Cathy Tyson
A joy. Controlled, friendly & honest with a delightful sparkle.
Good neutral/RP accent if needed.
Won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Polly in the Channel 4 drama Help.
Won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for Mona Lisa, also received a Golden Globe and BAFTA nomination.
Credits
- Rockets & Blue Lights (Theatre, 2021-20) Danby /Mary /Meg /Shona. Manchester Royal Exchange/National Theatre
- Mcdonald & Dodds (TV, 2021) Jackie Somner. ITV.
- The Canterville Ghost (TV, 2021) Masilda Lovell. BBC
- Help (TV Film, 2021) Polly. Channel 4
- Wolfe (TV, 2021) Fay. Sky
- Whitstable Pearl (TV, 2021) Tina Rowe. Acorn TV
- JoJo & Gran Gran (Animation, 2020) Voice of Gran Gran. Cbeebies.
- The Loss Adjuster (Feature Film, 2020) Gilda. Pink Flamingo Films
- My Beautiful Laundrette (Theatre, 2019) Rachel. Leicester Curve
- Fighter (Theatre, 2019) Alison. Stratford East
- Rebus: Long Shadows (Theatre, 2018) Siobhan. Birmingham Rep.
- The String Quartet's Guide To Sex And Anxiety (Theatre, 2018) Woman. Birmingham Rep.
- Together (TV, 2018) Linda. Marmont Films.
- The Listening Room (Theatre, 2017) Stratford East Theatre.
- Doctors (TV, 2017) Josie Frears. BBC.
- Prawn (Short Film, 2017) Patience.
- Two Graves (Feature Film, 2017) Margaret.
- The Fight (Feature Film, 2017) Viv Best.
- Talking Heads (Theatre, 2017) Irene (Lady of Letters). The Bolton Octagon.
- Winter Hill (Theatre, 2017) Irene. The Bolton Octagon.
- The Marker (Feature Film, 2016) Maura. 104 Films
- The Importance of Being Earnest (Theatre, 2016) Lady Bracknell. Birmingham Rep
- Casualty (TV, 2016) Cider Annie. BBC
- Red Snapper (Theatre, 2016) Lemmie. Belgrade Theatre Coventry
- She Called Me Mother (Theatre, 2016) Evangeline. Tara Arts
- ChickLit (Feature Film, 2016) Diana. Coach House Film
- Radiance (Theatre, 2014) Marie Curie. Tabard Theatre
- Bright Phoenix (Theatre, 2014) Elsie. Liverpool Everyman
- Mob Handed (Feature Film, 2014) The Cabinet Minister.
- Friday (Short Film, 2012) Mother.
- Coming Up (TV, 2011) Yolanda. C4.
- Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World (Feature Film, 2010) Jackie.
- Doctors (TV, 2008) Reverend Grace Summer.
- Bonkers (TV, 2007) DI Short.
- Forgiven (TV, 2007) Therapist.
- Lewis (TV, 2007) Dr. Patterson.
- Emmerdale (TV, 2005-07) Andrea Hayworth. ITV.
- Grange Hill (TV, 2005-07) Miss Gale. BBC.
- Murder Investigation Team (TV, 2005) Val Purser.
- The Bill (TV, 2005) Elspeth Wilkins - Barrister.
- A Thing Called Love (TV, 2004) Theresa Staple.
- Night & Day (TV, 2002-03) Rev. Stephanie Mackenzie.
- Hope & Glory (TV, 1999) Dianne Garrett.
- Gold (TV, 1997) Lead. Follow up to Band of Gold.
- Band of Gold (TV, 1995) Lead next to Geraldine James & Samantha Morton.
- Mona Lisa (Feature Film, 1986) Lead next to Michael Caine & Bob Hoskins.
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'Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves the World' is coming to Birmingham Rep Theatre with the world-famous puppets in a live show! The production is part of Artistic Director Sean Foley's new season. Starring Ronan Summers, Cathy Tyson, Josh Berry, Kathryn Drysdale and Jason Forbes. With a plot more improbable than the last year of British politics, world-famous celebrities like Stormzy, Greta Thunberg and Putin will be thrown together on stage.
20/01/2023
Watch new Netflix film 'Bank of Dave' starring Rory Kinnear, Hugh Bonneville and Cathy Tyson!
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10/01/2023
Cathy Tyson stars in JoJo & Gran Gran's winter episodes, featuring Inel Tomlinson -- out now!
JoJo is an inquisitive and cheerful 4-and-a-half-year-old girl who lives in London. Her loving Gran Gran (voiced by BAFTA-winner, Cathy Tyson) looks after her and teaches her about the many wonders of life and the world, such as cookery, friendship and her Saint Lucian heritage. Watch now on BBC iPlayer or every day at 5:35pm on CBeebies.
16/01/2023
Lisa McGrillis stars in new ITV medical drama 'Maternal', featuring Cathy Tyson!
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