Tamla Kari | |
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| Born | Tamla Kari Cummins 27 July 1988 Coventry, West Midlands, England |
| Alma mater | Drama Centre London |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–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 .
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]
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.
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Inbetweeners Movie | Lucy | |
| 2014 | The Inbetweeners 2 | ||
| 2023 | Christmas At The Holly Day Inn | Emma | |
| 2026† | Harkness | Filming completed [7] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Being Human | Pearl | |
| 2012 | Silk | Izzy Calvin | |
| 2012 | Cuckoo | Rachel Thompson | Series 1 [5] [8] |
| 2013 | The Job Lot | Danielle Fisher | Series 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 Fenton | Series 8, part 1 |
| 2018 | Call the Midwife | Nadine | |
| 2019 | Plebs | Calypso | |
| 2019 | Britannia | Bridget | |
| 2019 | The Cure | Helene | |
| 2020 | The First Team | Olivia Talbot | BBC Two sitcom [9] |
| 2021 | 999: On the frontline | Narrator | Channel 4 Documentary Series 7 onwards |
| 2022 | The Ipcress File | Deborah | ITV Drama Series |
| 2022 | Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Vanessa-Rose | Series 4, Episode 3 — "Too Much of Water" |
| 2024 | DI Ray | Lucy Chapman | Series 2 |
| 2024 | Beyond Paradise | Fiona Benstead | Christmas Special 2024 |
| 2025 | Sister Boniface Mysteries | DC Heather Thorne | Series 4, Episode 6 — "There's No 'I' in Slaughter" |
...completed filming on the feature film HARKNESS directed by Nic Benns.