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.
The Theory of Everything
as Elaine MasonThe Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds,...
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Wendell & Wild
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon...
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The Falling
as Eileen LamontEngland, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an...
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All or Nothing
as Party girlPenny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry...
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Peterloo
as NellieAn epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a...
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Helen MarshallAfter 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already...
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Private Peaceful
as Hazel PeacefulSet in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same...
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Gwen
as ElenA mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and...
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Clubbed
as AngelaAn underworld drama set in the early 1980s, about a lonely factory worker whose life is...
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Fanny Lye Deliver'd
as Fanny LyeOn an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John...
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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
as Anne ListerA lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
as TitaniaAt the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a...
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Dance First
as BarbaraParisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright,...
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Funny Cow
as Funny CowA comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up...
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Run & Jump
as VanetiaAfter a stroke leaves her husband disabled and fundamentally changed, a spirited Irish wife...
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Christmas Lights
as PaulineRobson Green and Mark Benton co-star in Christmas Lights, a one-off comedy drama for ITV1...
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as SelfThe comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
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Frozen
as Ticket AttendantIt's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but...
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Best Laid Plans
as IsabelDavid Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of...
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Svengali
as AngieSvengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life...
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as SelfBoasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed...
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Woken
as HelenIn a post-apocalyptic world, the isle provides a safe haven from a pandemic that has decimated...
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Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
as Self (archive footage)Documentary following British punk duo Sleaford Mods on their two year journey from Nottingham...
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Wonders of the Moon
as Narrator (voice)Documentary which uses the latest, most detailed imagery to reveal the monthly life cycle of the...
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Hamilton Mattress
as Lulu (voice)Sludger the aardvark tries to make it big as a drummer in the big city.
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Confessions of a Diary Secretary
as Tracey TempleFunny film concerning John Prescott's affair with Tracey Temple
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Where We Used to Meet
as uncreditedWhile caring for their dying mother, a child finds solace in a group of friends, but begins to...
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Bike Squad
as WPC Kate McFayComedy-drama featuring a group of inept constables who are relegated to the embarrassing "Bike...
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Keeping Rosy
as CharlotteA woman becomes enraged after being passed over for a promotion at her job.
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Tish
as Tish Murtha (voice)A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is...
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Generation '66
as NarratorDocumentary exploring the key events of 1966, a period when British pop music, fashion and sport...
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Hamlet
as HamletFrom its sell-out run at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre comes a film version of this unique...
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Hancock & Joan
as Joan Le MesurierDrama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and...
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The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
as Self- PresenterThe story of Merseyside mum and campaigner Anne Williams, who lost her son Keven. For nearly...
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Men Who Sleep in Cars
as SarahThree men in modern Manchester spend each night sleeping in their cars. How did they end up in...
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Unseen
as EmmaA cleaner in a brand new apartment block begins to suspect one of the residents is a victim of...
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The Fear of Trilogy
as uncreditedMaxine Peake stars in a short film about three fears (birds, falling, sleepwalking) - filmed and...
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Keeping Up with the Joneses
as CeliaMP's wife Celia discovers her husband's true colours when she is taken hostage by his criminal...
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The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
as Self - NarratorEvery summer, the sheep on Scafell Pike are gathered down to the farm for shearing. On this epic...
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Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
as NarratorNarrated by Maxine Peake, this feature documentary explores the failures and deception that have...
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Strange Weather
as JaneTwo strangers witness a mysterious natural phenomenon that reawaken their senses and draws their...
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Red Top
as Rebekah BrooksComic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who...
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The Shuttleworths
as Helen BachVersatile singer/song-writer John Shuttleworth struggles to balance semi-professional...
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Art Matters
as SelfJoin Melvyn Bragg for an insightful journey into why “Art Matters,” With a career spanning over...
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Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
as Friedrich Engels (voice)Following the artist Phil Collins' search for a decommissioned statue of German philosopher...
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Something Out of Nothing
as uncreditedA specially commissioned animation inspired by Barbara Hepworth's art and life.
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Edge
as EllyA hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves.
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Choked Up
as Fiona LaceyA politician learns just how quickly things can go terribly wrong when a career-defining live TV...
