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Jodie Whittaker
Jodie Auckland Whittaker is an English actress. She is best known for her roles on television as Beth Latimer in Broadchurch (2013–2017) and the Thirteenth Doctor in Doctor Who.
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entertainment · English actress (born 1982) · actor · stage actor · film actor · also Jodie Whittaker, Jodie Auckland Whittaker, Whittaker
Born 3 June 1982 · Q449402
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2026· 17 entries
“Jodie Whittaker's First Interview after her Announcement as the 13th Doctor”
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That Whittaker would star with Ellen Pompeo in a Hulu pilot Chicks
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That Whittaker would star in and executive produce a short film The Country that was a dystopian thriller
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That Whittaker would have a recurring role in the 6th season of Hulu's Only Murders in the Building and production of the season was currently underway in the UK
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Public attention spiked: 8,971 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.3× the usual 1,681, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 2 entries
Whittaker made a surprise cameo, reprising her role as the Thirteenth Doctor in the Doctor Who series 15 finale "The Reality War", alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor
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With a cameo appearance in the series 15 finale "The Reality War"
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2018· 1 entry
And concluding in 2022 with "The Power of the Doctor"
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2017· 1 entry
Whittaker became the thirteenth and first female lead actor to play the Doctor in Doctor Who and formally assumed the role from Peter Capaldi in "Twice Upon a Time"
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2014· 1 entry
Appeared as Sandra Grimes in the reality-based spy drama miniseries The Assets and as Anna in the BAFTA-nominated short film Emotional Fusebox, later reprising the role in its feature-length version, Adult Life Skill
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2009· 1 entry
Worked on the films Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World and Perrier's Bounty, as well as the BBC Two drama Royal Wedding and the short film Wish 143, which was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 83rd
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2007· 1 entry
Stood in at short notice for an unwell Carey Mulligan in the Royal Court's production of The Seagull, and appeared in a fundraising play at the Almeida Theatre
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2005· 1 entry
Studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2005).
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1982· 1 entry
Born 1982-06-03.
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