Jodie Whittaker

Jodie Whittaker

Jodie Whittaker is an English actress. She came to prominence in her 2006 feature film debut Venus. On 16 July 2017, the BBC announced that she would become the thirteenth — and first female — incarnation of The Doctor. She formally assumed the role from Peter Capaldi in the 2017 Christmas special episode \”Twice Upon a Time\”

About Jodie Whittaker in brief

Summary Jodie WhittakerJodie Whittaker is an English actress. She came to prominence in her 2006 feature film debut Venus. On 16 July 2017, the BBC announced that she would become the thirteenth — and first female — incarnation of The Doctor in the British TV series Doctor Who. She formally assumed the role from Peter Capaldi in the 2017 Christmas special episode \”Twice Upon a Time\” when Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor regenerated into Whittakers’ Thirteenth Doctor. She appeared in her first full series as The Doctor in the eleventh series, which premiered in October 2018.

She continued in the role in the twelfth series in 2020. In November 2018, BBC confirmed that the second series of Doctor Who began production in January 2020. Whitterer gave birth to their daughter in April 2015. She is a fan of British rock band Coldplay and is a feminist and lives in London. She previously worked with incoming Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall on Broadchurch.