Kara Tointon - aka From EastEnders to West End star

Kara joins Genevieve to reminisce about her time on British soap opera EastEnders and talks about some of her more bizarre storylines and how they involved chicken fillets... She also talks about initially turning down Strictly Come Dancing, going on to win the show and explains why her glitterball trophy is now bald. Plus, Kara chats about her critically acclaimed move into theatre over the past decade, creating a storytelling app to bring families closer together - and reveals she used to live in a morgue...! ===== You can download Kara's storytelling app Tell from both Apple’s App store and Google Play - it's completely free.  You can also check out the website - tellapp.com. =====    If you enjoyed this episode, don't keep it to yourself! Please tell a friend or share a screenshot on social media so others can discover and enjoy it too. Feel free to leave a nice review too! And please consider donating to support the show! Visit celebritycatchup.com for more details.       If you'd like to say hello, you can find me on Twitter @CelebCatchUpPod or Instagram @celebritycatchuppodcast. ====== Episode hosted, produced and edited by Genevieve. Theme music by Mark Savage @mrdiscopop