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Freema Agyeman, Doctor Who’s Martha Jones, is the daughter of a Ghanaian father and an Iranian mother Movies & TV Freema Agyeman, Doctor Who’s Martha Jones, is the daughter of a Ghanaian father and an Iranian mother Freema Agyeman was born in London in 1979 to a Ghanaian father and an Iranian mother. She became the first Black companion in Doctor Who's modern era, then starred in Sense8 and New Amsterdam. Michaela Coel turned down a reported $1 million Netflix deal to keep her rights. Then she won an Emmy Celebrity Buzz Michaela Coel turned down a reported $1 million Netflix deal to keep her rights. Then she won an Emmy Michaela Coel, born Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson to Ghanaian parents in London, became the first Black woman to win the Emmy for writing a limited series with I May Destroy You in 2021.