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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]] 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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