She narrated the first series of BBC Three's hospital documentary series Bizarre ER which ran from 14 February 2008 to 3 April 2008 and also provided the narration for a second series which began airing on Tuesday 21 April 2009. Agyeman appeared several times on The Bedtime Hour on CBeebies reading the story broadcast shortly before 7.00pm. Īgyeman studied dance and practiced horseback riding, martial arts and gymnastics, a fact that the producers exploited in order to provide her with more physically arduous action scenes. Following extensive speculation on who would replace Billie Piper, Agyeman was confirmed to the press as new companion Martha Jones on 5 July 2006. Tennant left a reassuring note under the door of Agyeman's hotel room, and this helped calm any nerves the actress had. She attended another audition (ostensibly for an episode of Torchwood) before a final screen-test with Tenth Doctor actor, David Tennant. The production team were impressed by the versatility shown by Agyeman across her three auditions and called her back as a serious candidate for the new companion. She filmed her role in the series in December 2005 and appeared on screen as Adeola on 1 July 2006. Esme was ultimately cut from the final script, but Agyeman was successful in her audition for Adeola. Agyeman later auditioned for the roles of Esme and Adeola Oshodi, in the "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel" and "Army of Ghosts", respectively. On 24 June 2005, she auditioned for the part of Sally Jacobs in "The Christmas Invasion", but the role went to Anita Briem, who better fitted the production team's concept of the character as an "ice cool blonde". Agyeman attended Our Lady's Convent RC High School, a Catholic school in Stamford Hill and during the summer of 1996 she studied at the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington and studied performing arts and drama at Middlesex University, graduating in 2000.Īgyeman auditioned for three roles in the 2006 series of Doctor Who. Although her mother is Muslim and her father Methodist, Agyeman grew up to be a practising Roman Catholic. Agyeman has an older sister, Leila, and a younger brother, Dominic. Her mother, Azar, is Iranian, and her father, Osei, is Ghanaian.
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