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Baby Reindeer’s Martha actor Jessica Gunning’s huge new job revealed by co-star Stephen Merchant
The actress will be back on screens within weeks
BABY Reindeer actress Jessica Gunning has bagged herself a major new role as her fame continues to skyrocket.
The TV star has seen her star power rising after portraying the role of Martha in runaway Netflix hit Baby Reindeer with her character believed to be inspired by Fiona Harvey.
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Jessica is soon to be seen on-screens once again with her role of Diane Pemberley in BBC show The Outlaws alongside Stephen Merchant, marking her first major role since the unprecedented success of Baby Reindeer.
Despite having appeared on The Outlaws for the past three years, Jessica has managed to land herself another role within the show this time around.
Stephen recently confirmed that Jessica had been a writer and contributor to the scripts for the upcoming third series.
It is the first time that the actress has ever contributed any writing to the show.
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Stephen told Chris Evans on the Virgin Radio Breakfast Show that she had helped to co-write the final episode.
Speaking this morning, the star said: "She's brilliant. We've made her a writer in this series as well, because she's so good.
"She's literally a writer on the show. She wrote the final episode with me."
However, Stephen expressed his concern for the actress after her fame skyrocketed as he revealed he had yet to actually speak with her since her Netflix stardom.
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He also revealed his fears that she would snub him and The Outlaws going forward thanks to her newfound A-list status.
Stephen said: "My concern is I won't be able to get her on the phone if we do another series.
Jessica Gunning looks a far cry from Martha as she glams up alongside Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd
"I'm always anxious that people become super successful, and I can't get hold of them anymore.
"She's not like that, but you know, fame… agents…"
The Outlaws had becomes Jessica's main work project over the past few years with the actor having appeared in little other screen projects since it began.
The upcoming third series of the programme was filmed back-to-back with the second edition which aired on the BBC almost two years ago.
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Baby Reindeer by numbers
The Netflix series has become quite the breakout smash hit...
- 7 Number of episodes in the series
- 30 Number of countries the series has topped the Netflix chart in
- 64 Percentage increase in viewers the show earned in its second week, compared to its first
- 97 The show's percentage score on industry bible Rotten Tomatoes
- 41,071 Amount of emails Richard claims he was sent by the real life Martha
- 13.3 million Number of viewers who tuned into the show during its first week
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