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| | '''Freema Agyeman''' is the actor currently playing the role of [[Martha Jones]], the companion to the [[Tenth Doctor]], played by [[David Tennant]], introduced in ''[[Smith and Jones]]''. |
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| | name = Freema Agyeman
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| | birthdate = {{birth date and age|1979|1|1|df=yes}}<ref name="act">[http://www.actressarchives.com/freema-agyeman/ Actress Archives]</ref>
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| | birthplace = [[London]], [[England]]
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| | occupation = Actress
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| | yearsactive = 2001 - Present
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| '''Freema Agyeman''' (born Frema Agyeman on [[1 January]], [[1979]] in [[Finsbury Park, London]]<ref>{{Citation
| | Freema Agyeman had previously appeared briefly in ''[[Army of Ghosts]]'' as [[Adeola Oshodi]], a [[Torchwood Institute]] employee, who was the cousin of Martha who she plays as the main companion in [[Series 3]] and part of [[Series 4]] |
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| ) is an [[England|English]] [[actor|actress]] of [[Ghanaian]] and [[Iranian]] descent whose first notable appearance was in the [[ITV]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Crossroads (TV series)|Crossroads]]'' in 2003 <ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1303956</ref>. She is best known for playing medical student [[Martha Jones]], [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] of the [[Tenth Doctor]] in the [[BBC]] [[science fiction]] [[television series]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Torchwood]]''.
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| ==Background==
| | She appeared as Martha in three episodes of [[Torchwood]]. |
| Freema Agyeman grew up on the Woodberry Down [[council estate]] in the [[London Borough of Hackney]].<ref name="Jury">{{cite web|author=Jury, Louise|title=From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick
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| |publisher=[[The Independent]]|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2383877.ece|date=[[2007-03-23]]|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref> Her mother, Azar, is [[Iranian]] and her father, Osei, is [[Ghanaian]]. They divorced when she was a child. She has a younger brother, Dominic, and an older sister, Leila.<ref name="Jury">{{cite web|author=Jury, Louise|title=From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick
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| |publisher=[[The Independent]]|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2383877.ece|date=[[2007-03-23]]|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref> She attended Our Lady's Convent, a [[Catholic school]] in [[Stamford Hill]] and the [[Young Actors Theatre (Islington)#Anna Scher Theatre|Anna Scher Theatre School]] in [[Islington]]. She studied performing arts and drama at [[Middlesex University]], graduating in 2000.<ref name="Jury">{{cite web|author=Jury, Louise|title=From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick
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| |publisher=[[The Independent]]|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2383877.ece|date=[[2007-03-23]]|accessdate=2007-09-18}}</ref> She has martial arts skills which prompted speculation that she would bring a more physical approach to the role of the Doctor's companion. .<ref name="times">{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23569-2256654.html| title=Sidekick whose time has come| author=Adam Sherwin|
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| ==Career==
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| ===Early Career===
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| When Agyeman began her professional acting career she chose to use a different spelling of her birth name, Frema, as her professional name, to avoid pronunciation problems. <ref>{{Citation
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| Before securing the part of Martha Jones, Agyeman's most famous television role was playing the character of Lola Wise in the revived series of [[Crossroads]]. She also had small parts in other TV series such as [[Casualty]], [[Mile High]] and [[The Bill]]. In 2005 she played the character Mary Ogden in an episode of [[Silent Witness]]. She starred as the character 'Nana' in the Independent film [[Rulers and Dealers]], written and directed by [[Stephen Lloyd Jackson]].<ref>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/9/prweb433428.htm</ref>
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| ===Doctor Who===
