DR WHO’S-THAT-GIRL?
10 THINGS TO KNOW
With the exciting news that the 13th Doctor Who will be played by incredible British actress Jodie Whittaker, we take a look at how she shapes up (hint, she’s pretty damn good!)
1 She’ll be the first woman ever to play the Time Lord. “I’m beyond excited to begin this epic journey,” she says. 2 Jodie, 35, is married to US actor Christianstian Contreras. They have a two-wo-year-old, but the name has been kept secret. 3 Her nepheww Harry had Down syndromedrome and appeared in Britishritish soap Emmerdale. Tragic ally, agic ally, he died in 2014, agedged three. 4 Jodie’s codede name for Doctor Who was “The Clooney”.”. Before it was announced,ced, she didn’t evenn discuss it in herr own house! 5 She’s no stranger to sci-fi – she starred in Attack The Block, a 2011 movie about an alien invasion in London. 6She She worked at a pub before studying at London’s prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 7 She was destined to act. “I was the attention-seeking child in class who needed everyoneeveryon to look at me.” 8 She’sShe very private and doesn’tdoe use social media. Twitter had to shut down a fake Jodjodie Whittaker account. 9 A filfilm buff, she knows aboutabo “everything from [Molly] Ringwald, Young Guns and The Goonies to obscure Chinese documentaries”. 10 SheS played Beth, the heartbrokenh mother of Danny Latimer, in BBC crime thrillerthrill Broadchurch.