Newly-single Tamzin Outhwaite reveals she’s relishing her freedom after split from toyboy boyfriend
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ACTRESS Tamzin Outhwaite has revealed that she’s enjoying the freedom of being single, after her relationship ended earlier this year. The 54-year-old will soon be seen tripping the light fantastic on the BBC Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special with her professional dancer partner, Nikita Kuzmin.
![[Tamzin attended the launch party of her new charity in London last month]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tamzin-outhwaite-attends-free-women-957624679.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
After ending her relationship with her boyfriend, Tom Child, 33, after of six years together, the former EastEnders star says that she’s entered an exciting phase of her life. She said:. “I’m happy single. “There’s a lot on! Life is really busy, throwing a relationship into that is a whole other thing. Freedom fills up my cup, freedom to do as you please is a lovely thing. That makes me happy.”.
![[Tamzin with her boyfriend of six years with whom she split earlier this year]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/5bd7422f-b243-42de-9bce-1f59280b43eb.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Now Tamzin admits that she’s not immune to the charms of her handsome Ukrainian dance partner, Nikita. It seems that her two young daughters, Florence, 16 and Marnie, 12 agree. She told The Mirror: “We call him Prince Charming,” says Tamzin. “He just has the hair and face and the body and everything. He looks like Prince Charming.”.
![[Tamzin with her two daughters Florence 16, Marnie 12 and her ex Tom]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tamzin-outhwaite-daughters-boyfriend-tom-566534385.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
In the shows’ 20-year history, many couples have fallen victim to the show’s so-called “curse,” but Tamzin insists that she has no romantic intentions towards Nikita. “Of course I haven’t!” she laughs. “He’s a 26-year-old man with a wonderful girlfriend.”.
![[The star will soon be seen on the EastEnders Christmas special on BBC 1]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sixth-final-strictly-christmas-special-951050289_39ea99.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
But she did praise his “great energy” after the pair will be seen dancing together to the Viennese Waltz on Christmas day. The star went through a tumultuous time in her forties, when her marriage to actor and her children's father, Tom Ellis collapsed, after she’d reportedly discovered his affair with a co-star in 2013.
![[Tamsin was cast in the pivotal role of Mel Healy in the popular BBC soap]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tamzin-outhwaite-eastenders-362297304.jpg?strip=all&w=615)
