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Nina Toussaint-White Born 1985 (age 25–26) Occupation Actress Years active 2007–present Nina Toussaint-White (born 1985) is an English actress, best known for playing Syd Chambers in 2009 in the BBC One soap EastEnders.
Raised in Plumstead, South East London, Toussaint-White trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Clapham on their 3 year BA Acting Course. She made her professional debut in a 2007 episode of Casualty, followed by an appearance in The Bill, a year later.
In 2009, Toussaint-White was offered the part of nurse Syd, a new love interest for Bradley Branning in EastEnders, making her first screen appearance in February 2009,she played this character until her departure in October 2009.[1] She has also appeared in Primeval, and acted in several stage productions, including A Midsummer Night's Dream. [2]
In the weeks following her EastEnders debut, it was revealed that Toussaint-White had admitted to drug-use and violence on social networking site MySpace. A spokesman for the actress has since claimed that she "was immature and naive when she created her profile and she has grown up a lot since she last used the site and is focused on making a success of her career." [3][4][5]
Following her departure from Eastenders in 2009, Toussaint-White guest starred on the Doctor Who episode Let's Kill Hitler which aired on 27 August 2011.[6]
References
- ^ "EastEnders - News from Albert Square". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/news/news_20090112_n2.shtml. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "EastEnders - EastEnders characters and cast members". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/characters_cast/cast/cast_nina_t.shtml. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "'Enders actress in MySpace controversy - EastEnders News - Soaps". Digital Spy. 2009-02-16. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a146833/enders-actress-in-myspace-controversy.html. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "I was a wild child, boasts new EastEnders star Nina Toussaint-White". The Daily Record. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/2009/02/16/i-was-a-wild-child-boasts-new-eastenders-star-nina-toussaint-white-86908-21127319/. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "MySpace controversy for Eastender - RTÉ Ten". Rte.ie. http://www.rte.ie/ten/2009/0216/eastenders.html. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "'EastEnders' star cast in Series 6 of 'Doctor Who'". Cultbox.co.uk. 2011-03-26. http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/785-eastenders-star-cast-in-series-6-of-doctor-who. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
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