- Both she and Diane Parish have played Leah Russell in different productions of "Beautiful Thing"; Parish in the 1994 West End production and Empson in the 1996 film version (Beautiful Thing (1996)). Parish and Empson play sisters on the soap opera EastEnders (1985).
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, a daughter Nylah in March 2014. Child's father is her husband.
- Parents were from Ivory Coast and emigrated to England before Tameka was born.
- Trained at the Anna Scher Drama School in Islington, London.
- Nominated for the 2006 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for "The Big Life".
- Was 8 months pregnant with her daughter Nylah when she took maternity leave from filming EastEnders (1985).
- Returned to work 2 months after giving birth to her daughter Nylah in order to film a guest reappearance on EastEnders (1985). She returned full-time 5 months later.
- Has two younger sisters, Kesha Margaret (b. 1981) and Emilia Jane Empson (b. 1983).
- Is one of 5 British soap actresses to have acted out giving birth in a live episode. The others are Jennie McAlpine (Fiz Stape in Coronation Street (1960) on 9 December 2010), Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce in EastEnders (1985) on 23 July 2012), Charley Webb (Debbie Dingle in Emmerdale Farm (1972) on 17 October 2012) and Sian Reese-Williams (Gennie Walker in Emmerdale Farm (1972) on 17 October 2012).
- Her EastEnders (1985) character Kim Fox-Hubbard became the 28th woman on the soap opera to give birth. Kim had a daughter Pearl (played by Arayah Harris-Buckle), born on February 19, 2015, and a son Mica (played by Maylo Miller), born on December 24, 2018.
- Is one of 25 EastEnders (1985) actors to compete in Strictly Come Dancing (2004). The others, in chronological order, are Christopher Parker (Spencer Moon), Jill Halfpenny (Kate Mitchell), Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson), Louisa Lytton (Ruby Allen), Letitia Dean (Sharon Rickman), Matt Di Angelo (Deano Wicks), Phil Daniels (Kevin Wicks), Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Mitchell), Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon), Zöe Lucker (Vanessa Gold), Ricky Groves (Garry Hobbs), Natalie Cassidy (Sonia Fowler), Jimi Mistry (Fred Fonesca), Scott Maslen (Jack Branning), Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann), Anita Dobson (Angie Watts), Sid Owen (Ricky Butcher), Jake Wood (Max Branning), Kellie Bright (Linda Carter), Davood Ghadami (Kush Kazemi), Charles Venn (Ray Dixon), Lee Ryan (Woody Woodward), Emma Barton (Honey Mitchell), and Maisie Smith (Tiffany Butcher-Baker).
- Competed in the 14th series of Strictly Come Dancing (2004) in 2016, partnered with Gorka Marquez, finishing 14th out of 15 celebrities.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 42, a son David, in August 2019. Child's father is her husband.
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