Maxine Peake
REPRESENTED BY MICHAEL DUFF
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Four-time BAFTA nominee Maxine Peake’s recent film credits include WORDS OF WAR as the late Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and the multi-award-winning I SWEAR. 2024 saw Maxine starring in FX/Disney+’s SAY NOTHING as the latter version of Dolours Price, and she will soon be featuring in THE DISPATCHER for Apple TV in a leading role.
Other cinema credits include PETERLOO, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, FUNNY COW (on which Maxine served as Executive Producer through her production company, Vexed Pixie), WOKEN, DANCE FIRST, and FANNY LYE DELIVER’D. Maxine is also very well-known for leading TV dramas such as SILK (BBC), BLACK MIRROR: METALHEAD (Netflix), THREE GIRLS (BBC), THE VILLAGE (BBC), SHAMELESS (Channel 4), THE BISEXUAL (Hulu/Channel 4), ANNE (ITV), and RULES OF THE GAME (BBC).
Stage credits include HAMLET, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, and HAPPY DAYS (all Royal Exchange), ROBIN/RED/BREAST and THEY (Factory International), THE WELKIN (National Theatre), AVALANCHE (Barbican), and TALKING HEADS (Bridge Theatre, subsequently televised for the BBC). She has been nominated for a 2026 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Play for THE LAST STAND OF MARY WHITEHOUSE (Nottingham Playhouse).