Maxine Peake

Maxine Peake

Nascimento : 1974-07-14, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, UK

História

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.

Perfil

Maxine Peake

Filmes

Wendell & Wild
Irmgard Klaxon (voice)
Dois irmãos demoníacos e ardilosos recrutam Kat Elliot, no auge da sua problemática adolescência, para invocá-los até a terra dos vivos. Só que Kat pede algo em troca — algo que os levará para uma aventura brilhante, bizarra e hilária.
Inner Polar Bear
Narrator (voice)
A moving depiction of the alternative human and animal perspectives on the implications of climate change.
Lapushka!
Scoot Piccolo
'The Butternut Squash Gang' always stumble upon a criminal rouse that is passed off by adults as overactive minds. From their clubhouse in the woods, they must come up with a far-fetched plot to overthrow the baddies and claim victory.
Something Out of Nothing
A specially commissioned animation inspired by Barbara Hepworth's art and life.
Incompatible
Director
A childless woman is told that her longed for unborn baby is incompatible with life. Alone, with her conscience and unable to openly discuss her situation because of society’s stigma surrounding termination and the self- silencing of women concerning reproduction, she painfully decides the best way forward.
The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
Self- Presenter
The story of Merseyside mum and campaigner Anne Williams, who lost her son Keven. For nearly three decades she fought the English establishment to expose the truth of what really happened at Hillsborough, and to try and get justice for the 97.
Where We Used to Meet
While caring for their dying mother, a child finds solace in a group of friends, but begins to encounter violence at every turn.
O Despertar de Fanny Lye
Fanny Lye
Fanny Lye vive com John, seu marido opressor e Arthur, seu filho, em uma fazenda isolada no interior do Reino Unido. Após anos de um casamento complicado e falido, ela aproveita a oportunidade de realizar uma reviravolta em sua vida quando um casal de forasteiros, perseguido pela lei, chega à sua casa.
Doughnut
Thanks
Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation.
Surfaces
Alix
Short film for Refuge, the national charity for domestic abuse, drawing attention to the shocking rise in violence against women during the 2020 lockdown
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
Self - Narrator
Every summer, the sheep on Scafell Pike are gathered down to the farm for shearing. On this epic journey, a shepherd reflects on life while caring for his flock in this rugged landscape.
It's Me
Miriam
Set over the course of an evening, a mother remembers moments from a game she played with her son throughout his childhood. Tragedy strikes when he unexpectedly returns.
Be Still My Beating Heart
Two adult sisters exist dysfunctionally, each limited by illnesses affecting both body and mind — one physically and the other psychologically.
Judy
Judy
Set in Royton, Manchester, Judy is the uplifting story of a mother struggling to come to terms with her cancer diagnosis. The debut film of acclaimed theatre director Matthew Dunster, Judy stars Maxine Peake and is a Little Brother/ BFI production.
Peterloo
Nellie
Um drama sobre o infame massacre de Manchester em 1819, que matou cerca de 18 manifestantes e feriu até 700.
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Producer
Maxine Peake's exploration of the true story of Lillian Bilocca, a largely forgotten but formidable figure in the fight for safer trawlers. The programme explores Lillian Bilocca's fight at the time through archive and dramatic reconstructions based on the play The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca, written by Maxine Peake.
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Director
Maxine Peake's exploration of the true story of Lillian Bilocca, a largely forgotten but formidable figure in the fight for safer trawlers. The programme explores Lillian Bilocca's fight at the time through archive and dramatic reconstructions based on the play The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca, written by Maxine Peake.
The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca
Herself
Maxine Peake's exploration of the true story of Lillian Bilocca, a largely forgotten but formidable figure in the fight for safer trawlers. The programme explores Lillian Bilocca's fight at the time through archive and dramatic reconstructions based on the play The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca, written by Maxine Peake.
Gwen
Elen
