In the 1980s, the world was fawning over a stunning young British actress who was set to become the next star of Hollywood. Aged just 21, Cathy Tyson was already one of the UK’s most recognisable actresses after wowing audiences as a glamorous prostitute in the 1986 film Mona Lisa with Bob Hoskins.
She had been nominated for a Golden Globe and had won best supporting actress at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards.
The Liverpudlian was spoken of in the same breath as other emerging stars such as Julia Roberts and Sharon Stone. But her upbringing left her cautious – because she had been raised to believe America was bad. “I was brought up by a mother who was anti-American and pro-Russia,” says Cathy, “She wasn’t a spy, she was a
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