004

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90

Tish

Nov 17, 2023

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66

Wendell & Wild

Oct 21, 2022

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60

Edge

Oct 23, 2010

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55

Woken

Jul 04, 2024

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53

Svengali

Jun 19, 2013

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60

Run & Jump

Jan 24, 2014

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49

Hancock & Joan

Mar 26, 2008

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78

The Theory of Everything

Nov 07, 2014

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Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Feb 28, 2007

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56

Keeping Rosy

Jun 08, 2014

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Something Out of Nothing

May 29, 2022

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Surfaces

Jun 03, 2020

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It's Me

Jan 02, 2020

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Lapushka!

Aug 04, 2022

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I Wish For You

Jan 01, 2016

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Strange Weather

Jan 02, 2015

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Judy

Jan 01, 2019

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69

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Nov 11, 2009

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51

The Falling

Apr 24, 2015

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Inner Polar Bear

Oct 06, 2022

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82

Hamlet

Mar 23, 2015

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The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

Apr 13, 2020

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65

The Madness of the Dance

Jan 01, 2006

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70

Generation '66

Jul 31, 2016

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Faith

Feb 28, 2005

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53

Red Top

Jan 20, 2016

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65

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Dec 25, 2000

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70

Choked Up

Mar 28, 2023

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66

Private Peaceful

Oct 12, 2012

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Bike Squad

Jan 04, 2008

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71

All or Nothing

Oct 18, 2002

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52

A Midsummer Night's Dream

May 30, 2016

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63

Hamilton Mattress

Jan 01, 2002

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63

Funny Cow

Apr 20, 2018

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100

Art Matters

Jul 24, 2024

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59

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Oct 18, 2013

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56

Best Laid Plans

Feb 03, 2012

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Frozen

Mar 12, 2005

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I Swear

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Fanny Lye Deliver'd

Oct 10, 2019

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80

Imaginary Friend

May 08, 2010

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The Heart Fails Without Warning

Jan 01, 2013

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100

Would Like To Meet

Jul 31, 2007

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68

Peterloo

Nov 01, 2018

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Men Who Sleep in Cars

Oct 01, 2017

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66

Wonders of the Moon

Jan 31, 2018

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53

Cake

Sep 29, 2017

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DeafBlind

Dec 31, 2011

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54

Gwen

Jul 12, 2018

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The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

Sep 02, 2018

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The Priest

Dec 11, 2017

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40

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

Jun 08, 2017

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The Fear of Trilogy

Jan 01, 2006

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The Shuttleworths

Jan 01, 2015

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74

Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods

Apr 21, 2017

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Twisting My Melon

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10

Be Still My Beating Heart

Oct 06, 2019

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Unseen

Sep 22, 2017

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Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

Jun 22, 2018

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Irvine Welsh: Reality is Not Enough

Aug 20, 2025

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74

dinnerladies

Nov 12, 1998

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Early Doors

May 12, 2003

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ChuckleVision

Sep 26, 1987

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75

Jonathan Creek

May 09, 1997

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75

Shameless

Jan 13, 2004

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20

Comedy Connections

Jun 09, 2003

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65

Dalziel & Pascoe

Mar 16, 1996

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We Have Been Watching

Jan 04, 2017

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76

Criminal Justice

Jun 30, 2008

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78

Little Dorrit

Oct 26, 2008

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Fairy Tales

Jan 10, 2008

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37

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

Sep 03, 2007

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76

The Street

Apr 13, 2006

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71

Star Wars: Visions

Sep 22, 2021

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65

Red Riding

Mar 05, 2009

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70

Timeshift

Oct 10, 2002

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75

The Village

Mar 31, 2013

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76

Silk

Feb 22, 2011

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Artsnight

Mar 06, 2015

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73

Room at the Top

Sep 26, 2012

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72

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Jan 03, 1996

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72

Messiah

May 26, 2001

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81

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

Jun 23, 2020

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74

Clocking Off

Jan 23, 2000

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61

Rules of the Game

Jan 11, 2022

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40

Sunburn

Jan 16, 1999

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72

Three Girls

May 16, 2017

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55

Art That Made Us

Apr 07, 2022

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63

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

May 14, 2006

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69

The Devil's Whore

Nov 19, 2008

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75

Shameless

Jan 13, 2004

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82

Black Mirror

Dec 04, 2011

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71

The Graham Norton Show

Feb 22, 2007

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70

Linda Green

Oct 30, 2001

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Secret Life of the Safari Park

Jan 04, 2024

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70

The Bisexual

Oct 10, 2018

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74

Say Nothing

Nov 14, 2024

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73

The Hollow Crown

Jun 30, 2012

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70

Anne

Jan 02, 2022

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80

Inside No. 9

Feb 05, 2014

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75

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

Mar 06, 2018

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The Dispatcher