Freema Agyeman was born in 1979 in London of Iranian-Ghanaian parentage. She made an appearance in the
Crossroads Revival in 2003 (as one of the hotel staff) and like many a British actor, has been in
The Bill (in her case, three times as two different characters).
However, her most famous role at the moment is in
Doctor Who and later in spin-off show
Torchwood. Performing a
You Look Familiar, she played Adeola Odoshi in "
Army of Ghosts", where she ended up
put out of her misery by the Doctor. Three episodes later, in "
Smith and Jones", she made her first appearance as med student Martha Jones (a character described inaccurately as "the first black companion", a title that actually goes to Mickey Smith in the TV show — she was just the first to get billing in the opening credits). The character's similarity to Adeola was later
Hand Waved by saying that she was Martha's cousin.
When she was young, she was a
Star Trek nerd thus making her
one of us.
Also a star of
Law & Order: UK, alongside co-
Sci Fi Actor
Jamie Bamber.
And former Doctor
Peter Davison. Will play Larissa, mentor to the young Carrie Bradshaw (
Anna Sophia Robb), in the
Sex and the City prequel
The Carrie Diaries.
Is
not "African American", nor are any of the characters she's played. She has played black Brits though — such as
Alesha Phillips.
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