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DeafBlind
as Maggie'Ever had that feeling you're being watched?' A Deaf Blind woman has a man living in her house....
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Judy
as JudySet in Royton, Manchester, Judy is the uplifting story of a mother struggling to come to terms...
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Surfaces
as AlixShort film for Refuge, the national charity for domestic abuse, drawing attention to the...
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I Wish For You
as Grown Up MiaA woman is moving house and as she is unpacking boxes she finds a long lost letter from her...
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The Priest
as uncreditedJohnny Marr has teamed up with the award-winning actor Maxine Peake to create a new project...
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The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
as HerselfMaxine Peake's exploration of the true story of Lillian Bilocca, a largely forgotten but...
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Lapushka!
as Scoot Piccolo'The Butternut Squash Gang' always stumble upon a criminal rouse that is passed off by adults as...
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Cake
as uncreditedTwo women sit in a barren dystopian wasteland discussing the best way to die.
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Black Mirror
as BellaOver the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before...
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Say Nothing
as Older Dolours PriceThrough the eyes of various Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, explore the extremes some...
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Inside No. 9
as NadiaAn anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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The Graham Norton Show
as SelfEach week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...
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Shameless
as uncreditedThe story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by...
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Shameless
as Veronica FisherThe story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by...
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Silk
as Martha CostelloSilk is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2011. Written...
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Star Wars: Visions
as Kalina Kalfus (voice)This anthology of animated shorts from around the world celebrates the mythos of Star Wars...
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The Hollow Crown
as Doll TearsheetA series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
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Dalziel & Pascoe
as uncreditedBritish crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...
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Jonathan Creek
as Marion CretissWorking from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural...
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ChuckleVision
as uncreditedChuckleVision is a long-standing British children's series broadcast from 1987 to 2009. The...
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Dinnerladies
as TwinkleDinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of...
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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Photocopy AssistantInstead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her...
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Little Dorrit
as Miss WadeAmy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who...
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Sunburn
as SueSunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday...
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Messiah
as DS Vickie ClarkeCrime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.
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Room at the Top
as Alice AisgillJoe leaves working-class, industrial Dufton behind him and takes a job as senior audit clerk at...
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Comedy Connections
as uncreditedComedy Connections was a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from...
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Criminal Justice
as Juliet MillerThriller by Peter Moffat about the challenges and politics of the criminal justice system seen...
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Three Girls
as Sara RowbothamThe story of three of the children who were victims in the 2012 grooming and sex trafficking...
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Clocking Off
as Marie LeachHow much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh...
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Timeshift
as Self - NarratorDocumentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its...
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Red Riding
as uncreditedThrilling trilogy of films based on David Peace's cult noir novels about Yorkshire during the...
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The Street
as uncreditedAnthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
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The Village
as Grace MiddletonThe Village tells the story of life in a Derbyshire village through the eyes of a central...
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Rules of the Game
as Sam ThompsonSam is a hard-headed manager at a family-run business in the North West. However, when Sam...
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Early Doors
as JaniceA sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the...
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Fairy Tales
as uncreditedFour contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New...
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The Devil's Whore
as Elizabeth LilburneSet between the years 1642 and 1660, "The Devil's Whore" charts the progress of the English...
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Linda Green
as ReceptionistLinda's a Manchester girl, born and bred. She's in her early 30s and the friends she has now are...
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The Bisexual
as SadieLeila takes a break from her decade long relationship with partner Sadie, and begins to explore...
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Anne
as Anne WilliamsAnne Williams, from Formby, near Liverpool, was devastated by the loss of her son, 15-year-old...
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Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
as Miss FozzardWidely celebrated as Alan Bennett's masterpieces, his multi-award-winning Talking Heads return...
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Art That Made Us
as Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)An alternative history of the British Isles, told through art. Looking at 1,500 years and eight...
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Secret Life of the Safari Park
as NarratorThe denizens at Knowsley Safari, the longest safari drive in the UK and home to hundreds of wild...
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See No Evil: The Moors Murders
as Myra HindleySee No Evil: The Moors Murders is a British two-part television serial directed by Christopher...
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