AS EASTENDERS’ “tart with a heart” barmaid, Kara Tointon was nominated for sexiest female at the 2007 British Soap Awards. But the 38-year-old reckons her appeal was more down to her character, Dawn Swann, than with her.
She once said: “She’s all boobs and short skirts. If I played a nun, I don’t think I’d win.” The lads’ mags who put her on their covers in the Noughties would surely beg to differ.
This week, The Sun is celebrating the enduring appeal of the gorgeous girls who graced magazine covers in the 2000s. Keen fans of Kara might remember her starting out on Sky One series Dream Team before playing a pupil alongside a young James Corden in Channel 4 hit Teachers.
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