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Nina Toussaint-White

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Nina Toussaint-White
Born (1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 39)
Plumstead, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Nina Toussaint-White (born 29 October 1985) is an English actress, known for her roles as Syd Chambers in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Jude Thomas in the ITV2 drama Switch. Her other credits include GameFace and The Feed.

Early life

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Toussaint-White was born on 29 October 1985 and was raised in Plumstead, south east London.[1]

Career

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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 Chambers, a new love interest for Bradley Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, making her first screen appearance in February 2009. She played this character until her departure in October 2009.[2] She has also appeared in Primeval, and acted in several stage productions, including Race, which was produced in the UK at London's Hampstead Theatre from 23 May to 29 June 2013. Directed by Terry Johnson, Toussaint-White performed alongside Jasper Britton, Charles Daish and Clarke Peters. [3]

Following her departure from EastEnders in 2009, Toussaint-White appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Let's Kill Hitler" which aired on 27 August 2011.[4] In February 2012 she appeared as Mattie Grace in Holby City. In March 2012, it was announced that Toussaint-White would appear opposite her ex-EastEnders co-star Lacey Turner in the ITV2 supernatural drama Switch.[5]

In 2015, Toussaint-White appeared as Tree in The Etienne Sisters at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.[6] For this performance she was nominated for Best Performance in a Musical in the 2016 UK Theatre Awards alongside her co-cast members Allyson Ava-Brown and Jennifer Saayeng.[7] In September 2016, Toussaint-White appeared as Jane alongside Dominic Cooper and Ophelia Lovibond in the revival of The Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys at the Theatre Royal Bath.[8] In 2018, Toussaint-White appeared in the BBC One show Bodyguard, a six part drama created and written by Jed Mercurio. Starring opposite Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes, Toussaint-White portrayed DS Louise Rayburn. In December 2021, Toussaint-White was cast in the action film Kandahar directed by Ric Roman Waugh.[9]

In 2022, Toussaint-White starred in the Netflix drama Witness Number 3.

Personal life

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Toussaint-White lives in London.

Filmography

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List of Nina Toussaint-White film and television credits
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Casualty Bunmi Episode: "Core Values"
2008 The Bill Janice Pool Episode: "Overkill"
2009 Primeval Melanie Episode: "3.3"
EastEnders Syd Chambers Recurring role (41 episodes)
2011 The Missing Day
Doctor Who Mels Episode: "Let's Kill Hitler"
Comedy Showcase Beautician Episode: "The Fun Police"
2012 Whitechapel Tish Petersen Episode: "3.1"
Holby City Matti Grace Episode: "Fight the Good Fight"
Scott & Bailey Chantelle Deen Episode: "2.7"
Switch Jude Thomas Main role (6 episodes)
2014 Uncle Shelly Recurring role (5 episodes)
Death in Paradise Lena Bell Episode: "Political Suicide"
Holby City Sophia Verlaine
2016 Emmerdale Angie Bailey Recurring role
2017–2019 GameFace Lucie Main role
2018 Bodyguard DS Louise Rayburn Main role (4 episodes)
2019 Midsomer Murders Hannah Brookthorpe Episode: "The Sting of Death"
The Feed Kate Hatfield Main role
2020 The Sister DCI Jacki Hadley 4 episodes
2022 Witness Number 3 Jodie 4 episodes
2023 Kandahar Luna Cujai
Shetland Amma Calder
2024 Showtrial Claudia Wood 5 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Nina Toussaint-White – Twitter". Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ "EastEnders – News from Albert Square". BBC. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  3. ^ "EastEnders – EastEnders characters and cast members". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  4. ^ "'EastEnders' star cast in Series 6 of 'Doctor Who'". Cultbox.co.uk. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  5. ^ Jeffrey, Morgan (29 March 2012). "Lacey Turner to star in ITV2 witch drama 'Switch'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  6. ^ "The Etienne Sisters review at Theatre Royal Stratford East". Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Sir Ian McKellen's career to be recognised with UK Theatre Award". 15 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Dominic Cooper revels in raunchy role of rake". 8 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (10 December 2021). "'Kandahar': Gerard Butler Action Pic Adds Nina Toussaint-White & Bahador Foladi". Deadline Hollywood.
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