Nas montanhas da Snowdonia do século XIX, Gwen (Eleanor Worthington-Cox) vive em uma fazenda com sua mãe e sua irmã mais nova. Com seu pai fora na guerra, sua mãe repentinamente caindo doente e a fazenda sofrendo com estranhas ocorrências, Gwen tem que lidar com a dificuldade de manter seu lar funcionando enquanto uma profunda escuridão parece rondar sua família.
Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels (voice)
Following the artist Phil Collins' search for a decommissioned statue of German philosopher Friedrich Engels in eastern Ukraine, and documenting its journey and arrival to a homecoming party in Manchester.
Funny Cow
Executive Producer
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Funny Cow
Funny Cow
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Wonders of the Moon
Narrator (voice)
Documentary which uses the latest, most detailed imagery to reveal the monthly life cycle of the moon. From Wales to Wyoming, Hong Kong to Croydon, the programme finds out how the moon shapes life on Earth, as well as exploring its mysterious dark side and discovering how the moon's journey around Earth delivers one of nature's most awe-inspiring events - a total solar eclipse. And at the end of a remarkable year of lunar activity, we find out why so many supermoons have been lighting up the night sky.
The Priest
Writer
Johnny Marr has teamed up with the award-winning actor Maxine Peake to create a new project which sets Peake’s spoken word performances to Marr’s instrumental soundscapes. ‘The Priest’ is based upon the characters that Joe Gallagher met on the streets in the first few days after becoming homeless in Edinburgh. Gallagher wrote a diary of his experiences for the Big Issue under the pseudonym James Campbell when he first became homeless in May 2015 and continued until he found a new home in March 2016. This short film was filmed in Manchester and features Molly Windsor in the lead role.
The Priest
Johnny Marr has teamed up with the award-winning actor Maxine Peake to create a new project which sets Peake’s spoken word performances to Marr’s instrumental soundscapes. ‘The Priest’ is based upon the characters that Joe Gallagher met on the streets in the first few days after becoming homeless in Edinburgh. Gallagher wrote a diary of his experiences for the Big Issue under the pseudonym James Campbell when he first became homeless in May 2015 and continued until he found a new home in March 2016. This short film was filmed in Manchester and features Molly Windsor in the lead role.
Men Who Sleep in Cars
Sarah
Three men in modern Manchester spend each night sleeping in their cars. How did they end up in this situation? How do they cope? Michael Symmons Roberts's verse drama explores the world of the invisible modern homeless - not asleep in a shop doorway, not asleep in a shop doorway, but no less desperate.
Cake
Duas mulheres sentam- se em um deserto árido e distópico discutindo a melhor forma de morrer.
Unseen
Emma
A cleaner in a brand new apartment block begins to suspect one of the residents is a victim of domestic abuse.
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
Narrator
Narrated by Maxine Peake, this feature documentary explores the failures and deception that have caused a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain.
Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
Herself (Archive Footage)
Documentary following British punk duo Sleaford Mods on their two year journey from Nottingham bedroom recording sessions to chart success
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania
Shakespeare's comedy adapted for television by Russell T. Davies. In the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, while young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father for loving the wrong man. Meanwhile, in the town below, an amateur theatre group rehearses. And beyond Athens, in the wild woods, dark forces are stirring...
Red Top
Rebekah Brooks
Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally becomes Chief Executive of News International and gets caught up in a seventies Watergate-style scandal.
I Wish For You
Grown Up Mia
A woman is moving house and as she is unpacking boxes she finds a long lost letter from her grandfather. As she reads it, his words evoke strong emotive memories and she is transported back into her childhood by her grandfathers words. As he shares his love and concern for the natural world around us. The journey back in time leaves Mia (the woman) visually and emotionally moved as she remembers and shares her grandfathers love and hope for the world around us. It is a story that transcends time.
The Falling
Eileen Lamont
Abbie e Lydia são melhores amigas que estudam numa restrita escola para garotas. Após uma tragédia acontecer no local, uma misteriosa epidemia se espalha pela escola, ameaçando a estabilidade de todos os estudantes e as rigorosas regras impostas.
Hamlet
