Alex Drake — Ashes to Ashes Character Profile

About Alex Drake

Detective Inspector specializing in psychology and divorced mother. After being shot, she wakes in 1981 and interacts with the local police division. Revealed to be a restless dead officer in a purgatorial limbo, using future knowledge to navigate reality-bending events and solve cases.

Alex Drake — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Keeley Hawes

Appears in

Ashes to Ashes (2008)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Alex Drake — Conflict Rival — Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister)

  Professional rivalry due to different policing methods

• Alex Drake — Alliance Teammate — Ray Carling (Dean Andrews)

  Colleagues working together despite initial tension

• Alex Drake — Alliance Teammate — Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster)

  Colleagues working together despite initial tension

• Alex Drake — Alliance Teammate — Shaz Granger (Montserrat Lombard)

  Colleagues working together despite initial tension

• Alex Drake — Professional Investigator — Jim Keats (Daniel Mays)

  Professional relationship with internal affairs officer

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More characters from Ashes to Ashes

• Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister)
• Ray Carling (Dean Andrews)
• Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster)
• Shaz Granger (Montserrat Lombard)
• Jim Keats (Daniel Mays)