DOB: March 20, 1979
Where: London, England
Occupation: Actress
Years Active: 2001-present
-English actress best known for playing Martha Jones, former friend of 10th Doctor Who(David Tennant), and it's spin off Torchwood. But recently, she's been starring as Alesha Philips, a Crown Prosecutor on Law and Order: UK.
-Her mother is an Iranian woman named Azar and her father is a man named Osei, who is Ghanian. When she was a child they divorced
-Has an older sister, Leila, and a younger brother, Dominic
-Despite growing up in a household where her mother was Muslim and fathewr was Methodist, she grew up Roman Catholic
-Studied performing arts at Middlesex University, graduating in 2000
-Has a tattoo on her upper arm, symbolic of her ancestry, containing the Persian word "raha", meaning "emancipated" under a butterfly.
-On June 24, 2005, she auditioned for the role of Sally Jacobs on the show, but lost out to Anita Briem.
-She eventually got the job as the friend of Doctor Who #10 David Tennant, replacing Billie Piper
-Later on, it was revealed that she was to appear in a radio version of Torchwood, but the director, Euros Lyn, said that she was committed to Law and Order: UK.
-Between 2009-2012, she has been playing the role of Crown Prosecutor Alesha Philips on Law and Order: UK. She is a massive fan of the American series this one was based on. In order to prepare for the role of a person in law, she consulted with her older sister Leila, who holds a degree in law. She sat in on actual trials, toured the Old Bailey.
Filmography
TV
She was good in Doctor Who. :)
ReplyDelete-James