Maxine Peake (Actor)

Reviews of Maxine Peake Movies

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Movies starring Maxine Peake have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 62%.

The Theory of Everything - released in 2014 - is Maxine Peake's highest rated movie, with a score of 77% based on 1,034 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Maxine Peake is Best Laid Plans - released in 2012 - with a score of 43% based on 16 reviews.

Actor Biography

Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English stage, radio, film and television actress, playwright 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 has acted in films with Christine Bottomley, David Thewlis, Philip Jackson and Kathryn Hunter.

Maxine Peake has worked with these film directors: Mike Leigh, Carol Morley, Henry Selick and James Marsh.