Cathy Tyson

Cathy Tyson is an English actress born on June 12, 1965, in Kingston-upon-Thames. She is best known for her award-winning performance in the film Mona Lisa (1986), which earned her the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress. Tyson has also appeared in notable works such as The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Priest (1994), and the television series Band of Gold (1995–1997). In 2022, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Help. Tyson began her acting career at the Everyman Youth Theatre in Liverpool and later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1984.