6<\/p>\n Former EastEnders’ star Kara Tointon has revealed that she underwent a double mastectomyCredit: Instagram 6<\/p>\n The actress now lives in NorwayCredit: Instagram 6<\/p>\n She is mum to two young kids and loves ‘the Scandinavian life’Credit: Instagram 6<\/p>\n Kara decided to have the mastectomy after losing her mum to cancerCredit: Instagram<\/p>\n That gene raises the risk of breast cancer and Kara told fans how she made the decision to have the operation after her mum died of ovarian cancer in 2018.<\/p>\n Kara posted an emotional video to Instagram where she described how she had both her breasts and her Fallopian tubes removed to lower her chances of getting breast cancer.<\/p>\n The mother-of-two, said her family was at the forefront of her mind when making the decision.<\/p>\n “I wasn’t an easy decision, but one I am very glad that I made,” she said.<\/p>\n Kara added later in the video: “I wanted to talk about it because hearing other people’s experience, helped so much and knowledge is power, communication is key, getting to know our bodies, our cycles is only a good thing, but I’ll be talking about this a lot more.”<\/p>\n She is mum to Frey, six, and Helly, four, who she shares with ex-fiance Marius Jensen.<\/p>\n Kara and Marius got engaged in 2018 with plans of getting married in his Norwegian homeland, but split four years later.<\/p>\n While the exact date of her move to Norway is not known, Marius recently opened his own chiropractic clinic there after a few years in London.<\/p>\n The actress <\/a>opened up on loving her life in the Nordic country.<\/p>\n “It happened really naturally as we were spending more and more time over here,” she told the Daily Mail. <\/a><\/p>\n EastEnders’ Kara Tointon says she’d ‘never say never’ to returning as Dawn Swann after 12 years<\/p>\n “It’s so easy to get back to London and it just seems to work.”<\/p>\n She added: “It’s such a beautiful country and a great place to bring up children and I’m definitely adapting to the Scandinavian lifestyle.”<\/p>\n In 2024 she told the Mirror: “Now I have children so my priority is to be at home as much as possible.<\/p>\n “I live in Norway now – we’ve upped sticks and we’re there. At the moment, we’re settling into Norwegian lifestyle and loving it, so I’m lucky.”<\/p>\n Despite their split, Kara and Marius stay in touch to co-parent their children.<\/p>\n Much of Kara’s Instagram shows her life in Norway, including plenty of time fishing and enjoying the waterside with her kids.<\/p>\n The actress rose to fame on the BBC soap playing Dawn, a bright teen from an impoverished home.<\/p>\n Kara played Dawn for more than 300 episodes until 2009 after joining four years earlier.<\/p>\n She has plenty of film and TV credits under her belt, including the lead role in prestige series, The Teacher and Too Good To Be True.<\/p>\n In 2010, she won Strictly Come Dancing alongside professional dancer, Artem Chigvintsev.<\/p>\n Before joining EastEnders, Kara had dated Busted band member, James Bourne and even appeared in the band’s reality series, America or Busted.<\/p>\n![\"Kara](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/kara-tointon-revealed-undergone-double-998748723.jpg\")
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