Kara Tointon

​At the tender age of 7 Kara began her acting career. She attended speech and drama lessons at school and she also took part in LAMDA examinations, entering local musical festivals doing poetry recital. Her first proper acting experience came when she played the part of Birgita in The Sound of Music at the Cliffs Pavillion. 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. She is also highly trained in dance, specializing in Aerobics, Ballet, Bass-Baritone, Cabaret Singing, Choreography, Contemporary, Jazz and Tap. In her spare time she enjoys painting, swimming and skiing. She is a girl with endless talents.

The Football Factory (2004)

The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they're not good enough ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Love
CAST:  Danny Dyer  •  Frank Harper  •  Tamer Hassan  •  Roland Manookian

The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they're not good enough ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Love
CAST:  Danny Dyer  •  Frank Harper  •  Tamer Hassan  •  Roland Manookian

Last Passenger (2013)

Independent British thriller starring Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon. Lewis (Scott), an overworked doctor, is on his way home from London with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama). Clearly exhausted from his work, Lewis decides to take a nap on the train while an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Omid Nooshin
CAST:  Dougray Scott  •  Lindsay Duncan  •  David Schofield  •  Kara Tointon

Independent British thriller starring Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon. Lewis (Scott), an overworked doctor, is on his way home from London with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama). Clearly exhausted from his work, Lewis decides to take a nap on the train while an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Omid Nooshin
CAST:  Dougray Scott  •  Lindsay Duncan  •  David Schofield  •  Kara Tointon

The Sweeney (2012)

Jack Regan, a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. With sidekick George Carter they are put on the case of a jewellery store heist that ends in a killing. But is that killing really an execution in disguise? With ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Love
CAST:  Ray Winstone  •  Ben Drew  •  Hayley Atwell  •  Damian Lewis

Jack Regan, a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. With sidekick George Carter they are put on the case of a jewellery store heist that ends in a killing. But is that killing really an execution in disguise? With ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Love
CAST:  Ray Winstone  •  Ben Drew  •  Hayley Atwell  •  Damian Lewis

Let's Be Evil (2016)

A woman enters an underground bunker where gifted children use augmented reality technology to wreak havoc.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Owen
CAST:  Kara Tointon  •  Isabelle Allen  •  Elliot James Langridge  •  Jamie Bernadette

A woman enters an underground bunker where gifted children use augmented reality technology to wreak havoc.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Owen
CAST:  Kara Tointon  •  Isabelle Allen  •  Elliot James Langridge  •  Jamie Bernadette

The Sound of Music Live! (2015)

The popular musical is brought to life on soundstages at London's Three Mills Studio, in a live TV dramatisation of the timeless story of Maria and the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Valentine  •  Coky Giedroyc
CAST:  Kara Tointon  •  Julian Ovenden  •  Alexander Armstrong  •  Maria Friedman

The popular musical is brought to life on soundstages at London's Three Mills Studio, in a live TV dramatisation of the timeless story of Maria and the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Valentine  •  Coky Giedroyc
CAST:  Kara Tointon  •  Julian Ovenden  •  Alexander Armstrong  •  Maria Friedman

RSC Live: Twelfth Night (2018)

Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Two twins are separated in a shipwreck, and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. The first twin, Viola, falls in love with Orsino, who dotes on OIivia, who falls for Viola but is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Luscombe
CAST:  Esh Alladi  •  Nicholas Bishop  •  Tom Byrne  •  Sally Cheng

Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Two twins are separated in a shipwreck, and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. The first twin, Viola, falls in love with Orsino, who dotes on OIivia, who falls for Viola but is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Luscombe
CAST:  Esh Alladi  •  Nicholas Bishop  •  Tom Byrne  •  Sally Cheng