---
name: "Tameka Empson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tameka-empson"
fi1m_id: "tameka-empson"
imdb_id: "nm0256658"
tmdb_id: 97434
wikidata_id: "Q6138516"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 April 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T19:12:23.154071+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tameka Empson

## Identity

Tameka Empson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tameka-empson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tameka-empson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0256658
- **TMDB ID:** 97434
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6138516
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tameka_Empson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6138516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256658/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97434

Actor. Born 16 April 1977 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 April 1977, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1996–2006
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2000s 75 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tameka_Empson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6138516, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256658/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97434

## Biography

Tameka Empson is an English actress and comedian. Born in London on 15 April 1977, she trained at the Anna Scher Drama School in Islington.

She made her film debut as Leah in the 1996 coming-of-age drama *Beautiful Thing*. Empson gained wider recognition as one of the leads in the BBC Three hidden-camera sketch show *3 Non-Blondes* (2003–2004). Since 2009 she has played Kim Fox (later Fox-Hubbard) in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders*, a role for which she has won multiple Inside Soap Awards for funniest performance.

Her other screen credits include *Notes on a Scandal* (2006) and *StreetDance 3D* (2010). On stage she appeared in the original West End cast of the Madness musical *Our House* and has performed regularly in pantomime at the Hackney Empire.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), Fi1m 75, as Antonia Robinson — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)
- *Beautiful Thing* (1996), Fi1m 80, as Leah — [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-thing.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Aliens Love Underpants and...Panta Claus* (2018), Actor
- *Lily's Driftwood Bay* (2014), series, as Hatsie Hen (voice)
- *StreetDance 3D* (2010), as Sharonda
- *Skellig* (2009), as Nurse #1
- *Beautiful People* (2008), series, as Tameka, Johoyo
- *Learners* (2007), as Gloria
- *M.I. High* (2007), series, as Sergeant Rayner
- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), as Antonia Robinson — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)
- *Our House* (2004), as Billie
- *The Lenny Henry Show* (2004), series, Actor
- *3 Non-Blondes* (2003), series, as Various characters
- *Silent Cry* (2002), as Hairdresser
- *Long Time Dead* (2002), as Girl Student
- *The Martins* (2001), as Mo
- *Goodbye Charlie Bright* (2001), as Kay
- *Lava* (2001), as Maxine
- *Babymother* (1998), as Dionne
- *I Want You* (1998), as Cut Ear Salon Woman
- *Beautiful Thing* (1996), as Leah — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-thing.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Kim Fox, Kim Fox-Hubbard — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Gallery

- ![EastEnders actress Tameka Empson at the 2011 British Soap Awards.](https://film.one/media/person/86879/gallery-18194afa734b.jpg) EastEnders actress Tameka Empson at the 2011 British Soap Awards. — Pam, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Tameka_Empson_%282011%29.jpg/1280px-Tameka_Empson_%282011%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actress Tameka Empson at the EastEnders Meet and Greet event at BBC Elstree Centre. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/86879/gallery-ca63505b476a.jpg) Actress Tameka Empson at the EastEnders Meet and Greet event at BBC Elstree Centre. (2016) — AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Tameka_Empson_2016.jpg/1280px-Tameka_Empson_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tamema Empson at the British Soap Awards on 11 June 2022, in Hackney.](https://film.one/media/person/86879/gallery-4869094a4735.jpg) Tamema Empson at the British Soap Awards on 11 June 2022, in Hackney. — Meena, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Tameka_Empson_2022.jpg/1280px-Tameka_Empson_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tameka Empson](https://film.one/media/person/86879/gallery-dabc55cb1395.jpg) Tameka Empson — Image via TMDB

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