Cast & creator
Cathy Tyson
Best known for Death in Paradise, Casualty, Vera
Catherine "Cathy" Tyson (born 12 June 1965 in Kingston-upon-Thames, London) is an English stage, film and television actress.
36
film credits
31
television credits
67
1984–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (67)
Showing 67 of 67 credits
Death in Paradise
Jacqueline StClair
2011
Casualty
Cider Anne
1986
Vera
Kath Olivier
2011
Lewis
Dr Patterson
2007
Screen Two
Celia
1985Screen Two
Maria Kerrigan
1985
Blue Lights
Dana Morgan
2023
Dune: Prophecy
Raquella Berto-Anirul
2024
McDonald & Dodds
Jackie Somner
2020
Ride or Die
Mrs. Williams
2026
Modern Times
1995
The Play on One
Julie
1988
Criminal Record
Doris Mathis
2024
Night and Day
2001
KAOS
Alecto
2024
Whitstable Pearl
Tina Rowe
2021Harry
Jenny Wilson
1993
Cursed Films
Self
2020
JoJo & Gran Gran
Gran Gran
2020
Always and Everyone
Stella Gregson
1999
Band of Gold
Carol Johnson
1995
Scully
Joanna
1984
Boiling Point
Vivian
2023
Wolfe
Fay
2021
Black Ops
Fischer
2023
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Marielle Duchamp
1988
Working Shakespeare
2003
A Thing Called Love
Theresa Staple
2004
Unauthorised Absence
Headteacher
Bank of Dave
Maureen
2023Drama Trails
2010
Mona Lisa
Simone
1986
Bonkers
DI Short
2007
Priest
Maria Kerrigan
1995
Help
Polly
2021
Rules of Engagement
Annie McPhee
1989
Tasting Freedom
Narrator
1994
Perfect
Marie
2001
Out of the Blue
Julie
1991
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Josefina
2001
The Lost Language of Cranes
Jerene
1992
Hoard
Sam
2024
Truckload
Tenant
2025
The Loss Adjuster
Lorna Fitzgerald
2020Black Samphire
Turbulence
Melissa
1991
An Accidental Studio
Self
2019
Business as Usual
Josie Patterson
1987RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self
The Fight
Viv Best
2019
The Marker
Maura
2017
Remember
Patty
1993
National Theatre Live: Rockets and Blue Lights
Danby / Mary / Meg / Shona
2021
CBeebies Presents: Christmas in Storyland
2020
On the Palm
Celia
1987
A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
Narrator
1996
Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World
Jackie
2013
Two Graves
Margaret Powers
2018
Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
Self
1989
Angels
Frances
1992
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
2020
Together
2018
Forgiven
Therapist
2007
ChickLit
Diana
2016
Sainsbury's: Christmas Food Secrets
Self
2021
My Beautiful Laundrette
Rachel / Cherry
2020Liverpool Nativity
Herodia
2007