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name: "Tessa Peake-Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tessa-peake-jones"
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born: "9 May 1957"
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updated: "2026-09-18T07:05:29.196966+00:00"
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# Tessa Peake-Jones

Actor. Born 9 May 1957 in Hammersmith, London, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 May 1957, Hammersmith, London, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessa_Peake-Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519002, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668854/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1198873

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Only Fools and Horses*](https://film.one/tv/only-fools-and-horses.md) (84)

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## Biography

Tessa Peake-Jones is an English actress. She trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and began appearing in British television in the late 1970s.

She is best known for playing Raquel Turner in the BBC sitcom *Only Fools and Horses* (1988–2003). Other television roles include appearances in *Agatha Christie's Poirot*, *Midsomer Murders*, *Grantchester* (as Mrs Maguire), *Unforgotten*, *Doctor Who*, *Casualty* and *Holby City*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Only Fools and Horses* (1981), Fi1m 84, as Raquel Turner — [page](https://film.one/tv/only-fools-and-horses.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Feud* (2025), series, as Barbara Abshire
- *The Devil Went Down to Islington* (2023), as Mrs. Robertson
- *I'm Not in Love* (2021), as Mary Lloyd
- *After Louise* (2019), as Bryony
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Cynthia Sly
- *Unforgotten* (2015), series, as Sheila — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md)
- *Bonobo* (2014), as Judith
- *Grantchester* (2014), series, as Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Maguire
- *Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor* (2013), as Marta
- *Legacy* (2013), as Joyce Thoroughgood
- *Marchlands* (2011), series, as Evelyn Bowen
- *First Night* (2010), as Mrs Hammond
- *The Long Lonely Walk* (2010), as Nurse
- *The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister* (2010), as Mrs Rawson
- *Poppy Shakespeare* (2008), as Rhona
- *The Undertaker* (2005), as Widow
- *The Lost World* (2001), as Mrs. Hilda Summerlee
- *The Lost World* (2001), series, as Mrs. Summerlee
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Fiona Maitland
- *Fish* (2000), series, as Katherine Manby
- *Doctors* (2000), series, as Sue Bond
- *Summer in the Suburbs* (2000), as Sandra Lyle
- *Births, Marriages and Deaths* (1999), series, as Molly
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Imelda Cousins, Maggie Latham
- *The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling* (1997), series, as Mrs. Allworthy, Bridget Allworthy
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Sarah Lawton, Mary Appleton
- *Only Fools and Horses: Only Fools Cutaway* (1997), as Raquel Trotter
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Emma Collins
- *The Demon Headmaster* (1996), series, as Mrs. Hunter
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Jocelyn Middleton
- *So Haunt Me* (1992), series, as Sally Rokeby
- *Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie* (1991), as Raquel Turner
- *Up the Garden Path* (1990), series, as Maria
- *Anything More Would Be Greedy* (1989), series, as Jonquil Vickery
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Val Bland
- *Rockliffe's Folly* (1988), series, as Mrs Cunningham
- *Hard Cases* (1988), series, as Mary Milverton
- *When We Are Married* (1987), as Nancy Holmes
- *What the Butler Saw* (1987), as Geraldine Barclay
- *Quartermaine's Terms* (1987), as Anita Manchip
- *Tickets for the Titanic* (1987), series, as Penelope
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Esther Macauley, Jenny Hodges, Tina Flannery
- *Theatre Night* (1985), series, as Geraldine Barclay
- *Charters and Caldicott* (1985), series, as Jenny
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Anita Manchip
- *The Bill* (1984), series, as S.O.C.O., DCI Sharon Munson
- *Strangers and Brothers* (1984), series, as Irene Eliot
- *Cockles* (1984), series, as Annette Smith
- *The Two Gentlemen of Verona* (1983), as Julia
- *The Bell* (1982), series, as Dora Greenfield
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Reporter
- *Only Fools and Horses* (1981), series, as Raquel Turner — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-fools-and-horses.md)
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1980), series, as Mary Bennet
- *The Danedyke Mystery* (1979), as Angela Horton
- *Telford's Change* (1979), series, as Elizabeth Cowley
- *Fallen Hero* (1978), series, as Sonia Jackson

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