Hamlet
From its sell-out run at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre comes a film version of this unique and critically acclaimed production of Hamlet with BAFTA-nominee Maxine Peake in the title role. This ground-breaking stage production, directed by Sarah Frankcom, was the Royal Exchange's fastest-selling show in a decade.
Strange Weather
Jane
Two strangers witness a mysterious natural phenomenon that reawaken their senses and draws their fractured lives together.
The Shuttleworths
Helen Bach
Versatile singer/song-writer John Shuttleworth struggles to balance semi-professional obligations - a gig at a care home - with domestic, namely his 25th wedding anniversary.
A Teoria de Tudo
Elaine Mason
Baseado na biografia de Stephen Hawking, o filme mostra como o jovem astrofísico (Eddie Redmayne) fez descobertas importantes sobre o tempo, além de retratar o seu romance com a aluna de Cambridge Jane Wide (Felicity Jones) e a descoberta de uma doença motora degenerativa quando tinha apenas 21 anos.
Keeping Rosy
Charlotte
A woman becomes enraged after being passed over for a promotion at her job.
Correr e Pular
Vanetia
O marido de Vanetia sofreu um ataque cerebral que afetou suas capacidades mentais e ela se esforça para que a família fique bem. Sua vida vai mudar com a chegada de um médico estrangeiro que fica em sua casa para estudar o caso de seu marido.
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Celia
MP's wife Celia discovers her husband's true colours when she is taken hostage by his criminal business associates.
Svengali: Gigantes do Rock
Angie
Svengali conta a história de Dixie (Jonny Owen), um carteiro do País de Gales e fanático por música. Toda sua vida ele sonhava em descobrir uma grande banda e, em seguida, um dia, vasculhar o YouTube, ele encontra 'The Premature Congratulations'.
The Heart Fails Without Warning
Mother
Lola's sister has stopped eating. Lola treats her with the scorn she deserves - she'll snap out of it soon, won't she? Adapted from Booker Prize Winner Hilary Mantel's short story and featuring BAFTA nominated Maxine Peake.
Private Peaceful
Hazel Peaceful
Durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, dois irmãos que disputam o amor de uma mesma garota têm suas vidas viradas de cabeça para baixo quando são forçados a se juntarem ao exército britânico. Baseado no livro "Private Peaceful" do célebre autor inglês Michael Morpurgo, que teve um dos livros recentemente adaptado para o cinema por Steven Spielberg - "Cavalo de Guerra".
Best Laid Plans
Isabel
David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men'. Set in Nottingham, the film revolves around the relationship between the thuggish Danny (Stephen Graham) and Joseph (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), a giant of a man with a mental age of seven. When Danny finds himself in debt to a local crime boss, he feels he is left with no choice but to manipulate Joseph into participating in a series of underground cage fights from which Danny can pay his debts.
Rachael
Mum
A cinematic snapshot observing the morning routine of a family in 1940s Britain. Mum makes breakfast. Dad reads the paper. Samantha tries to get ready for work but her sister, Rachael, is hogging the bathroom. Soon we see that Rachael is very young, but not as innocent as her parents might hope.
DeafBlind
Maggie
'Ever had that feeling you're being watched?' A Deaf Blind woman has a man living in her house. She doesn't know he's there. What does he want?
Edge
Elly
A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves.
Imaginary Friend
Pauline
Short film starring Maxine Peake and written by actor Reece Dinsdale
O Diário Secreto da Senhorita Anne Lister
Anne Lister
No século XIX, em Yorkshire, na Inglaterra rural, uma rica órfã, Anne Lister, vive com uma tia e um tio, ansiosos para que ela se case bem e alegremente inconscientes de que ela é lésbica. Seus pensamentos e façanhas ficaram registrados em um diário codificado.
Investigação de Risco
Helen Marshall
Para o investigador Peter Hunter, a onda de crimes realizados há anos em uma cidade tinham algo em comum: todas envolviam o departamento de polícia. O que ele não esperava era o fato de ser uma das vítimas desta conspiração. Agora existem duas opções: abandonar o caso ou perder a vida.
Clubbed
Angela
Danny – um solitário trabalhador numa fábrica, cuja vida se transforma quando ele se torna um porteiro de uma discoteca. intimidado pela vida – é fustigado e humilhado em frente aos seus filhos num ato de violência aleatório. A sua existência, já sombria, afunda-se ainda mais no abismo. À beira da ruptura total ele decide lutar. Então ele se reune com um grupo de porteiros de clubes noturnos que lhe dão apoio para se defender. Enquanto Danny se afunda mais no seu mundo ele se vê envolvido com gangues e dá origem a uma cadeia de eventos com consequências brutais!