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| Freema Agyeman auditioned for three roles in the 2006 series of Doctor Who. On the 24th June 2005 she auditioned for the part of [[List of UNIT personnel in Doctor Who|Sally Jacobs]] in [[The Christmas Invasion]] but was ultimately unsuccessful, losing out to Anita Briem, who the production team felt worked better as an ice cool blonde.<ref name="Doctor Who Magazine">Doctor Who Magazine: Issue 373, Companion Piece, by Russel T Davies</ref> She later auditioned for the roles of Esme and Adeola, in the [[Rise of the Cybermen]]/[[The Age of Steel]] and [[Army of Ghosts]] respectively. Esme was ultimately cut from the final script<ref name="Doctor Who Magazine">Doctor Who Magazine: Issue 373, Companion Piece</ref> but Freema was successful in her audition for the character [[List of Doctor Who henchmen#Adeola Oshodi|Adeola]] in the Doctor who episode, [[ Army of Ghosts]]. She filmed her role in the series in December 2005 and appeared on screen as Adeola on the 1st of July 2006.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756449/</ref>
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| {{Quote_box |width=35% |align=left|quote="''When we cast the character of Adeola, I met Freema [Agyeman] for this part- actually, I met her for two parts- and when I met her, as soon as she walked through the door, I knew she was going to be quite exceptional. When she walked in, I thought I was looking at [[Halle Berry]] English-style..''"|source=—[[Graeme Harper]]<ref name=FallTV>{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31058</ref>}}The Production team were enamored by the versatility shown by Agyeman across her three auditions<ref name="Doctor Who Magazine">Doctor Who Magazine: Issue 373, Companion Piece</ref> and called her back as a serious candidate for the new companion. She attended another audition (under the guise of Torchwood)<ref name="Doctor Who Magazine">Doctor Who Magazine: Issue 373, Companion Piece</ref> and the production team remained impressed. The next step was to take a screen-test with the [[Tenth Doctor]] actor, [[David Tennant]]. Tennant left a reasurring note under the door of Agyeman's hotel room, and this helped calm any nerves the actress had.<ref name="Meet Martha">Doctor Who Magazine: Issue 372, Meet Martha, an interview with Freema Agyeman</ref> She was ultimately successful and recieved notice of her success in February 2006.<ref name="Meet Martha">Doctor Who Magazine: Issue 372, Meet Martha, an interview with Freema Agyeman</ref> Following months of speculation on who would replace [[Billie Piper]], Freema was confirmed to the press as new companion Martha Jones on the 5th July 2006.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/07_july/05/agyeman2.shtml</ref>
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| Agyeman began filming for the third series in August 2006 and finished in March 2007. She made her screen debut as Martha Jones on the 31st March in the 2007 episode, [[Smith and Jones]]. Martha's physical similarity to Adeola Oshodi was explained as Martha being Adeola's cousin.<ref>Doctor Who Series 3 Episode 1, BBC One</ref>. Agyeman continued to portray the character Martha Jones throughout every episode of the 2007 series.
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| Despite her character's departure from the [[TARDIS]] in the 2007 season finale "[[Last of the Time Lords]]", Agyeman returned as Martha in [[Doctor Who (series 4)|Series Four]] for five episodes, which consisted of "[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]", "[[The Poison Sky]]", "[[The Doctor's Daughter]]", "[[The Stolen Earth]]" and "[[Journey's End (Doctor Who)|Journey's End]]".
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| She also appeared in three episodes of ''[[Torchwood]]''.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=More Martha!| publisher=[[BBC]] Official Doctor Who site | language=English | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/07/02/46692.shtml| date=2007-07-02 | accessdate=2007-07-02}}</ref>, appearing in "[[Reset (Torchwood)|Reset]]", "[[Dead Man Walking (Torchwood)|Dead Man Walking]]" and "[[A Day in the Death]], in the intermediary period between Doctor Who series' three and four, before her character departed to return to her job as a Medical Officer with [[UNIT]].
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| Freema Agyeman has read the abridged [[audio book]] adaptations of three of the Doctor Who [[New Series Adventures]] novels, [[The Last Dodo]], <ref>http://www.eyeofhorus.org.uk/content/news/2007/06-june07.html</ref> [[Wetworld]] <ref>http://www.denofgeek.com/Reviews/43610/doctor_who_wetworld_audio_cd_review.html</ref>. and [[The Pirate Loop]] <ref name="The Pirate Loop">http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.seymour1/ukbookguide/forthcomingReleases.html</ref>
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| ===Recent Work===
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| Agyeman can often be seen on ''The Bedtime Hour'' on [[CBeebies]] reading the story shortly before 7pm. She narrated [[BBC Three]]'s [[hospital]] [[documentary]] series ''[[Bizarre ER]]'' which ran from [[February 14th]]<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224605/ Bizarre ER episode 1</ref> 2008 to 3rd April 2008<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224612/ Bizarre ER episode 8</ref>. She will host a ''Doctor Who''-themed portion of the [[BBC Proms]] on [[27th July]] <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008/whatson/2707.shtml</ref>.
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| On the [[25th April]] 2008, Agyeman appeared on ''[[The Paul O'Grady Show]]''.
