Actor

Maxine Peake

Contemporaryb. 1974DramaComedyDocumentaryThriller

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 2 films ↗Also wrote 1 screenplay ↗

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Known For

72 acting credits

as Elaine Mason

The Theory of Everything

as Elaine Mason

2014

The Theory of Everything

Filmography

2026Becoming Victoria WoodSelf6.0 2025Words of WarAnna Politkovskaya6.6 2025I SwearDottie8.2 2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughNarrator7.0 2025Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?Self 2025The Occupant of the RoomThe Englishwoman (voice)

About

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.

As Director

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2022Incompatible 2018The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca

As Screenwriter

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2017The Priest

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