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Freema Agyeman | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Agyeman at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | Frema Agyeman 20 March 1979 London, England |
| Education | Middlesex University (BA) |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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Freema Agyeman (/ˈfriːmə ˈædʒɪmən/;[1] born Frema Agyeman; 20 March 1979)[2][failed verification] is an English actress. She rose to fame with her role as the Doctor's companion Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2007–2010) and its spin-off Torchwood (2008), and received further recognition for playing Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips in the ITV crime procedural Law & Order: UK (2009–2012), Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8 (2015–2018) and Dr. Helen Sharpe in the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam (2018–2023).
Following her departure from Doctor Who, Agyeman reprised her role as Martha Jones in the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood and had a part as Tattycoram in the BBC period miniseries Little Dorrit (both 2008). In 2013, she made her US television debut in The CW's Sex and the City prequel series, The Carrie Diaries, as magazine editor Larissa Loughlin.
Her other television appearances include Mile High (2005), Bizarre ER (2008), and Dreamland (2023). Agyeman has also appeared in films, including North v South (2015), Eat Locals (2017), and The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
- ^ Agyeman, Freema. AfterBuzz TV Interviews Freema Agyeman @ CW's The Carrie Diaries Premiere. AfterBuzz TV. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Thank You Letter From Freema Agyeman". Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2008.