1. Heather Mary Peace was born on 16 June 1975 and is an English actress, singer and LGBT rights activist.
42 Facts About Heather Peace
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Heather Peace is known for her roles as Eve Panesar-Unwin in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Nikki Boston in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road.
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Heather Peace has been playing piano since she was six years old, and guitar since her teens.
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Heather Peace went to St Joseph's Primary School in Little Horton, Bradford, and St Joseph's Catholic College in Manningham, Bradford.
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Heather Peace's mother was a long-serving cantor at St Joseph's Catholic Church and did readings.
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Heather Peace was a cantor at St Joseph's Catholic Church which is where her love of music and singing started.
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Heather Peace studied acting at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she obtained a BA.
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Heather Peace subsequently has played Miranda in Shakespeare's The Tempest and the same character in the actor-musician spoof Return to the Forbidden Planet.
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Between 2003 and 2005, Heather Peace played minor roles in television series including Casualty and Where the Heart Is.
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Heather Peace played Special Air Service Trooper Becca Gallagher on the ITV action series Ultimate Force alongside Ross Kemp.
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Ross Kemp has argued the show is made far more interesting by including a female role and believes Heather Peace was the perfect choice for the part.
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Quite a different character to the action girls often played by Heather Peace, Fiona is portrayed as a left out family member whose resentment and betrayals lead into unexpected sinister behaviour.
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Heather Peace then appeared in television series including Coronation Street, Heartbeat and Holby City.
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In 2008, Heather Peace appeared as the secretly abusing wife in the "Private Sins" episode of Blue Murder.
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Heather Peace starred in the film 31 North 62 East where Peace plays again part of a Special Air Service unit.
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Heather Peace is Captain Jill Mandelson, who will seek help in her twin Kimberly to unfold the political corruption that led to the death of the rest of her unit.
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In 2010, Heather Peace was cast as Detective Sergeant Sam Murray in the BBC Three TV series Lip Service.
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Heather Peace argued that being the only openly lesbian cast member influenced the attention she received regarding the show.
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Since the end of the second and final season fans of the drama called for a third season to be made but Heather Peace said in an interview with Cult Box where she said she would 'definitely' return as the character.
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In 2011, Heather Peace was cast as Head of English Nikki Boston, before being appointed Deputy Headteacher in 2013 for the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road.
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Heather Peace featured in Series 9, which screened on BBC One in September 2013.
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In 2014, Heather Peace took part in ITV's three-part drama Prey as Abi Farrow, wife of main character Detective Constable Marcus Farrow.
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Heather Peace later played Alex Dawson in the BBC One medical drama, Holby City.
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In 2021, it was announced that Heather Peace would be joining the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders as Eve Unwin, the wife of Stacey Slater.
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Heather Peace was classically trained at piano since she was six years old and later learned guitar.
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Heather Peace held a jazz residency at Velvet while she attended drama school.
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Heather Peace decided to put her music career on hold to concentrate on acting, but in 2011, she reignited her love of music with her first sell out UK tour and the release of an acoustic album of covers and some original songs.
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Heather Peace recorded her full debut jazz album Fairytales with producer Nigel Wright.
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Heather's Fairytales UK tour culminated with a concert in London, where Peace shared a duet with Alison Moyet.
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Heather Peace has toured Australia twice, where she has taken part in the Sydney Mardi Gras performing on stage as well as hosting the event for the SBS TV.
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Heather Peace launched the new single with Europe's first rainbow crossing, in Brighton.
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Heather Peace worked on a second album with producer James Lewis, both having a "duty of care" on it.
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Heather Peace announced her plans for an EP, as well as a European and a full band UK tour in Spring, 2016.
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In February 2016, Heather Peace launched a PledgeMusic project for the release of her EP, Come Home.
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Heather Peace described Come Home as a love story, from meeting to breaking up, in 20 minutes.
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Heather Peace came out as a lesbian to her mother when she was 19 years old, shortly after she broke up with her first girlfriend.
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Heather Peace publicly came out at the age of 34 after being threatened with being outed by a newspaper.
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Heather Peace is a patron of Manchester Pride and has recorded a video for Stonewall's "It Gets Better" campaign.
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Heather Peace is involved in a number of related charities, including Diversity Role Models and the Albert Kennedy Trust.
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Heather Peace said it was an honour for her to be part of a magazine that was relevant to her coming out.
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Heather Peace was voted number 18 on US website AfterEllen's 2011 Hot 100 list.
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Heather Peace is the only woman to have appeared twice on the cover of Diva magazine in the space of six months.