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2 | ->''"I'm fully aware that'' Series/DoctorWho ''will always, always be part of my life, and that's not something I would run away from in the slightest. I wear it with pride, definitely."'' |
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4 | Freema Agyeman (born Frema Agyeman, 20 March 1979) is an English actress, born in London to a Ghanaian father and Iranian mother. When she was young, she was a {{Trekkie}}, thus making her JustForFun/OneOfUs. |
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6 | When starting her acting career, she made an appearance in the ''Crossroads'' [[Main/{{Revival}} Revival]] in 2003 (as one of the hotel staff) and like many a British actor, has been in ''Series/TheBill'' (in her case, three times as two different characters). |
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8 | One of the high points of any British actor's career, of course, is landing a role on ''Series/DoctorWho''. Freema originally played the Cyber-controlled Adeola Odoshi in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E12ArmyOfGhosts "Army of Ghosts"]], where she ended up [[ShootTheDog put out of her misery]] by the Doctor. The next season, however, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E1SmithAndJones "Smith and Jones"]], she made her first appearance as Martha Jones, [[RecastAsARegular the Doctor's companion]].[[note]]Martha was described inaccurately as "the first black companion", a title that actually goes to Rose Tyler's boyfriend Mickey Smith. Martha is the first to get billing in the opening credits as a first to be a regular companion, because Mickey only joined as a companion in a few).[[/note]] [[ActingForTwo The two characters being played by the same actress]] was explained away by establishing that Adeola was Martha's cousin. She has reprised the role of Martha Jones several times in the franchise, such as on the spin-off show ''{{Series/Torchwood}}''. |
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10 | Freema also starred on ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'', alongside co-SciFi actors Creator/JamieBamber and Creator/PeterDavison. She played Larissa, mentor to the young Carrie Bradshaw (Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb), in the ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' prequel ''The Carrie Diaries''. She went on to appear in the role of Amanita with the online series ''Series/Sense8''. After its finale, she took the role of Dr. Helen Sharpe on the American medical drama ''Series/NewAmsterdam2018''. |
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13 | !!Selected filmography: |
14 | * Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} (2007 — 2010) as Martha Jones [[note]]previously appeared as Adeola Oshodi in the 2006 episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E12ArmyOfGhosts "Army of Ghosts"]], a character later established to be Martha's cousin[[/note]] |
15 | ** ''Series/DoctorWho'' (2007 — 2008, 2010) |
16 | ** ''[[Recap/DoctorWho2007TDWASTheInfiniteQuest Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest]]'' (voice role; 2007) |
17 | ** ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' (2008) as Martha Jones |
18 | * ''Literature/LittleDorrit'' (2008) as Tattycoram |
19 | * ''Series/{{Survivors}}'' (2008) as Jenny Walsh |
20 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' (2009 — 2012) as Alesha Phillips |
21 | * ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (2013 — 2015) as Larissa Loughlin |
22 | * ''Series/{{Sense8}}'' (2015 — 2018) as Amanita Caplan |
23 | * ''Film/EatLocals'' (2017) as Angel |
24 | * ''Series/{{New Amsterdam|2018}}'' (2018 — 2023) as Dr. Helen Sharpe |
25 | * ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections'' (2021) as Astra |
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27 | !!Freema Agyeman's work contains examples of: |
28 | * RecastAsARegular: Freema appeared on ''Series/DoctorWho'' as two different characters. Her first role was Adeola Odoshi in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E12ArmyOfGhosts "Army of Ghosts"]], and her second was the companion Martha Jones in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E1SmithAndJones "Smith and Jones"]]. The resemblance was explained away as the two characters being cousins. |
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