Tamla Kari

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Tamla Kari
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Tamla Kari Cummins

(1988-07-27) 27 July 1988 (age 36)
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Tamla Kari Cummins (born 27 July 1988), known as Tamla Kari, is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Constance Bonacieux in the BBC television series The Musketeers , Danielle Fisher in the ITV television series The Job Lot , and Lucy in The Inbetweeners Movie and The Inbetweeners 2 .

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Early life

Kari was born and raised in Coventry, West Midlands. [1]

Career

During the second term of her final year at the Drama Centre London, Kari won the role of Lucy in The Inbetweeners Movie . She has since had various roles in a number of plays. She also appeared in the fourth series of the BBC Three supernatural drama series Being Human and the second series of Silk . She formerly appeared in the BBC Three sitcom Cuckoo , which premiered on 25 September 2012, as well as in The Musketeers , in which she portrayed Constance Bonacieux. [2] In 2013, she played Danielle Fisher in the ITV comedy The Job Lot . In 2014, she reprised the role of Lucy in The Inbetweeners 2 . In 2020, Kari began appearing in The First Team as Olivia, a comedy series created by the same team as The Inbetweeners. In 2021, Kari narrated for the 7th series of 999: On the frontline.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 The Inbetweeners Movie Lucy
2014 The Inbetweeners 2
2023Christmas At The Holly Day InnEmma

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Being Human Pearl
2012 Silk Izzy Calvin
2012 Cuckoo Rachel ThompsonSeries 1 [3] [4]
2013 The Job Lot Danielle FisherSeries 1
2014–2016 The Musketeers Constance d'Artagnan (formerly Bonacieux)Main cast
2016 Young Hyacinth Violet
2017 Stan Lee's Lucky Man Rachel Spikes
2018 Vera Hayley FentonSeries 8, part 1
2018 Call the Midwife Nadine
2019 Plebs Calypso
2019 Britannia Bridget
2019The CureHelene
2020 The First Team Olivia Talbot BBC Two sitcom [5]
2021999: On the frontlineNarrator Channel 4 Documentary Series 7 onwards
2022 The Ipcress File Deborah ITV Drama Series
2022 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Vanessa-RoseSeries 4, Episode 3 — "Too Much of Water"
2024DI RayLucy ChapmanSeries 2

Stage

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