Freema Agyeman Bio | Wiki
Freema Agyeman 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 from 2007 to 2010. Freema received further recognition for playing Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips in the ITV crime procedural Law & Order: UK in 2009.
Moreover, she played Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8 and Dr. Helen Sharpe in the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam. 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.
Freema Agyeman Age
Freema was born on March 20, 1979, in London, United Kingdom. She is 43 years old.
Freema Agyeman Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 2 in (Approx. 1.57 m).
Freema Agyeman Family
She was born in London, to her parents Azar and Osei. Freema’s mother is Iranian Kurdish and her father is Ghanaian. Her parents divorced when she was young. She has an older sister, Leila, and a younger brother, Dominic. Although her mother was raised as a Muslim and her father was raised as a Methodist, Freema grew up to be a practicing Roman Catholic.
Freema Agyeman Spouse | Husband Luke Roberts
Freema is currently dating Luke Roberts. The two started attending events, functions, and award shows together. Luke is known for appearing in Game of Thrones. Freema previously dated James Clayton, an estate agent. The two started dating in 2017.
Freema Agyeman Education
She attended Our Lady’s Convent RC High School, a Catholic school in Stamford Hill. Later, during the summer of 1996, Freema attended the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington and studied performing arts and drama at Middlesex University, graduating in 2000.
She also took a theatrical course at Radford University in Virginia in 1998, even volunteering to work as a box-office assistant for student drama productions in which she was not cast.
Freema Agyeman Leave New Amsterdam
In 2018, Freema became a member of the main cast of the NBC medical drama series New Amsterdam, playing the role of Dr. Helen Sharpe, the head of the oncology and hematology department.
In July 2022, she announced that she would not be returning to New Amsterdam for its fifth and final season, instead signing up for Sky Max’s comedy-drama Dreamland, which will feature singer Lily Allen in her first television lead role.
Freema Agyeman Matrix
She had a small part as Astra in the science fiction blockbuster The Matrix Resurrections, a 2021 American science fiction action film produced, co-written, and directed by Lana Wachowski, and being the first in the Matrix franchise to be directed solely by Lana, without her sister, Lilly. It is the sequel to The Matrix Revolutions (2003) and the fourth installment in The Matrix film franchise.
Freema Agyeman Movies
2008–2010 Bizarre ER
2009–2012 Law & Order: UK
2013–2015 The Carrie Diaries
2013–2015 Old Jack’s Boat
2015–2018 Sense8
2017 Panorama
2018–2023 New Amsterdam
2023 Dreamland
2004 Aisha the American
2006 Rulers and Dealers
2015 North v South
2017 Eat Locals
2021 The Matrix Resurrections
Doctor Who Freema Agyeman
She auditioned for the roles of Esme and Adeola Oshodi, in the “Rise of the Cybermen”/”The Age of Steel” and “Army of Ghosts”, respectively in Doctor Who. Esme was ultimately cut from the final script, but Freema was successful in her audition for Adeola. She filmed her role in the series in December 2005 and appeared on screen as Adeola on 1 July 2006.
She studied dance and practiced horse riding, martial arts, and gymnastics, a fact that the producers exploited in order to provide her with more physically arduous action scenes. Freema began filming for the third series in August 2006 and finished in March 2007. She made her screen debut as medical student Martha on 31 March 2007 in the episode “Smith and Jones”.
Freema Agyeman Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Freema’s estimated net worth is $1 million.
Why Did Freema Agyeman Leave New Amsterdam
In July 2022, she announced that she would not be returning to New Amsterdam for its fifth and final season, instead signing up for Sky Max’s comedy-drama Dreamland.