Heather Mary Peace (born 16 June 1975)[2][3] is an English actress, singer and LGBT rights activist.

Peace decided to be an actress at an early age and credits her parents for the encouragement they gave her to achieve that goal.

Peace's break into television came when she joined the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, playing the character Anne Cullen for seven episodes between January and June 1997.

[13] After leaving Emmerdale, Peace took parts in The Bill and Dangerfield, before being cast as Firefighter Sally "Gracie" Fields in the ITV series London's Burning from 1998 until the programme's cancellation in 2002.

Peace played Special Air Service Trooper Becca Gallagher on the ITV action series Ultimate Force alongside Ross Kemp.

Peace has given credit to the writers for making Becca 'one of the lads', rather than an overly emotional character and said she had 'so much fun' playing the hero in the show.

[15] Ross Kemp has argued the show is made far more interesting by including a female role and believes Peace was the perfect choice for the part ("she is absolutely superb").

Quite a different character to the action girls often played by Peace, Fiona is portrayed as a left out family member whose resentment and betrayals lead into unexpected sinister behaviour.

She also starred in the film 31 North 62 East where Peace plays again part of a Special Air Service unit.

[18] In 2010, Peace was cast as Detective Sergeant Sam Murray in the BBC Three TV series Lip Service.

[23] In 2011, 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.

[31] In 2021, it was announced that Peace would be joining the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders as Eve Unwin, the wife of Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner).

[34] In a 2000 episode of London's Burning, Peace's character sang a version of the Bette Midler classic "The Rose".

Heather's Fairytales UK tour culminated with a concert in London, where Peace shared a duet with Alison Moyet.

[36] 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,[37] where she has taken part in the Sydney Mardi Gras performing on stage as well as hosting the event for the SBS TV.

[49] For her EP, Peace chose to work again with her producer from The Thin Line, James Lewis, and has said he brings out the best in her.