Kara Tointon And Artem Chigvintsev Move In Together

Strictly Come Dancing winner Kara Tointon has revealed she has set up home with lover Artem Chigvintsev – but tointon is in no rush to walk down the aisle.

Tointon Kara – who met on the BBC One dance show – have moved in together and former EastEnder Tointon said she is “enjoying having that nice settled feeling”.




Kara Tointon & Artem posed together at their new north London flat for Hello! but told the magazine that marriage was not on the cards yet.

Kara said: “I dream of getting married one day, but at the moment artem and kara tointon are just happy being happy.

“Don’t get me wrong, I would love to. But my parents never married and are still together. I would rather have a nice life together than worry about a silly date.” said kara tointon and artem chigvintsev



Artem Chigvintsev and Kara Tointon began dating after hooking up during last year’s Strictly although Kara said she had planned to stay “single for two years”.

Kara Tointon strictly had also decided to give up acting to become an interior designer with the money from Strictly financing her college studies.

But her meeting with her Russian dance partner and a leading role in West End theatre production Pygmalion stifled both plans.




Tointon – whose flat is now the home for their Strictly glitterball trophy – said she and her boyfriend are like chalk and cheese.

“Artem is calm and chilled out. He’s very organised and everything is very particular. I dream of being neat.”
Standing at an average 5ft 5in, with a cheeky glint in her deep brown eyes we have Kara Tointon - a girl who is anything but average. She was brought into the world on August 5th 1983 in a small close-knit town called Southend-On-Sea in Essex. Ambitious and confident from an early age, Kara often made up her own words for things and was always amusing those around her with her random and creative moods. If she wasn't an actress she would have attended art college. During her teenage years she attended a private school with only 12 people in her entire year. It was here she made friends for life.




At the tender age of 7 Kara began her acting career. She attended speech and drama lessons at school and she also took part in LAMDA examinations, entering local musical festivals doing poetry recital. Her first proper acting experience came when she played the part of Birgita in The Sound of Music at the Cliffs Pavillion. Shortly after that her first paid job was as one of the children in the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Her first appearance on television was as an extra in Eastenders.
Not only is she a wonderful actress but she is also highly trained in dance, specializing in Aerobics, Ballet, Bass-Baritone, Cabaret Singing, Choreography, Contemporary, Jazz and Tap. In her spare time she enjoys painting, swimming and skiing. She is a girl with endless talents.




But Kara often likes to take a step back from the limelight to spend time with her family and friends who she strives to spend as much time with as possible. Her mother and younger sister Hannah in particular, who recently moved away from Essex to London to be closer to her. Kara is also a keen shopper and likes to spend hours at a time rooting around London for rare, one-off outfits. Fading into the background isn't her style.




2004 was a great year for Kara. Not only did she appear in Mile High but she has recently returned to her former Dream Team role as Gina Milliano. Kara longed for a regular role in a hit TV show and it looks like her dream maybe have come true.