Kara Tointon turned heads in an eye catching red asymmetric minidress as she arrived at the British Fashion Awards afterparty at Chiltern Firehouse on Monday night.
The actress, 41, looked sensational in the one shoulder number which boasted a netted layered skirt and a matching long train which trailed behind her.
Kara put on a leggy display in the glamorous ensemble as she added inches to her frame in a pair of gold metallic Kurt Geiger heels and toted her belongings in a matching clutch.
The former EastEnders star styled her short bobbed tresses in a neat wet look sleek do and accessorised with £118 gold hoop earrings by Astley Clarke.
She looked in good spirits as she arrived at the star-studded bash held at the private members club.
Earlier in the evening, the Strictly Come Dancing winner posed up a storm for cameras as she walked the red carpet for the annual awards held at the Royal Albert Hall.
Kara Tointon turned heads in an eye catching red asymmetric minidress as she arrived at the British Fashion Awards afterparty at Chiltern Firehouse on Monday night
The actress, 41, looked sensational in the one shoulder number which boasted a netted layered skirt and a matching long train which trailed behind her
It comes after Kara opened up on getting older, insisting she ’embraces age’ and sees it as attractive rather than ‘terrifying’.
Earlier this year the actress said that becoming a mother has meant she has less time to spend maintaining her youthful looks, but gushed that it was ‘very grounding’ as ‘you just have one focus.’
The former soap star is the mother of two boys, Frey, five, and Helly, three, with her ex-fiancé Marius Jensen.
Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, she said: ‘I don’t think I look young, I’m ageing like the rest of us. Motherhood hits you like a punchbag, so there’s no beauty regime at the moment.
‘But it has been such an amazing dose of reality. It’s very grounding, motherhood, I can tell you that. Everything goes out of the window and you just have one focus.’
Kara added that another benefit of getting older was that she got more ‘stimulating’ roles to play, transitioning from playing children and teenagers to mothers, which she is more able to relate to.
She explained: ‘I have been doing this since I was very young. You’re the kid, then you’re the b****y teenager, then you get the phase where you’re neither here nor there. It’s lovely when you get to the age when there’s more out there.
‘There’s more material, it’s really nice. We’re also getting into a period when the scope is so vast, but I’m enjoying all these mother roles coming in. Being a mother myself, I can really relate to them.’
Kara put on a leggy display in the glamorous ensemble as she added inches to her frame in a pair of gold metallic heels and toted her belongings in a matching clutch
The former EastEnders star styled her short bobbed tresses in a neat wet look sleek do and accessorised with simple gold hoop earrings
She looked in good spirits as she arrived at the star-studded bash held at the private members club
Earlier in the evening, the Strictly Come Dancing winner posed up a storm for cameras as she walked the red carpet for the annual awards held at the Royal Albert Hall
The former Strictly Come Dancing champion also said she thinks that things are getting better for women now, and that there is less pressure to stay looking young, while she herself is ‘enjoying’ ageing.
She said: ‘We’re in such changing times — it’s a good time for women in general. It’s like age is becoming less of a thing. I’m really enjoying getting older and I’m at a stage of my life when I feel good in my skin.
‘I’m embracing age, and I’m excited to. I think age is attractive. It’s very personal. Some people are terrified of it but I’m just lucky I’m not terrified of it.’
It comes after Kara split from her ex-fiancé Marius in 2022, with him later spotted sharing a kiss with an unidentified woman outside a London club.
Their split was reported in October 2022, but sources said the couple secretly split 10 months prior.
A source told The Sun at the time: ‘Kara and Marius quietly separated around 10 months ago. There was no wrong-doing on either side, and they both still care about each other.
‘But they came to the decision that there was no future for them as a couple. They remain friends, and are both very committed to co-parenting their two children.’
Kara and Marius went public with their relationship in 2017 after meeting the year before, and had planned on tying the knot in 2020, before the pandemic halted their plans.