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Nina Toussaint-White

British actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ7038137 ↗
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Nina Toussaint-White is a British actress, known for her roles as in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and in the ITV2 drama Switch.

Career

In 2009, Toussaint-White was offered the part of nurse Syd Chambers, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, making her first screen appearance in 2009. She played this character until her departure in October 2009. She has also appeared in Primeval, and acted in stage productions, including Race.

In 2012, she appeared as Mattie Grace in Holby City. In March 2012, it was announced that White would appear in the ITV2 supernatural drama Switch.

In 2015, Toussaint-White appeared as Tree in The Etienne Sisters at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. For this performance she was nominated for Best Performance in a Musical in the 2016 UK Theatre Awards alongside her co-cast members. In 2016, Toussaint-White appeared as Jane in the revival of The Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys at the Theatre Royal Bath. White portrayed DS Louise Rayburn.

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The public source identifies “Nina Toussaint-White” as british actress. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nina, Toussaint-White and British.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2012, 2015, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nina, Toussaint-White and British providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7038137. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nina Toussaint-White” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.