Michelle Gomez

Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress. She is best known in Doctor Who for playing the female incarnation of the Master known as in Series 8 and 9. She also voiced Jevvan in the Big Finish audio story Valhalla.

Outside of Doctor Who, she's best known for playing Sue White and Isobel Pickwell in the British sitcom's Green Wing and Bad Education respectively.

Biography
At the age of seven, Michelle saw a production of Kiss Me, Kate and decided that she was going to be an actress. Her parents encouraged this ambition and after she grew up, she attended Shawlands Academy from 1978 to 1983 and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.