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 ...
Filmography
Rules of the Game
4 Episode s . as Sam Thompson
Rules of the Game
4 Episode s . as Sam Thompson
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
2 Episode s . as Myra Hindley
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
2 Episode s . as Myra Hindley
Silk
18 Episode s . as Martha Costello
Silk
18 Episode s . as Martha Costello
Dinnerladies
16 Episode s . as Twinkle
Dinnerladies
16 Episode s . as Twinkle
The Village
12 Episode s . as Grace Middleton
The Village
12 Episode s . as Grace Middleton
Three Girls
3 Episode s . as Sara Rowbotham
Three Girls
3 Episode s . as Sara Rowbotham
Anne
4 Episode s . as Anne Williams
Anne
4 Episode s . as Anne Williams
Secret Life of the Safari Park
6 Episode s . as Narrator
Secret Life of the Safari Park
6 Episode s . as Narrator
Say Nothing
9 Episode s . as Older Dolours Price
Say Nothing
9 Episode s . as Older Dolours Price
The Bisexual
6 Episode s . as Sadie
The Bisexual
6 Episode s . as Sadie
We Have Been Watching
5 Episode s . as Self
We Have Been Watching
5 Episode s . as Self
The Devil's Whore
4 Episode s . as Elizabeth Lilburne
The Devil's Whore
4 Episode s . as Elizabeth Lilburne
Room at the Top
2 Episode s . as Alice Aisgill
Room at the Top
2 Episode s . as Alice Aisgill
Messiah: The Harrowing
1 Episode. as DS Vickie Clarke
Messiah: The Harrowing
1 Episode. as DS Vickie Clarke
Criminal Justice
10 Episode s . as Juliet Miller
Criminal Justice
10 Episode s . as Juliet Miller
Little Dorrit
14 Episode s . as Miss Wade
Little Dorrit
14 Episode s . as Miss Wade