Former EastEnders star Kara Tointon has landed the part of Maria ... A live version of The Sound of Music, starring Carrie Underwood, aired in the US in 2013.

It’s ITV’s most ambitious Christmas offering, a two-and-a-half-hour live production of The Sound Of Music starring Kara Tointon as Maria, Downton’s Julian Ovenden as Captain Von Trapp ...

She's set to play one of the biggest characters in the musical world – Maria from The Sound of Music – and she'll be doing it live. But Kara Tointon knows of one way she'll cope with the pressure.

Kara Tointon is simply bursting with emotion following her performance in The Sound of Music Live. The former soap star - famed for playing Dawn Swann on EastEnders - took on the role of Maria ...

Mr Selfridge co-stars Kara Tointon and Katherine Kelly will once again join forces to star in a new version of The Sound of Music. The two and a half hour musical drama will be broadcast live on ...

Kara Tointon has blown fans away this evening, The former EastEnders actress took on the role of Maria in ITV's The Sound Of Music Live tonight. When she belted out the musical's most famous tune ...

The former EastEnders actress is set to make her musical debut in The Sound of Music Live, which will be broadcast on ITV next Sunday evening. Kara has already showed off her dance moves on ...

Former EastEnders star Kara will star as Maria ... Alexander will be the Captain's friend Max Detweiler. The Sound Of Music Live!, to be filmed at London's Three Mills Studios, will feature ...

At the tender age of 7 Kara began her acting career ... experience came when she played the part of Birgita in The Sound of Music at the Cliffs Pavillion. Shortly after that her first paid ...

Former EastEnders star Kara Tointon has revealed she has undergone a double mastectomy. The actress found fame as Dawn Swann on the BBC soap, a role she played for four years between 2005 and 2009.