Nina Toussaint-White

Nina Toussaint-White
Born	(1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 39) Plumstead, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–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

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

Career

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

Toussaint-White lives in London.

Filmography

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

1. "Nina Toussaint-White – Twitter". Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
2. "EastEnders – News from Albert Square". BBC. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. 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. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
5. Jeffrey, Morgan (29 March 2012). "Lacey Turner to star in ITV2 witch drama 'Switch'". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
6. "The Etienne Sisters review at Theatre Royal Stratford East". Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
7. "Sir Ian McKellen's career to be recognised with UK Theatre Award". 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. 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. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

External links

• Nina Toussaint-White at IMDb