Freema Agyeman
Freema Agyeman | |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001 - Present |
Freema Agyeman (born 1 January, 1979 in Finsbury Park, London[2] ) is an English actress of Ghanaian and Iranian descent whose first notable appearance was in the ITV soap opera Crossroads in 2001[1]. She is best known for playing medical student Martha Jones, companion of the Tenth Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and Torchwood.
Background
Freema Agyeman grew up on the Woodberry Down council estate in the London Borough of Hackney.[3] Her mother, Azar, is Iranian and her father, Osei, is Ghanaian. They divorced when she was a child. She has a younger brother, Domenic, and an older sister, Leila.[3] She attended Our Lady's Convent, a Catholic school in Stamford Hill and the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington. She studied performing arts and drama at Middlesex University, graduating in 2000.[3]
Career
Freema Agyeman secured the part of Martha Jones after an audition which she had been told was for a guest role in Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. Agyeman had previously portrayed Martha Jones's cousin Adeola Oshodi, who was killed by the Cybermen in Doctor Who episode "Army of Ghosts". During her first season in the role of Martha, there was a tabloid article that reported she had been axed from the show, but despite her character's departure from the TARDIS in season finale "Last of the Time Lords", the BBC have confirmed that actress and character will return in series four for five episodes.
In the meantime, she has appeared in three episodes of Torchwood.[4], appearing in "Reset", "Dead Man Walking" and "A Day in the Death", before her character departed to return to her job as a Medical Officer with UNIT.
Agyeman can often be seen on The Bedtime Hour on CBeebies reading the story shortly before 7pm.
Freema is also narrating BBC3's "Bizarre ER".
Freema Aygeman Will Be The New Medical Officer In Series 3 Of Torchwood Next year, She Will Join Jack, Gwen, Ianto and Captain John, Actor James Marsters In the Entire 13 Week Run!
References
- ^ a b Actress Archives
- ^ "Smith and Jones", Doctor Who Magazine Series 3 Companion, p. 22, August 2007
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b c Jury, Louise (2007-03-23). "From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick". The Independent. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "More Martha!". BBC Official Doctor Who site. 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-07-02.