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Kara Tointon's healing new life in Norway: Star's double mastectomy came in the same year as she reunited with her fiancé and quit the UK for his homeland - after a string of romantic woes and a tragic death
She was one of the UK's biggest soap stars and made headlines after lifting the glitterball trophy at the height of her career back in 2010.
Prior to her relationship with Artem, Kara dated Joe Swash after they met while playing brother and sister Mickey Miller and Dawn Swann on EastEnders back in 2005. In an interview with Weekend Magazine last September Kara admitted she was 'just hitting her stride' at age 41 as she opened up about wanting to give her children an idyllic childhood away from the spotlight that's followed her for so many decades. On Wednesday Kara took to Instagram with a candid video as she shared she underwent the procedure, along with having her fallopian tubes removed as a preventative measure, after learning she carries the deadly BRAC1 gene.
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