Maxine Peake
REPRESENTED BY MICHAEL DUFF
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Four-time BAFTA nominee Maxine Peake’s recent film credits include the multi award-winning I SWEAR (which can now be seen on Netflix) and WORDS OF WAR as the late Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. On television, Maxine has lately starred in LAST SEEN for Apple TV, FX/Disney+’s SAY NOTHING, and she will soon be co-leading BERLIN NOIR (also for Apple TV). 2027 will see Maxine starring in Michaela Coel’s highly anticipated new show FIRST DAY ON EARTH for BBC/HBO and in the upcoming Netflix/Warp Films series THE UNHEARD, starring alongside Kate Winslet.
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), RULES OF THE GAME (BBC) and BAIT (Amazon).
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 was nominated for a 2026 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Play for her recent lead performance in THE LAST STAND OF MARY WHITEHOUSE (Nottingham Playhouse).