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Heather Peace

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  • Has three daughters with her wife Eleanor Dickinson: Annie Mary Peace (b. April 17, 2015 to Dickinson) and twins Jessie and Lola Peace (b. June 2, 2017 to Peace).
  • (December 13, 2014) Married her longtime girlfriend Eleanor Dickinson following a 17-month-long civil partnership.
  • Peace came out as a lesbian to her mother when she was 19 years old, shortly after she broke up with her first girlfriend.
  • Her mother was a long-serving cantor at St Joseph's Catholic Church (which is next to the primary school) and also did readings. Peace was also a cantor at St Joseph's Catholic Church which is where her love of music and singing started.
  • Heather Peace is an English actress, singer and LGBT rights activist.
  • She went to St Joseph's Primary School in Little Horton, Bradford, and St Joseph's Catholic College in Manningham, Bradford.
  • In 2013, she released a single, a Jack Guy remix of "Fight For" available on iTunes, and a special edition of her debut album Fairytales. She 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.
  • Peace studied acting at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she obtained a BA(Hons).
  • She is the only woman to have appeared twice on the cover of Diva Magazine in the space of six months.
  • Peace and her mother are no longer Catholics, due to the Catholic church's stance on LGBT relationships.
  • Her first professional stage role was in the 1997 Harrogate Theatre production of My Fair Lady, playing Eliza Doolittle. She subsequently has played Miranda in Shakespeare's The Tempest and the same character in the actor-musician spoof Return to the Forbidden Planet.
  • Heather Peace is a patron of Manchester Pride and has recorded a video for Stonewall's "It Gets Better" campaign. She is involved in a number of related charities, including Diversity Role Models and The Albert Kennedy Trust.
  • Peace was classically trained at piano since she was six years old and later learned guitar.
  • In a 2000 episode of London's Burning, Peace's character sang a version of the Bette Midler classic The Rose. Subsequently, released by BMG, it reached no. 58 in the UK charts.
  • Once upon a time, actress and musician Heather Peace, was performing at her local pub to a handful of friends, who spent more money at the bar than she was paid for each gig.
  • She 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.
  • Aged 18, Heather moved to Manchester when she was accepted to drama school, paying her way through the three year Stanislavski based course with a Jazz residency at a bar on Canal Street. On graduating, she landed a few roles in musical theatre, allowing her to combine her acting and singing skills, before winning a major TV role as the female lead in London's Burning.
  • Her social media following rose into the thousands as word began to spread that Heather Peace was doing something very special on stage.
  • Heather's love of music began by attending church as a small girl in Bradford every Sunday. She became a cantor, leading the church in the "Hallelujahs" and "Psalms".
  • She drove around the country with her guitar and piano in the back of a mini, attracting more and more fans with beautiful, theatrical pop songs, hilarious banter and a mesmerising stage presence.

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