Tessa Peake-Jones

• Name — Tessa Peake-Jones • Born — 9 May 1957 • Birthplace — Hammersmith, London, England • Occupation — Actress • Education — Royal Central School of Speech and Drama • Years Active — 1978–present • Television — Only Fools and Horses (1988–2003), Grantchester (2014–). • Partner — Douglas Hodge (1984–2013) • Children — 2

Peake-Jones was born on 9 May 1957 in London, to her mother Mary. She was raised in Hammersmith and educated at Kenmore Park Junior School, Harrow and Downer Grammar School (now known as Canons High School), leaving in 1973, before training at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Peake-Jones is best known for playing Raquel Turner, the longtime partner of main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter (played by David Jason) in the television comedy Only Fools and Horses from 1988 to 1993, in 1996, and from 2001 to 2003. She had a co-starring role in the 1999 television series Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Her other television appearances include Bergerac, The Demon Headmaster, Midsomer Murders, Casualty, Holby City, The Bill, Up the Garden Path and So Haunt Me. Peake-Jones 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). 2007 saw her at the National Theatre as Irene in The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder by Matt Charman. For the Royal Shakespeare Company, she appeared as Ophelia in Hamlet and Luciana in The Comedy of Errors in a UK tour, 1987–88, and as Helma in The Park by Botho Strauss at the Barbican in London in 1995. In March 2008, she appeared as a member of staff in the Channel 4 psychiatric hospital drama Poppy Shakespeare. In both 2009 and 2011, Peake-Jones played Sue Bond in the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. In 2013, she appeared in the Doctor Who Christmas episode "The Time of the Doctor" playing a character called Marta. Since 2014, Peake-Jones has appeared in Grantchester as Mrs. Maguire, the vicar's religious and cantankerous housekeeper. In 2019, Peake-Jones appeared on the ITV show All Star Musicals, singing "Mamma Mia" from the musical Mamma Mia!.

Peake-Jones' former partner is actor Douglas Hodge, from whom she separated in February 2013 after 29 years together. They have two children.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1978 — Fallen Hero — Sonia Jackson — Episode: "1.4" • 1979 — Telford's Change — Elizabeth Cowley — TV series • 1979 — The Danedyke Mystery — Angela Horton — TV series, 6 episodes • 1980 — Pride and Prejudice — Mary Bennet — TV miniseries • 1988–1996, 2001–2003 — Only Fools and Horses — Raquel Turner — TV series; 19 episodes • 1982 — The — Dora Greenfield — TV series, 4 episodes • 1983 — The — Julia — Part of the complete BBC Shakespeare • 1983 — Bergerac — Reporter — TV series, Episode: “Come Out Fighting” • 1984 — Cockles — Annette Smith — Episode: "Flotsam and Jetsam" • 1984 — Strangers and Brothers — Irene Eliot — Episodes: "1.8", "1.9" • 1985 — Charters & Caldicott — Jenny — TV miniseries • 1986 — The — Lorna — TV film • 1987 — Tickets for the Titanic — Penelope — Episode: "Keeping Score" • 1987 — Screen Two — Anita — Episode: "Quartermaine's Terms" • 1987 — When We Are Married — Nancy Holmes — TV film • 1987 — What the Butler Saw — Geraldine Barclay — Orton's play, part of Theatre Night series • 1988 — Rockliffe — Mrs. Cunningham — Episode: "Lie of the Land" • 1988 — The — S.O.C.O Sue — Episode: “Digging up the Past”, “A Fair Appraisal” • 1989 — Hard Cases — Mary Milverton — Episodes: "2.1", "2.4" • 1989 — Anything More Would Be Greedy — Jonquil Vickery — TV miniseries • 1990, 1995, 2010 — Casualty — Esther Macauley, Jenny Hodges, Tina Flannery — Episodes: "Big Boys Don't Cry", "Trials & Tribulations", "A Better Past" • 1990–1993 — Up the Garden Path — Maria Shadwell — Main role • 1992–1994 — So Haunt Me — Sally Rokeby — Main role • 1996–1998 — The — Mrs. Hunter — Regular role • 1997 — The — Bridget Allworthy — BBC miniseries • 1998, 2016 — Midsomer Murders — Sarah Lawton, Mary Appleton — Episodes: "Faithful unto Death", "Breaking the Chain" • 1999 — Births, Marriages and Deaths — Molly — TV series • 2000 — Summer in the Suburbs — Sandra Lyle — TV film • 2000 — Fish — Catherine Manby — Episode: "Another Shade of White" • 2001 — The — Sharon Munson — Episode: "Happy and Glorious" • 2001 — Waking the Dead — Fiona Maitland — Episodes: "Every Breath You Take: Parts 1 & 2" • 2001 — The — Hilda Summerlee — TV film • 2001 — Holby City — Maggie Latham — Episodes: "Runaway", "Winner Takes All" • 2005 — Dalziel and Pascoe — Emma Collins — Episodes: "Dust Thou Art: Parts 1 & 2" • 2008 — Poppy Shakespeare — Rhona — TV film • 2008 — Heartbeat — Jocelyn Middleton — Episode: "Hey Hey LBJ" • 2009 — Agatha Christie's Poirot — Val Bland — Episode: "The Clocks" • 2009–2011 — Doctors — Sue Bond — Recurring role • 2010 — The — Mrs. Rawson — TV film • 2011 — Marchlands — Evelyn Bowen — TV miniseries • 2012, 2016 — Holby City — Imelda Cousins — Recurring role (series 15), guest (series 19), 9 episodes • 2013 — Legacy — Joyce Thoroughgood — TV film • 2013 — Doctor Who — Marta — Episode: "The Time of the Doctor" • 2014–present — Grantchester — Mrs. Maguire — Leading role • 2015 — Unforgotten — Sheila — Episodes: "1.1", "1.2", "1.4", "1.5" • 2019 — Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators — Cynthia Sly — Episode: "No More Cakes and Ale" • 2025 — The Feud — Barbara — Main Role