From the Doctor to designer: Freema Agyeman lands coveted role in Sex and the City prequel
By Andrea Magrath
Last updated at 1:53 AM on 6th March 2012
Former Doctor Who star Freema Agyeman has landed a coveted role in the Sex And The City prequel series.
The actress, 32, is set to play a party girl named Larissa in the CW show The Carrie Diaries.
Freema, who played The Doctor's companion Martha Jones from 2006 to 2008, is currently starring in Law and Order.
Coveted role: Former Doctor Who star Freema Agyeman is set to star in the Sex And The City prequel series The Carrie Diaries
A show insider revealed: 'This is the biggest role of Freema's career. She's done fabulously well to get it due to some very strong competition.'
The new series is based on Sex And The City creator Candace Bushnell's novel The Carrie Diaries.
It's set in the 1980s and shows a young Carrie exploring the worlds of high school and Manhattan.
Freema's character will act as Carrie's mentor when she arrives in New York.
Change of pace: The 32-year-old actress played the Doctor's companion from 2006 to 2008
Larissa is described as 'a hip, cutting-edge editor/party girl who works at Interview magazine'.
Freema is the latest actress to be signed to the highly-anticipated show. Last week, Soul Surfer star AnnaSophia Robb was announced to take on the role of the young Carrie Bradshaw.
She is best known for playing one-armed surfer Bethany Hamilton in the 2011 film, and has also appeared in Race To Witch Mountain, Bridge To Terabithia and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
Starring role: Last Week AnnaSophia Robb was announced to take on the role of young Carrie Bradshaw, following in Sarah Jessica Parker's footsteps
Candice Bushnell, along with Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Len Goldstein and Amy B. Harris, will produce.
Sarah Jessica Parker first made the character of Carrie iconic in 1998 when the original series aired on HBO.
Bradshaw is an author who also writes relationship columns and has an undying love of both the BIg Apple and haute couture.
It is expected that she will meet her three small screen best friends - Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda - in the prequel.
Iconic story: The prequel follows Carrie as she navigates high school and moves to New York to discover her love of fashion, writing and meet friends Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte
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