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| She will be appearing as Tattycoram in the [[Little Dorrit (TV serial)|upcoming BBC adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[Little Dorrit]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Holmwood, Leigh|title=Jones to appear in BBC Dickens drama|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/06/bbc.television1|date=[[2008-05-06]]|accessdate=2008-06-10}}</ref>
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| As confirmed by the BBC Press release, Agyeman will star in the [[BBC 1]] remake of the cult TV series ''[[Survivors]]'' to be transmitted mid autumn 2008. She will play the charcter of Jenny Collins, a bright and lively young [[teacher]] in a [[primary school]] who must face choices beyond anything she could have imagined.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/30/survivors.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/080602_news_01</ref>
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| ==Awards and Recognition==
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| In June 2007 Freema Agyeman was named 'Best Newcomer' at the 2007 'Glamour Women of the Year Awards'.<ref>http://freemaagyeman.com/news/2007/06/05/glamour-awards-2007/#more-363</ref>
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| She won the 2007 People’s Choice category for “Female TV Star” in the 5th annual [[Screen Nation|Screen Nation Film and TV Awards]] which were held on Monday 15th October 2007 at the Hilton Metropole in London.<ref>http://www.screennation.co.uk/pdf/ScreenNation2007WinnerList.pdf</ref>
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| [[The Observer]] had an interview with Agyeman in December 2007 and named her as a “face of 2007”. <ref>{{cite web|author=Day, Elizabeth|title=A dizzy year with the Doctor|publisher=[[The Observer]]|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2228100,00.htmlo|date=[[2007-12-16]]|accessdate=2008-06-10}}</ref>
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| ===Nominations===
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| In 2003 Agyeman was nominated in two categories in [[The British Soap Awards]] for her role as Lola Wise in Crossroads. She was nominated as Best Newcomer <ref name="British Soap Awards">http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:memorabletv.com/onthebox/profiles/uksoapawards03.htm+Crossroads+-+Freema+Agyeman+www.memorabletv.com/onthebox/profiles/uksoapawards03.htm+&strip=1</ref>but eventually lost out to [[Shane Richie]] ([[Alfie Moon]]). She was also nominated as sexiest female<ref name="British Soap Awards">http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:memorabletv.com/onthebox/profiles/uksoapawards03.htm+Crossroads+-+Freema+Agyeman+www.memorabletv.com/onthebox/profiles/uksoapawards03.htm+&strip=1</ref>, but lost out to [[Jessie Wallace]] ([[Kat Slater]]).
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| In 2007 she was amongst the top four nominations for best actress in the prestigious [[National Television Awards ]]<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article341308.ece</ref> but lost out to [[Lacey Turner]]
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| ==Filmography==
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| ===TV===
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| *''[[Mile High]]'' (2003, TV Series)
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| *''Crossroads'' (2003, TV series) as Lola Wise
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| *''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (1 episode, 2004) as Kate Hindley
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| *''[[The Bill]]'' (1 Episode, 2004) as Jenna Carter
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| *''[[Silent Witness]]'' (1 Episode, 2005) as Mary Ogden
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| *''[[The Bill]]'' (2 Episodes, 2006) as Shakira Washington
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| *''[[Doctor Who]]'' (2006, Episode "[[Army of Ghosts]]") as [[List of Doctor Who henchmen#Adeola Oshodi|Adeola Oshodi]]
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| *''[[The One Show]]'' (2006) as herself
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| *''[[Doctor Who]]'' (2007-2008, TV Series) as [[Martha Jones]]
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| *''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' (2007-2008, 'making of' series) as herself
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| *''[[Doctor Who]]'' animated special ''[[The Infinite Quest]]'' (2007, TV Serial) as [[Martha Jones]] (voice)
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| *''[[Totally Doctor Who]]'' (2007, Children's magazine show) as herself
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| *''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]'' (25th May 2007) as herself
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| *''[[Richard and Judy show|Richard and Judy]]'' (26th June 2007) as herself
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| *''The Omid Djalili Show'' (2007, TV Series) as herself
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| *''[[Torchwood]]'' (2008, TV Series) as [[Martha Jones]]
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| *''[[Torchwood Declassified]]'' (2008, 'making of' series) as herself <ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1303956/filmoseries#tt0453422</ref>
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| *''Bizarre ER'' (2008, TV Series) as the Narrator
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| *''[[The Friday Night Project]]'' (2008) as herself
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| *''[[The Paul O'Grady Show]]'' (2008) as herself
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| *''[[Little Dorrit (TV serial)|Little Dorrit]]'' (2008, TV serial) as Tattycoram
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| *''[[Survivors#Remake|Survivors]]'' (TV Remake) (Autumn 2008, TV Series) as Jenny Collins.
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| ===Film===
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| *''Rulers and Dealers (Independent Film, 2005) as Nana
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| ===Audio/Radio===
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| *''The Last Dodo (Abridged Doctor Who Audiobook) (2007) as Narrator
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| *''Wetworld (Abridged Doctor Who Audiobook) (2008) as Narrator
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| *''Torchwood Radio Play (2008) as Martha Jones. <ref>http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkpAkZFFkZpKezjobI&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle</ref>
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| *''The Pirate Loop (Abridged Doctor who Audiobook (2008) as Narrator
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| ===Theatre===
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| *''Twisted Roots - by Emily Nightingale (2001) as Anya Starr <ref>http://www.pop-up.net/productions/twistedroots.html</ref><ref>http://freemaagyeman.com/biography/</ref>
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| *''When Snow Falls - by Chris Elwell (2001-2002) as 'T' <ref>http://www.halfmoon.org.uk/whatson/halfmoonshowsontour/previousshows.html#when</ref>
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| *''Lords and Ladies -[[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Discworld]] (2002) as various <ref>http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/fandom/events/plays/lordsandladies/2002/august-rollright-stones.html</ref>
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| *[http://www.freemaagyeman.com freemaagyeman.com] | | *[http://freemaagyeman.com FreemaAgyeman.com] |
| *{{imdb name|id=1303956}} | | *{{imdb name|id=1303956|name = Freema Agyeman}} |
| *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/08/14/35671.shtml Interview] on ''[[The One Show]]''
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