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{{real world}}'''Pearl Mackie''' played [[Bill Potts]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' beginning with the [[ | {{real world}} | ||
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|birth date = [[29 May (people)|29 May]] [[1987 (people)|1987]] | |||
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'''Pearl Mackie''' (born [[29 May (people)|29 May]] [[1987 (people)|1987]]<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/doctor-pearl-mackie-everything-need-know-new-companion/|title=Doctor Who's Pearl Mackie: everything you need to know about the new companion|author=Gee, Catherine|date of source=7 April 2017|website name=The Telegraph|accessdate=15 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="The Sun">{{cite web|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3086768/pearl-mackie-doctor-who-bill-potts-actress/|title=Who is Pearl Mackie? Doctor Who companion Bill Potts who admits she's never seen the show|author=Duff, Seamus|date of source=15 April 2017|website name=The Sun|accessdate=15 April 2017}}</ref>) played companion [[Bill Potts]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', beginning with the [[series 10 (Doctor Who)|series 10]] story, ''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]]''. | |||
Pearl Mackie grew up in [[Brixton]]. According to an October 2016 interview, she desired to be an actor from the age of five, but found that "I didn't see many people who looked like me on [[television|TV]]. There were hardly any strong black women." The role models of Mackie's [[childhood]] were all "tough women, not afraid to be vulnerable": Aretha Franklin, [[Beyoncé]], Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Ella Fitzgerald. "They made me feel someone like me could do that."<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/05/doctor-who-pearl-mackie-new-series-companion-interview|title=Doctor Who's new companion Pearl Mackie: 'I have no time-travelling experience!'|author=Jeffries, Stuart|date of source=5 October 2016|website name=The Guardian|accessdate=15 April 2017}}</ref> | |||
Like her character, Mackie actually went to university in [[Bristol]], though she attended the University of Bristol, where she earned a degree in drama, and not [[St Luke's University]]. Mackie studied further at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating finally in 2010.<ref name="The Sun" /> | |||
Before ''Doctor Who'', Pearl Mackie's work was largely in theatre; she has very few credits in either film or television. After playing Anne-Marie Frasier in one episode of {{wi|Doctors (soap opera)|Doctors}}, Bill is her first starring role in a television series. | |||
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Revision as of 21:11, 15 April 2017
Pearl Mackie (born 29 May 1987[1][2]) played companion Bill Potts in Doctor Who, beginning with the series 10 story, The Pilot.
Pearl Mackie grew up in Brixton. According to an October 2016 interview, she desired to be an actor from the age of five, but found that "I didn't see many people who looked like me on TV. There were hardly any strong black women." The role models of Mackie's childhood were all "tough women, not afraid to be vulnerable": Aretha Franklin, Beyoncé, Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Ella Fitzgerald. "They made me feel someone like me could do that."[3]
Like her character, Mackie actually went to university in Bristol, though she attended the University of Bristol, where she earned a degree in drama, and not St Luke's University. Mackie studied further at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating finally in 2010.[2]
Before Doctor Who, Pearl Mackie's work was largely in theatre; she has very few credits in either film or television. After playing Anne-Marie Frasier in one episode of Doctors, Bill is her first starring role in a television series.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Gee, Catherine (7 April 2017). Doctor Who's Pearl Mackie: everything you need to know about the new companion. The Telegraph. Retrieved on 15 April 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Duff, Seamus (15 April 2017). Who is Pearl Mackie? Doctor Who companion Bill Potts who admits she's never seen the show. The Sun. Retrieved on 15 April 2017.
- ↑ Jeffries, Stuart (5 October 2016). Doctor Who's new companion Pearl Mackie: 'I have no time-travelling experience!'. The Guardian. Retrieved on 15 April 2017.
