'I have a reading age of twelve': Kara Tointon 前線s a new 文書の on her 戦う／戦い with dyslexia
It's not something most people would care to own up to, but Eastenders starlet Kara Tointon has bravely 認める to having a reading age of twelve.
The actress, 26, has made the 明らかにする／漏らすing 声明 as part of a BBC3 文書の about dyslexia 苦しんでいる人s.
In the programme Ms Tointon is seen struggling to read a 調書をとる／予約する in a bookshop, and says she has trouble reading and memorising her lines for last-minute auditions.
Dyslexic: Kara Tointon, pictured here at the 開始 night of 燃やす the 床に打ち倒す this week, is appearing in a BBC3 文書の about her 戦う／戦い with dyslexia
Danny Cohen of BBC3 said, 'It's really 勇敢に立ち向かう of Kara to do this film.
'It's an 問題／発行する not many people are comfortable talking about'.
Kara Tointon - Don't Call Me Stupid is one of a 一連の programmes on BBC3 this autumn about 星／主役にするs and their health afflictions.
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Kara, who 設立する fame as 夜明け Swann on Eastenders, has only made one other television 外見 since she left the soap in August last year.
She filmed o ne episode of The 法案 for the BBC which 空気／公表するd in January.
Famous 苦しんでいる人s: Orlando Bloom and Jamie Oliver have both spoken about their struggle with dyslexia
Kara is not the first celebrity to 明らかにする／漏らす they を煩う dyslexia. Other famous 指名するs who have 戦う／戦いd the learning disability 含む Tom 巡航する, Jamie Oliver, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom.
Like Kara, Bloom has spoken of the 衝撃 dyslexia has on his work.
The actor, who this month received an 名誉として与えられる degree from the University of Kent, said 'I have more trouble 熟考する／考慮するing scripts and memorising lines than most [other actors]', he said in June.
The Mail Online 報告（する）／憶測d last month that Jamie Oliver has 計画（する）s to open a 'school with a difference' for dyslexic youngsters.
The TV chef has spoken 公然と about his own struggle at school because teachers didn't understand his dyslexia.
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