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 Helen
as Jenna Reid(6 eps)
as Helen(2 eps)
as Self
as The Englishwoman (voice)
as Narrator
as Dottie
as Anna Politkovskaya
as The Englishwoman (voice)(1 ep)
as Older Dolours Price(9 eps)
as Self
as Helen
as Narrator(6 eps)
as Tish Murtha (voice)
as Barbara
as Fiona Lacey
as Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Scoot Piccolo
as Self - Actrice (Rules of the Game, Anne)(2 eps)
as Sam Thompson(4 eps)
as Self- Presenter
as Anne Williams(4 eps)
as Kalina Kalfus (voice)(1 ep)
as Susan Blower(1 ep)
as Miss Fozzard(1 ep)
as Alix
as Self - Narrator
as Miriam
as Fanny Lye
as Judy
as Nellie
as Sadie(6 eps)
as Elen
as Friedrich Engels (voice)
as Funny Cow
as Self(3 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice)
as Sarah
as Emma
as Sara Rowbotham(3 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self(5 eps)
as Narrator
as Titania
as Rebekah Brooks
as Grown Up Mia
as Eileen Lamont
as Hamlet
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)
as Jane
as Helen Bach
as Elaine Mason
as Charlotte
as Nadia(1 ep)
as Vanetia
as Celia
as Angie
as Grace Middleton(12 eps)
as Mother
as Hazel Peaceful
as Alice Aisgill(2 eps)
as Doll Tearsheet(2 eps)
as Isabel
as Maggie
as Bella(1 ep)
as Martha Costello QC(18 eps)
as Elly
as Pauline
as Anne Lister
as Helen Marshall
as Elizabeth Lilburne(4 eps)
as Miss Wade(14 eps)
as Angela
as Juliet Miller(5 eps)
as Joan Le Mesurier
as Cindy Mellor(1 ep)
as WPC Kate McFay
as Self(1 ep)
as George's Mum
as Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
as Tracey Temple
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Myra Hindley(2 eps)
as Ticket Attendant
as Linda
as Pauline
as Veronica Fisher(26 eps)
as Janice(6 eps)
as Party girl
as Self - Narrator(1 ep)
as Lulu (voice)
as Receptionist(1 ep)
as DS Vickie Clarke(3 eps)
as Marie Leach(1 ep)
as Trixie Fletcher(1 ep)
as Sue(1 ep)
as Twinkle(16 eps)
as Sharon
as Marion Cretiss(1 ep)
as Dr Allison Laurie(1 ep)
as Photocopy Assistant(1 ep)