Her co-stars were Rupert Everett and Dame Diana Rigg. [9], In September 2011, it was announced that Kara would play a lead role in the new film Last Passenger acting opposite Dougray Scott and directed by Omid Nooshin. For about one year when she was a teenager, she dated James Bourne from the band Busted. The song was released in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital and was released digitally on independent record label Saga Entertainment on 30 November 2018. [1] Together with her actress sister, Hannah (born 1987), Tointon was brought up in Leigh-on-Sea. [6] The pair achieved good scores in the first five weeks of 30, 32, 31, 32 and 37. 37 Year Olds. Birth Name: Kara Louise Tointon Kara Tointon’s age is 37. Tointon’s other notable works include The Halcyon, Let’s Be Evil, The Sweeney, Last Passenger, Harry and Cosh, and Teachers. Her first appearance on television was as an extra in EastEnders in 1994, when she played a school friend of Sonia Fowler. *She is close friends with EastEnders (1985) co-star Lacey Turner. Birth Sign Leo. She appeared along with Reece Shearsmith, Katherine Parkinson, Steffan Rhodri, Elizabeth Berrington, and David Armand at the Harold Pinter Theatre, a Sonia Friedman production directed by Jeremy Herrin. In April 2017, she began dating Notting Hill-based chiropractor Marius Jensen and engaged in March 2018. Zodiac Sign: Leo [15], In November 2018, Tointon gave birth to her first child, Frey, a boy, with her fiancé Marius Jensen. Kara played what The Guardian’s Michael Billington called "a luminous and refreshing" Eliza to Rupert Everett's Professor Higgins "capturing perfectly the arc of [her] development". Tointon left EastEnders, along with co-star Ricky Groves, on 27 August 2009.[3]. Tointon was born to parents Ken (b. In week 5, Tointon was awarded the first 10 of the series by Alesha Dixon for her Pasodoble. Both sisters attended St Michael's School, Leigh, and St Hilda's School, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. Waist Size: 24 inches (61 cm) Father: Ken Tointon [citation needed]. [10], Tointon played the part of Maria in The Sound of Music Live in the UK, broadcast on 20 December 2015. She played the part of student Pauline Young in 2001's first series of Teachers on Channel 4. Breast Size: 34 inches (86 cm) Nationality: British Kara Tointon Personal Details: [11], From November 2017, Tointon has been playing the role of Olivia in The Royal Shakespeare Company production of Twelfth Night. There are few more exciting actresses now working on the West End stage". Eye Color: Brown Strictly Come Dancing. Michael Billington of The Guardian wrote, "All the performances in this production are finely judged. Her samba was enough to get her the Glitterball Trophy. She also starred in BBC's Curriculum Bites as a presenter in 2002. Age 37 years old. The music video debuted exclusively with The Sun on 29 November 2018 and had its first TV showing on Good Morning Britain on 30 November 2018. Born Kara Louise Tointon on August 5, 1983 in Essex, England, to Carol and Ken Tointon, her younger sister Hannah is also an actress. [8], In February 2011, Tointon took part in the BT Red Nose Desert Trek for Comic Relief 2011. *She and Artem Chigvintsev won the 2010 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Tointon made it to the final along with Matt Baker and Pamela Stephenson, where she made it to the final two, then went on to win and be crowned champion beating Matt Baker and his partner Aliona Vilani. She also appeared as Maria in the ITV live production of The Sound of Music Live in December 2015 alongside Julian Ovenden as Captain von Trapp.