Freema Agyeman

Freema Agyeman

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayMar 20, 1979
BiographyFreema Agyeman (born Frema Agyeman; 20 March 1979) is an English actress. She rose to fame with her role as the Doctor's companion Martha Jones in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2007–2010) and its spin-off Torchwood (2008), and received further recognition for playing Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips in the ITV crime procedural Law & Order: UK (2009–2012), Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8 (2015–2018) and Dr. Helen Sharpe in the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam (2018–2023).

Following her departure from Doctor Who, Agyeman reprised her role as Martha Jones in the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood and had a part as Tattycoram in the BBC period miniseries Little Dorrit (both 2008). In 2013, she made her US television debut in The CW's Sex and the City prequel series, The Carrie Diaries, as magazine editor Larissa Loughlin.

Her other television appearances include Mile High (2005), Bizarre ER (2008), and Dreamland (2023). Agyeman has also appeared in films, including North v South (2015), Eat Locals (2017), and The Matrix Resurrections (2021).

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Known For

Bizarre ER
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Bizarre ER

as Narrator
Doctor Who
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Doctor Who

as Martha Jones
Dreamland
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Dreamland

as Trish
Law & Order: UK
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Law & Order: UK

as Junior Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips
Little Dorrit
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as Tattycoram
New Amsterdam
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as Dr. Helen Sharpe
Old Jack's Boat
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Old Jack's Boat

as Shelly Periwinkle
Sense8
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Sense8

as Amanita "Neets" Caplan
The Carrie Diaries
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The Carrie Diaries

as Larissa Loughlin
Torchwood
Ended

Torchwood

as Martha Jones

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