Kara Tointon

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Filmography

Kara Louise Tointon is an English actress, best known for playing Dawn Swann in BBC soap opera EastEnders, as the 2010 winner of BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing and as Maria in the ITV live production of The Sound of Music Live in December 2015 alongside Julian Ovenden as Captain von Trapp.

Birth Name

Kara Louise Tointon

Born

Friday, 05 August 1983

Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

RSC Live: Twelfth Night	Olivia	2018
Henry IX	Serena	2017
The Halcyon	Betsey Day	2017
Let's Be Evil	Tiggs	2016
The Sound of Music Live	Maria	2015
SunTrap	Maria	2015
Last Passenger	Sarah Barwell	2013
Mr Selfridge	Rosalie De Bolotoff, Rosalie Selfridge	2013
The Sweeney	Megan Barret	2012
Sunday Brunch	Self - Guest, Herself - Guest	2012

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Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

RSC Live: Twelfth Night	Olivia	2018
Henry IX	Serena	2017
The Halcyon	Betsey Day	2017
Let's Be Evil	Tiggs	2016
The Sound of Music Live	Maria	2015
SunTrap	Maria	2015
Last Passenger	Sarah Barwell	2013
Mr Selfridge	Rosalie De Bolotoff, Rosalie Selfridge	2013
The Sweeney	Megan Barret	2012
Sunday Brunch	Self - Guest, Herself - Guest	2012
Bedlam	Leah Cole	2011
Celebrity Juice	Self	2008
The Graham Norton Show	Self	2007
Inspector Lewis	Erica Stoke	2006
Ideal	Herself	2005
America or Busted	Herself	2004
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two	Herself	2004
Strictly Come Dancing	Herself - Contestant, Herself, Self - Audience Member	2004
The Football Factory	Tameka	2004
Warrior Queen	Poppaea	2003
Keen Eddie	Sarah Friedman	2003
Mile High	Geneva	2003
Dinotopia	18 Year Old Le Sage	2002
Teachers	Pauline Young	2001
Harry and Cosh	Gaby	1999
Loose Women	Herself, Self	1999
Dream Team	Gina Moliano	1997
Children in Need	Herself - Presenter	1980