elderly resident of a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic; the following year she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Charity work Tyson hosted a charity event for the Sick Children's Trust on 17 November 2007, and again on 1 November 2008. The event, organised by Friends of Eckersley House, a committee supporting the charity's Leeds house, was held at the Haven Golden Sands resort in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. She is also one of the Honorary Patrons of the London children's charity Scene & Heard. Personal life Tyson married actor and comedian Craig Charles in 1984. Their son Jack was born in 1988. They divorced in 1989. Awards and nominations References and notes External links 1965 births Actresses from Liverpool English television actresses Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners Black British actresses English film actresses English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Living people People from Kingston upon Thames Alumni of Brunel University London