Kara Tointon
| Kara Tointon | |
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| Born | Kara Louise Tointon 5 August 1983 (1983-08-05) (age 25) Basildon, Essex |
| Years active | 1999 - present |
Kara Louise Tointon (born 5 August 1983 in Basildon, Essex) is an English actress, best known for playing Dawn Swann in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders.
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Biography
Tointon was born in Basildon in Essex, but shortly afterwards moved to Southend. Her younger sister Hannah is also an actress best known for her soap work, playing Katy Fox in Hollyoaks.
She had speech and drama lessons at school. She also took part in LAMDA examinations, entering local musical festivals performing poetry recitals.
Her first proper acting experience came when she played the part of Brigitta in The Sound of Music at the Cliffs Pavilion.
Shortly after that, her first paid job was as one of the children in the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Her first appearance on television was as an extra in EastEnders in 1994 when she played a school friend of Sonia Fowler.
In 2004, Tointon appeared in Mile High and in December returned to her former Dream Team role as Gina Moliano until May 2005.
Almost a month to the day that her last Dream Team episode aired, it was revealed to the press that she would be joining the BBC soap EastEnders as a new character, Dawn Swann.
Kara auditioned for EastEnders at the same time as Tiana Benjamin, Matt Di Angelo, Kellie Shirley and Charlie Clements all auditioned for their respective roles. They remain close friends. In 2007, she was nominated for the National Television Award of 'Most Popular Actress', but lost out to fellow EastEnders actress Lacey Turner.[citation needed] She has won numerous awards for playing on EastEnders,including two Inside Soap Awards.[citation needed]
She also made appearances in the films Just My Luck and The Football Factory
Kara won the Sport Relief version of Strictly Come Dancing in March 2008. Her partner was former Strictly Come Dancing champion, Mark Ramprakash.
Personal life
When in The Sound of Music, she met ex-Busted member James Bourne, who played Kurt. The couple dated on-and-off for seven years. Tointon was rumoured to have dumped Bourne when Busted split up, because Bourne was no longer in a band but both parties have denied this, stating they had split up five months previously due to scheduling conflicts.
On the set of Dream Team, Tointon met her former boyfriend Terry Kiely, who played Karl Fletcher in the show. The couple announced their split in the summer of 2006.
Tointon also dated her former EastEnders co-star, James Alexandrou, but split after realizing that they had drifted apart after spending less time with each other in 2007.[1]
Kara Is very close to her family as she was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of seven. She lives in a flat in London with her sister who helps her read and learn her lines for her television programmes.
Filmography
- EastEnders (2005 - present) - Dawn Swann
- Just My Luck (2006) Uncredited, along with sister Hannah, most likely to be herself
- America Or Busted (2004) - Herself
- The Fete (2004) - Lizzie
- The Football Factory (2004) - Shie
- Mile High (2004) - Geneveve
- Keen Eddie (2004) - Sarah Friedman
- Boudica (2003) - Poppaea
- Dinotopia (2002) - 18 Year Old Le Sage
- Harry and Cosh (2002) - Gabby
- Never Play with the Dead (2001) - Victoria
- Teachers (2001) - Pauline Young
- Dream Team (1999, 2004-2005) - Gina Moliano
References
- ^ "'EastEnders' lovebirds decide to split", Digital Spy (2007-11-04). Retrieved on 4 November 2007.
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| Preceded by Samia Smith as Maria Sutherland |
Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female as Dawn Swann 2006 |
Succeeded by Roxanne McKee as Louise Summers |
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