Tessa Wyatt and Richard O'Sullivan (who played her on-screen boyfriend and later husband Robin Tripp in the ITV comedy series Robin's Nest (1977)) were a couple for seven years from 1978 and had a son (called Jamie) together.
She was married to Tony Blackburn for 5 years and has a son Simon.
She began in ballet then moved to stage school on finding her ankles not strong enough for point work and has been acting since the age of 12.
Her father Charles was an England hockey player and director general of the Council of the council of foreign bondholders.
Has a son Jack and a daughter Joanna by her 3rd marriage to Bill Hargreaves and live in Wimbledon,.
Her family come from Mayfield in Sussex but she now lives in Datchett.