Tessa Wyatt
Born
April 23, 1948 (77 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Woking, Surrey, England, UK
Tessa Wyatt is an English actress best known for her role as Vicky Tripp (née Nicholls) on the ITV sitcom Robin's Nest.
Wyatt was born in Woking, Surrey and attended Elmhurst Ballet School. She was encouraged to act by her maternal grandmother and got her first professional job at the age of 12, appearing in a television programme featuring Richard Hearne's Mr. Pastry character. Soon after, she was represented by an agent.
Wyatt's early television appearances include parts in Z-Cars, The Wednesday Play, Tales of Unease, ('Suspicious Ignorance', episode), Public Eye (in which she played a character with the surname Blackburn - she would later marry Tony Blackburn in 1972), Callan, Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor at Large, Play for Today, and UFO. Her film appearances include Wedding Night (1970), the cult horror film The Beast in the Cellar (1970) and Spy Story (1976). Wyatt claimed during a 2013 interview that while filming England Made Me (1973) opposite Peter Finch and Michael York, as a young actress alone abroad the "pervy director" Peter Duffell tried to coerce her into unnecessarily stripping naked for a scene.
From 1977 to 1981, Wyatt played Vicky Nicholls, later Tripp, in the ITV sitcom Robin's Nest. Her on-screen boyfriend Robin Tripp was played by Richard O'Sullivan. Following Robin's Nest, Wyatt appeared in Return of the Saint, Boon and 2point4 Children.
Wyatt was part of the original cast of the Channel Five soap opera Family Affairs, playing Samantha Cockerill. Since 2000 she has also appeared in Casualty and Doctors. She appeared in the fifth series of Peep Show as Jeremy's mother and was Tom's love interest in an episode of The Old Guys opposite Roger Lloyd-Pack and Clive Swift. In 2013, she joined the cast of EastEnders, playing Betty Spragg. She made a second appearance on the BBC series Doctors on 19 May 2015 alongside George Layton, another sitcom stalwart from the 1970s.

The Old Guys
Joanna · (1 episode)
2009

Peep Show
Jackie Usborne · (1 episode)
2003

Virtual Murder
(1 episode)
1992

2Point4 Children
Carol · (1 episode)
1991

Return of the Saint
Anna · (1 episode)
1978

Robin's Nest
Vicky · (48 episodes)
1977

Spy Story
Sara Shaw
1976

Within These Walls
(1 episode)
1974
Russian Roulette
Anna Snitkin
1973

England Made Me
Liz Davidge
1973

Cows
Jane
1972
The Grass Widows
Daphne
1971

Play for Today
Jane · (1 episode)
1970

UFO
Catherine Frazer · (1 episode)
1970
The Black Tulip
Rosa · (6 episodes)
1970

The Beast in the Cellar
Nurse Sutherland
1970

I Can't... I Can't...
Mady - Bride
1969
Omri's Burning
Gail
1969

The Main Chance
Joey Richards · (1 episode)
1969

Pride and Prejudice
Georgiana Darcy · (1 episode)
1967

Callan
(1 episode)
1967

Mystery and Imagination
(1 episode)
1966
The Gong Game
Brenda
1965

BBC Play of the Month
Miranda · (1 episode)
1965

Alice
1965

Superstitious Ignorance
Penny

BBC Play of the Month
Lisette · (1 episode)
1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre
(1 episode)
1965

Public Eye
Judy Blackburn · (1 episode)
1965

The Wednesday Play
Lorina Liddell · (1 episode)
1964

Armchair Theatre
Joan Wetherly · (1 episode)
1956

Armchair Theatre
Brenda · (1 episode)
1956