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'''Bethany Black''' (born [[24 December (people)|24 December]] [[1978 (people)|1978]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=BethanyBlack Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) | '''Bethany Black''' (born [[24 December (people)|24 December]] [[1978 (people)|1978]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=BethanyBlack Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) | ||
played [[474 (Sleep No More)|474]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]''. | played [[474 (Sleep No More)|474]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]''. | ||
She shared her memories of the story on [[THWR 250|the 250th]] and [[THWR 251|251st editions]] of Big Finish's charity podcast series ''[[Toby Hadoke's Who's Round]]''. | |||
== Career == | |||
She was a comedian and had previously appeared in [[Russell T Davies]]' series ''{{iw|cucumber-banana-tofu|Cucumber}}'' and ''{{iw|cucumber-banana-tofu|Banana}}'', the former of which also starred [[Cyril Nri]]. | She was a comedian and had previously appeared in [[Russell T Davies]]' series ''{{iw|cucumber-banana-tofu|Cucumber}}'' and ''{{iw|cucumber-banana-tofu|Banana}}'', the former of which also starred [[Cyril Nri]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 26 December 2021
Bethany Black (born 24 December 1978[1]) played 474 in the Doctor Who television story Sleep No More.
She shared her memories of the story on the 250th and 251st editions of Big Finish's charity podcast series Toby Hadoke's Who's Round.
Career
She was a comedian and had previously appeared in Russell T Davies' series Cucumber and Banana, the former of which also starred Cyril Nri.
She was notable for being the first openly transgender actor to appear in Doctor Who.[2] Outside of the DWU, Black was also notable for being the first trans actor to play a trans character in a starring role on British television, as well as the first to do so on US network television, due to her role in Banana.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Doctor Who Guide
- ↑ Wyatt, Daisy (6 August 2015). Doctor Who casts first transgender actor Bethany Black. The Independent. Retrieved on 10 October 2018.
