Tamla Kari

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Tamla Kari
Born
Tamla Kari Cummins

(1988-07-27) 27 July 1988 (age 37)
Coventry, West Midlands, England
Alma mater Drama Centre London
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Tamla Kari Cummins (born 27 July 1988), [1] known professionally 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. [2] She attended public school and started taking dance lessons when she was four years old. [1] Around five years old, she performed her first show, tap dancing to "The Sun Has Got His Hat On". [3] She was inspired to act through her creative and musical father and by her mother who had been an actress. [3]

Career

During the second term of her final year at the Drama Centre London, Kari won the role of Lucy in The Inbetweeners Movie . [4] Kari would later graduate from Drama Centre London in 2011 as part of Group 47. 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 , [5] which premiered on 25 September 2012, as well as in The Musketeers , in which she portrayed Constance Bonacieux. [6] 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

Key
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Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 The Inbetweeners Movie Lucy
2014 The Inbetweeners 2
2023Christmas At The Holly Day InnEmma
2026HarknessFilming completed [7]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Being Human Pearl
2012 Silk Izzy Calvin
2012 Cuckoo Rachel ThompsonSeries 1 [5] [8]
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 [9]
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"
2024 DI Ray Lucy ChapmanSeries 2
2024 Beyond Paradise Fiona BensteadChristmas Special 2024
2025 Sister Boniface Mysteries DC Heather ThorneSeries 4, Episode 6 — "There's No 'I' in Slaughter"

Stage

References

  1. 1 2 "Tamla Kari". elcinema.com. ElCinema.com . Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  2. McMullen, Marion (18 August 2011). "Coventry girl's dream role in The Inbetweeners movie". Coventry Telegraph . Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "A Cup of Tea with Dimished's Tamla Kari". hampsteadtheatre.com. Hampstead Theatre. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  4. "5 minutes with – Tamla Kari: 'I might end up working behind a bar again'". whatsonstage.com. WhatsOnStage.com . Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Tamla Kari interview - Cuckoo". British Comedy Guide . 18 September 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  6. "Interview with Tamla Kari". BBC.co.uk . Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  7. "Tamla Kari". emptagehallett.co.uk. Emptage Hallett. Retrieved 1 February 2026. ...completed filming on the feature film HARKNESS directed by Nic Benns.
  8. "Tamla Kari plays Rachel". BBC.com . Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  9. "Tamla Kari (Olivia)". BBC.co.uk . Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  10. "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning". ThePublicReviews.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  11. "Tamla Kari Actors Profile". TheCastingWebsite.com. 23 December 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  12. "Versailles, Donmar Warehouse - theatre review". 8 April 2014.
  13. O'Mahony, Holly (22 May 2016). "Review: This is Living, Trafalgar Studios". A Younger Theatre. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  14. Falconer, Daniel. "Tamla Kari exclusive interview - This Is Living". FemaleFirst.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  15. "While the Sun Shines". Theatre Royal Bath . 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2024.