Tessa Peake-Jones

Tessa Peake-Jones (born 9 May 1957) is an English actress who has appeared in many plays and series on British television. She played Raquel in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses (1988—2003) and Mrs. Maguire in the ITV drama Grantchester (2014–).

Early life and education Peake-Jones was born on 9 May 1957 She was raised in Hammersmith (now known as Canons High School), leaving in 1973,

Career 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.

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.

Personal life Peake-Jones' former partner is actor Douglas Hodge,

Filmography

Film

Television