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Baby Reindeer star makes heartbreaking admission following success of Netflix show

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Published 17:39 9 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Baby Reindeer star makes heartbreaking admission following success of Netflix show

Jessica Gunning received global praise for her role as Martha Scott

Kya Buller

Kya Buller

Actress Jessica Gunning who starred in the Netflix smash hit Baby Reindeer has spoken about possible acting jobs following the release of the title.

Baby Reindeer, written, created by and also starring Richard Gadd is a seven-part black comedy drama series adapted from Gadd's autobiographical one-man comedy show.

Gadd plays a fictionalised version of himself, Donny, and the series chronicles his experience with stalking and abuse. Donny's stalker is Martha Scott, who is portrayed by 38-year-old Gunning.

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Gunning was praised extensively for her role in the show and audiences were captivated by her performance.

Alongside Baby Reindeer, Gunning has made previous appearances in White Heat, Back, and The Outlaws.

But it seems Gunning is struggling to find work following the global success of Baby Reindeer.

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During a guest appearance on Jessica Knappett’s Perfect Day podcast, Gunning opened up about her experience.

She said: "Richard has got incredible meetings out of this and everyone’s said to me, 'What have you got?'."

Jessica Gunning stars as Baby Reindeer's Martha Scott. (Netflix)
Jessica Gunning stars as Baby Reindeer's Martha Scott. (Netflix)

She continued: "One was about sharks — Celebrity Infested Waters — where stars swim with sharks, and the other was for an Australian touring production of Peter Pan to play Mr Smee."

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She went on to add: "I’ve been writing something for a million years that hopefully now is being a bit more made. I did a play with Cate Blanchett five or six years ago, and I had this idea with my friend which was a pilot but things have now picked up with that."

Following the widespread success of Baby Reindeer, a woman named Fiona Harvey came forward claiming to be the 'real Martha.'

She sat down with Piers Morgan for an interview and filed a lawsuit against Netflix for $170 million (£133 million).

The high profile lawsuit claims that Netflix told 'brutal lies' about Harvey, and accused the platform of alleged defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, gross negligence and violations of her right of publicity, including that she is a 'twice convicted stalker who was sentenced to five years in prison'.

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Jessica Gunning and Richard Gadd. (John Nacion/Getty Images)
Jessica Gunning and Richard Gadd. (John Nacion/Getty Images)

The lawsuit further alleged that Harvey has 'never been convicted of any crime and has never been to prison'.

It said: “As a result of defendants’ lies, malfeasance and utterly reckless misconduct, Harvey’s life had been ruined."

Gadd responded to the lawsuit in July, saying in a filing: "The Series is a dramatic work. It is not a documentary or an attempt at realism.

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"While the Series is based on my life and real-life events and is, at its core, emotionally true, it is not a beat-by-beat recounting of the events and emotions I experienced as they transpired. It is fictionalised, and is not intended to portray actual facts.”

He added: "Although these stage productions were emotionally true and based on real events in my life, they dramatised people, places, things, and events to tell a story, I did not write the Series as a representation of actual facts about any real person, including Fiona Harvey … Martha Scott is not Fiona Harvey.”

Netflix also issued a response to the lawsuit, saying: "We intend to defend this matter vigorously and to stand by Richard Gadd’s right to tell his story."

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: TV And Film, Netflix, Baby Reindeer

Kya Buller
Kya Buller

Kya is a Journalist at Tyla. She loves covering issues surrounding identity, gender, sex and relationships, and mental health. Contact: [email protected]

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