By Daily Mail Reporter
Campaign: Kara Tointon models the lastest collection for Michelle at GeorgeWith her short, tousled hairstyle and sexy lingerie, former EastEnders star Kara Tointon has well and truly shed her soap star image.
The 26-year-old actress, best known to millions of TV fans as Queen Vic barmaid Dawn Swann, shows off her curvaceous figure as she models the latest Michelle For George collection.
She donned a matching fuchsia lingerie set and playful polka dot set for the autumn and winter campaign.
The line is designed by Michelle Mone and Kara signed up to model the lingerie last year, one month before she left EastEnders.
The actress, who split from former co-star Joe Swash in May, recently admitted she has a reading age of 12 and suffers from dyslexia.
Perfect role: Kara admits to being a fan of 'sexy lingerie'Appearing in the BBC3 documentary Kara Tointon - Don't Call Me Stupid, she is seen struggling to read a book in a bookshop, and says she has trouble reading and memorising her lines for last-minute auditions.
Danny Cohen of BBC3 said, 'It's really brave of Kara to do this film.
'It's an issue not many people are comfortable talking about'.
Pretty in pink: Kara showed off a new, tousled hair do in the campaign photos
Day Job: Kara, seen as Dawn Swann in EastEnders alongside Gary Hobbs, played by Ricky Groves, left the soap last yearsource: dailymail