Baby Reindeer Martha actress lands iconic role in star-studded new movie

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She claimed she had struggled to get acting parts despite playing Baby Reindeer’s deranged stalker Martha in Richard Gadd’s mini-series to perfection.But Jessica Gunning has now landed a new role that could dwarf the success of Scots comedian Richard Gadd’s hit Netflix show.Gunning became one of the most familiar faces on television thanks to her uncanny portrayal of Gadd’s deranged stalker in Baby Reindeer and won an Emmy for the controversial role.London-based Scots law graduate Fiona Harvey later claimed Gadd had based the stalker on her and is hoping to cash in with a defamation lawsuit because she has never been to prison.

But Gunning, from West Yorkshire, said she had yet to cash in on the role as the Scots stalker despite picking up the Emmy award for her portrayal of Gadd’s obsessive nemesis, which Gadd said he based on his real-life experiences at her hands prior to finding fame.Recently, Gunning admitted: “Richard has got incredible meetings out of this and everyone's said to me, 'What have you got?' One was about sharks — Celebrity Infested Waters — where stars swim with sharks, the other was for an Australian touring production of Peter Pan to play Mr Smee.” She joked: “I was like, 'the offers are flooding in’.”Now Gunning, 38, is thrilled to be starring in a tale far more popular than even Baby Reindeer in which she's seen relentlessly hounding Donny Dunn, who is played by Gadd and based on himself.

But her new acting job couldn’t be further from that of crazed Martha.She has been enlisted to star opposite Claire Foy in an adaptation of Enid Blyton’s classic children’s story The Faraway Tree alongside an all-star cast and is sure to become a favourite among pre-teen viewers.Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan,