Tamla Kari Cummins was born in Coventry in the English West Midlands on July 27 1988 and whilst she attended ordinary local schools she began to learn dancing from the age of four. Whilst at secondary school Tamla was part of a local drama group Finbarr's Youth Arts with whom she appeared at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry in a production of 'The Wedding'. Moving to London Tamla studied acting at the Drama Centre, being released during her final year to appear in 'The Inbetweeners Movie' though she returned to complete her course, gaining 1st class BA Honours in Drama in 2011. Since then she has been seen in several television series, including sitcoms 'Cuckoo' and 'The Job Lot' as well as the costume drama 'The Musketeers' as love interest for the leading character D'Artagnan.