- Tessa Peake-Jones was born on May 9, 1957 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Only Fools and Horses (1981), Pride and Prejudice (1980) and Grantchester (2014).
- ChildrenCharlie HodgeMollie Rose Hodge
- Appeared in the Culture Club video "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" in the 1950s health spa sequence.
- Her former real-life partner, Douglas Hodge, played her on-screen son, Damian Trotter, in one of the Christmas special episodes of Only Fools and Horses in 1996.
- During the episode of Only Fools and Horses (1981) when Raquel gives birth to Damien, Peake-Jones's dialogue was taken from the show's creator John Sullivan's wife when she was in labor. Neither Peake-Jones nor David Jason were parents at that time, so to make the scene realistic, they took advice from midwives at the West Middlesex Hospital while filming the scene.
- Her favourite actors and actresses are David Tennant and Judi Dench.
- Hobbies include gardening, reading, science and cooking.
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