Maxine Donnelly (born 1989) is a carefree, spirited, and clever young woman who was introduced in the second episode of series 6 when Carl Gallagher (Elliott Tittensor), after having his broken arm treated there, briefly did volunteer work at the local hospital. Maxine has also become a good friend of Debbie Gallagher's (Rebecca Ryan), while simultaneously having a minor fling with Carl. She works as an auxiliary nurse, and frequently accompanies Debbie on nights out and shopping trips, or more accurately, they steal clothes, and often come up with creative tactics of eluding the centre's security staff. Later in the series, she becomes ever more infatuated with Carl. Maxine and Carl become a couple.