ABOUT FREEMA AGYEMAN
British actress best known as companion Martha Jones on the sci-fi series Doctor Who and its spin-off Torchwood . She also starred in the Netflix original series Sense8 as Amanita Caplan and later New Amsterdam beginning in 2018.
She studied drama and the performing arts at Middlesex University. She grew up practicing martial arts, riding horses and doing gymnastics.
She played the role of Penny in the 2015 film North v. South. She also appeared in the 2021 film The Matrix Resurrections, playing the role of Astra. In her first appearance in an episode of Doctor Who, she impressed the producers so much that they cast her to play a reoccurring role.
She has two siblings, and grew up with her mother.
She played a major role in The Carrie Diaries, starring Annasophia Robb .
