Cathy Tyson Biography
Catherine Tyson is a stage, film, and television actress from England. For her performance in the 1986 film Mona Lisa, she received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for the film. She also appeared in Priest, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and the ITV drama series Band of Gold.
How old is Cathy Tyson? – Age
She is 55 years old as of 12 June 2020. She was born in 1965 in Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.
Cathy Tyson Family
Tyson, the daughter of a Trinidadian barrister father and an English social worker mother, moved to Liverpool with her family when she was about two years old.
Cathy Tyson Husband
Tyson has one child from her previous marriage to actor and comedian Craig Charles. Their son Jack Craig was born in June 1988.
Cathy Tyson Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.
Cathy Tyson Band of Gold
Tyson was cast as Carol Johnson in the British television crime drama series Band of Gold.
Storyline
Gina Dickson is a 21-year-old mother from Bradford, West Yorkshire. She has left her abusive husband, Steve, but she is still in debt to bill collectors. Carol, who is also a prostitute, meets her and teaches her how to work “The Lane.” Gina is later found murdered by a serial killer, and Carol tries to protect her. Barbara Dickson, Geraldine James, Samantha Morton, and Tracy Braithwaite, a 15-year-old runaway who flees her home after her pimp stabs her to death, also appear in the series. Gina’s final job before she is murdered is depicted in the final episode of the first series.
Cathy Tyson Mona Lisa
She appeared as Simone in the 1986 British neo-noir crime drama film Mona Lisa. Hoskins was nominated for several awards for his performance in the film, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Storyline
Denny Mortwell, a low-level working-class gangster recently released from prison, hires George as the driver and bodyguard for a high-priced prostitute in London. George and Simone become friends as they learn more about each other, and George begins to fall in love with her. George agrees to put his own life in danger to help Simone find her missing teenage friend Cathy, whom Simone suspects are being abused by her violent former pimp, Anderson.
Cathy Tyson Priest
She was cast as Maria Kerrigan in the 1994 British drama film Priest.
Storyline
Father Greg Pilkington has been assigned to St Mary’s parish in Liverpool’s inner city. He is taken aback to learn that Father Matthew Thomas is having a sexual relationship with rectory housekeeper Maria Kerrigan. Father Thomas is an outspoken supporter of Liberation Theology and a left-wing radical. Father Greg struggles with his own homosexual desires, especially after meeting a man named Graham at a local gay hangout and beginning a physical relationship with him. Mrs. Unsworth lashes out at her husband after discovering him molesting Lisa and realizing the priest was aware of what was going on.
Cathy Tyson Movies
♦ 2021 – Whitstable Pearl
♦ 2021 – McDonald & Dodds
♦ 2020 – The Loss Adjuster
♦ 2020 – Watch Dogs: Legion
♦ 2020 – JoJo & Gran Gran
♦ 2020 – The Sandman
♦ 2018 – The Fight
♦ 2018 – Two Graves
♦ 2018 – Together
♦ 2017 – Prawn
♦ 2017 – The Marker
♦ 2008-2017 – Doctors
♦ 2016 – ChickLit
♦ 2016 – Mob Handed
♦ 2016 – Casualty
♦ 2012 – Friday
♦ 2011 – Coming Up
♦ 2010 – Ollie Kepler’s Expanding Purple World
♦ 2008 – Fitzmary 3
♦ 2007 – Liverpool Nativity
♦ 2007 – Forgiven
♦ 2007 – Emmerdale Farm
♦ 2005-2007 – Grange Hill