Hancock & Joan
Joan Le Mesurier
Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.
Would Like To Meet
George's Mum
A single mum looks for love in the lonely-hearts pages, but someone has already decided to play cupid - her eight year-old son…
I Am Bob
Marilyn Monroe Lookalike/Compere's Assistant
On his way to a Make Poverty History gig in Scotland, Bob Geldof is accidentally stranded by an incompetent chauffeur in a run-down motel in Northern England. To his horror, he discovers a lookalike contest is taking place, and no-one will believe he is the real Bob Geldof. Just when he thinks things can't get any worse, he discovers he may not be the only Bob Geldof in the room... Written by Linda Boulie
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Tracey Temple
Funny film concerning John Prescott's affair with Tracey Temple
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
The Fear of Trilogy
Maxine Peake stars in a short film about three fears (birds, falling, sleepwalking) - filmed and edited in a single day on a mobile phone for Cinema Now, a digital conference held at BAFTA.
The Madness of the Dance
In the middle ages there was an outbreak of dancing manias in Europe that lasted hundreds of years. In the 20th century thousands of Chinese men and some women thought that their genitalia were vanishing, while schoolgirls in Belgium thought that they were being poisoned by a certain brand of fizzy drink. Looking at these various cases, and more, the professor (Maxine Peake) takes us on a musical journey through mass hysteria.
Frozen
Ticket Attendant
It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened. When police investigations wind down, Kath continues the search herself. She gets nowhere until she steals some CCTV footage of her sister on her final day. Visiting the spot where Annie was filmed, Kath becomes convinced she has found a portal to another reality and from this portal Kath is trying to say something.
Faith
Linda
A gripping story of love, deceit, betrayal and survival set against the backdrop of the Miners' Strike of 1984-85. Michelle is married to Gary, a young miner who goes on strike as soon as the dispute between the Thatcher government and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) begins. Meanwhile, her sister Linda's husband Paul is a local policeman. Paul becomes more and more voluble in his opposition to the strike, while Linda looks around her and witnesses the women of her community suddenly find a voice and independence. The scene is set for political and personal conflicts which would change their lives forever.
O Brilho do Natal
Pauline
Além de cunhados, Colin e Howard são amigos de infância que competem entre si por tudo: melhor carro, melhor emprego e até pela melhor decoração de Natal. Mas neste ano, o espírito natalino está prestes a fazer tudo isso mudar
Agora ou Nunca
Party girl
O amor de Penny (Lesley Manville) por seu companheiro, o motorista de táxi Phil (Timothy Spall), secou. Phil é gentil e sem ambições, enquanto que ela trabalha como caixa de supermecado. Rachel (Alison Garland), filha deles, faz faxina na casa de idosos e o filho do casal, Rory (James Corden), está desempregado e desenvolveu uma agressividade acentuada, preferindo ficar sentado o dia todo no sofá a fazer algo produtivo da vida. A alegria abandonou completamente a relação de Phil e Penny. Até que Rory fica doente, é internado no hospital com problemas cardíacos e muda a perspectiva das coisas. O incidente primeiro evidencia os problemas no relacionamento deles, depois acaba aproximando-os pela primeira vez em anos.
Hamilton Mattress
Lulu (voice)
Sludger the aardvark tries to make it big as a drummer in the big city.
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
Girls' Night
Sharon
Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she's got from her secret lover with Dawn to fulfil her dream - a visit to Las Vegas. They buy two tickets and fly there...
Dance First
Barbara
Woken
Helen
In a post-apocalyptic world, the isle provides a safe haven from a pandemic that has decimated earth. Anna wake up pregnant and unable to remember who her husband is. Nor does Anna recognize Helen and Peter who are supposedly helping her get her health back. Disbelief in what she is being told leads to a horrible revelation and Anna having to contend with existential issues brought on by man’s destruction of the planet.
Twisting My Melon
Linda Ryder
Biopic based on Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder's autobiography, the film will track the singer’s journey from a guitar-loving child to a leading light of Madchester’s party scene.