Kara Tointon - aka From EastEnders to West End star

<p>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...</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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...!</p> <p>=====</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 - <a href="https://tellapp.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">tellapp.com</a>.</span></p> <p>=====   </p> <p>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!</p> <p>And please consider donating to support the show! Visit <a href= "https://www.celebritycatchup.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">celebritycatchup.com</a> for more details.      </p> <p>If you'd like to say hello, you can find me on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/CelebCatchUpPod">@CelebCatchUpPod</a> or Instagram <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/celebritycatchuppodcast/">@celebritycatchuppodcast</a>.</p> <p>======</p> <p>Episode hosted, produced and edited by Genevieve.</p> <p>Theme music by Mark Savage <a href= "https://twitter.com/mrdiscopop">@mrdiscopop</a></p>