Cathy Tyson's father is a barrister from Trinidad and her mother is an English social worker. She dropped out of college at age 17 to pursue acting at Liverpool's Everyman's Theater. After a 1984 production of "The Blitz Show", she won admission to the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her film debut was as an elegant prostitute in Mona Lisa (1986).
Son Jack Joseph born in June 1988 with husband Craig Charles.
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Her theatre credits include leading roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, Talawa and Theatr Clwyd. In 1998 she played an exotic Cleopatra in an acclaimed production of "Antony and Cleopatra" at the English Shakespeare Company.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Marker
2016
post-production
Maura
ChickLit
2016
Diana
Mob Handed
2016
The Cabinet Minister
Casualty
2016
TV Series
Cider Anne
Friday
2012/II
Short
Mother
Coming Up
2011
TV Series
Yolanda
Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World
2010
Jackie
Fitzmary 3
2008
Short
Linda
Doctors
2008
TV Series
Reverend Grace Sumner
Liverpool Nativity
2007
TV Movie
Herodia
Forgiven
2007
TV Movie
Therapist
Emmerdale
2007
TV Series
Andrea Hayworth
Grange Hill
2005-2007
TV Series
Miss Gayle / Miss Gale
Bonkers
2007
TV Series
D.I. Short
Inspector Lewis
2007
TV Series
Dr Patterson
The Bill
2000-2005
TV Series
Elspeth Wilkins, Barrister / Sonya Kibanga
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team
2005
TV Series
Val Purser
A Thing Called Love
2004
TV Series
Theresa Staple
Holby City
2004
TV Series
Susan Green
Night & Day
2001
TV Series
Rev. Stephanie MacKenzie (2002-2003)
Perfect
2001
TV Movie
Marie
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001
Josefina
The Fear
2001
TV Series
Storyteller
Always and Everyone
2000
TV Series
Stella Gregson / Stella
Hope & Glory
1999
TV Series
Diane Garrett
Band of Gold
1995-1997
TV Series
Carol Johnson
Gold
1997
TV Series
Carol Johnson
Hidden Empire: A Son of Africa
1995
TV Movie
Narrator
Harry
1995
TV Series
Jenny Wilson
Body
1994
Short
The woman
Priest
1994
Maria Kerrigan
Remember
1993
TV Movie
Patty
Medics
1993
TV Series
Lucy Wyatt
Runaway Bay
1993
TV Series
Philippa Devine
Angels
1992
TV Movie
Frances
The Golden Years
1992
TV Movie
Marina
Turbulence
1991
Melissa
The Lost Language of Cranes
1991
Jerene Parks
The Play on One
1991
TV Series
Julie
TECX
1990
TV Series
Serena
Chancer
1990
TV Series
Alex Crane
Rules of Engagement
1989
TV Mini-Series
Annie McPhee
Business as Usual
1988
Josie Patterson
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
Marielle Duchamp
Screen Two
1987
TV Series
Celia
Mona Lisa
1986
Simone
Lenny Henry Tonite
1986
TV Series
Scully
1984
TV Mini-Series
Joanna
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Drama Trails
2008
TV Series documentary
Herself
British Film Forever
2007
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
This Morning
2006
TV Series
Herself - Guest
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
2005
Video documentary
Herself
The Laurence Olivier Awards 2003
2003
TV Special
Presenter
Horizon
2002
TV Series documentary
Herself - Narrator
Modern Times
1995
TV Series documentary
Narrator
Without Walls
1991
TV Series documentary
Herself
Acting
1987
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1987
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 59th Annual Academy Awards
1987
TV Special
Simone (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1986
LAFCA Award
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Mona Lisa (1986)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1987
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mona Lisa (1986)
1987
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Actress
Mona Lisa (1986)
2nd Place Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1986
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Mona Lisa (1986)
Known for movies
Mona Lisa (1986) as Simone
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) as Marielle Duchamp
Priest (1994) as Maria Kerrigan
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2001) as Josefina
$9 Million
