Portrait of Maxine Peake

Acting

Maxine Peake

Titles
68movies41TV shows
Career

Active from 1998 to 2025, busiest in 2018 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
53
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tish
Tish
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Maxine Peake Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.5
  • Adrenaline
    4.1, average 5.1
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Biographical Drama 4
  • Slow-Burn Narrative 3
  • British Humor 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Class Struggle 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Social Justice 3
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Underdog Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
TypeAllMovies61TV shows34
RoleAnyActing34Appearances7
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1980s11990s52000s132010s82020s6Upcoming1
GenreAnyDrama27Comedy12Crime10Mystery6Sci-Fi & Fantasy4Documentary2Family1History1Animation1Action & Adventure1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

Upcoming

1 title

2020s

6 titles · average score 73
GoodWatch78
Poster for Say Nothing

TV show · as Older Dolours Price

GoodWatch75
Poster for Anne

TV show · as Anne Williams

GoodWatch62
Poster for Rules of the Game

TV show · as Sam Thompson

GoodWatch70
Poster for Star Wars: Visions

TV show · as Kalina Kalfus (voice)

GoodWatch80
Poster for Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

TV show · as Miss Fozzard

2010s

8 titles · average score 76
GoodWatch67
Poster for The Bisexual

TV show · as Sadie

GoodWatch76
Poster for Three Girls

TV show · as Sara Rowbotham

GoodWatch82
Poster for Inside No. 9

TV show · as Nadia

GoodWatch76
Poster for The Village

TV show · as Grace Middleton

GoodWatch69
Poster for Room at the Top

TV show · as Alice Aisgill

GoodWatch77
Poster for The Hollow Crown

TV show · as Doll Tearsheet

GoodWatch77
Poster for Silk

TV show · as Martha Costello

GoodWatch83
Poster for Black Mirror

TV show · as Bella

2000s

13 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch76
Poster for Criminal Justice

TV show · as Juliet Miller

GoodWatch69
Poster for The Devil's Whore

TV show · as Elizabeth Lilburne

GoodWatch79
Poster for Little Dorrit

TV show · as Miss Wade

GoodWatch66
Poster for See No Evil: The Moors Murders

TV show · as Myra Hindley

GoodWatch77
Poster for Shameless

TV show · as Veronica Fisher

GoodWatch81
Poster for Early Doors

TV show · as Janice

GoodWatch75
Poster for Messiah

TV show · as DS Vickie Clarke

Poster for Linda Green

TV show · as Receptionist

GoodWatch75
Poster for Clocking Off

TV show · as Marie Leach

All 13 titles from the 2000s

1990s

5 titles · average score 75
Poster for Sunburn

TV show · as Sue

GoodWatch76
Poster for dinnerladies

TV show · as Twinkle

GoodWatch77
Poster for Jonathan Creek

TV show · as Marion Cretiss

GoodWatch74
Poster for Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

TV show · as Photocopy Assistant

Poster for Dalziel and Pascoe

TV show · as Dr Allison Laurie

1980s

1 title · average score 67
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