Tessa Peake-Jones
| Tessa Peake-Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 May 1957 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Television | Only Fools and Horses (1988–2003) |
| Partner(s) | Douglas Hodge (1984/1985-2012) |
| Children | 2 children |
Tessa Peake-Jones (born 9 May 1957) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Raquel in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, whom she played from December 1988 until it ended in 2003.
She was educated at Kenmore Park Junior School, Harrow and Downer Grammar School, now known as Canons High School, before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Peake-Jones is best known for playing Raquel Turner, the longtime partner of the main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter, in the television comedy Only Fools and Horses. She had a co-starring role in the 1999 TV series Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Her other television appearances include The Demon Headmaster, Midsomer Murders, Casualty, Holby City, The Bill, Up the Garden Path and So Haunt Me. She appeared in the BBC adaptation of Iris Murdoch's The Bell (1982).She also played the role of the bookish sister Mary Bennet in the BBC serial adaptation of Pride and Prejudice (1980).
In both 2009 and 2011, Peake-Jones played Sue Bond in the BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors.
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