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.

Maxine Peake is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 17 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes Last Seen (2026), I Swear (2025), Words of War (2025), Say Nothing (2024), Woken (2024), Dance First (2023), Wendell & Wild (2022), Art That Made Us (2022). The recorded credits span 2003 to 2026, including 11 movies and 6 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.