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Freema Agyeman

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Freema 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Freema Agyeman is the 7,479th most popular actor (up from 7,525th in 2024), the 5,518th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,325th in 2019) and the 848th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Freema Agyeman ranks 7,479 out of 13,578. Before her are Clovis Cornillac, Kurt Sutter, Michael Mando, Nicki Aycox, Phyllis Somerville, and Silvia Navarro. After her are Isabelle Carré, Oliver Hudson, Genesis Rodriguez, Adele Neuhauser, Belén Cuesta, and Glen Powell.

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Among people born in 1979, Freema Agyeman ranks 253. Before her are Rustam Kasimdzhanov, François Sagat, Hedo Türkoğlu, Dani Aranzubia, Engin Altan Düzyatan, and B. J. Novak. After her are Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Hiromi Uehara, Mohamed Kallon, Jaime King, Lamar Odom, and Satoshi Sato.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Freema Agyeman ranks 5,520 out of 8,785. Before her are Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967), David Thompson (1770), Harvey Barnes (1997), George Lansbury (1859), Douglas Lowe (1902), and Dominic Howard (1977). After her are Brian Stableford (1948), Ivor Broadis (1922), Tony Pulis (1958), Hammond Innes (1913), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), and Ann Lee (1967).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Freema Agyeman ranks 848. Before her are Anne-Marie Duff (1970), Nora Swinburne (1902), Clive Brook (1887), Brendan Coyle (1963), Alfie Allen (1986), and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967). After her are Fanny Kemble (1809), Toby Kebbell (1982), Molly Peters (1942), Ben Daniels (1964), Vivien Merchant (1929), and Anna Neagle (1904).

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