Netflix’s ‘Baby Reindeer’ Is a Brilliant and Jarring Account of Stalking, Victimization and Emotional Turmoil: TV Review

Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha is considering legal action over the show in which she is portrayed as a terrifying stalker.

spawned a new real-life drama.“Baby Reindeer,” Netflix’s most-watched series of the past two weeks, stars Scottish actor Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn — a struggling comedian and bartender who becomes the object of a woman’s obsession after he serves her a cup of tea.Adapted from Gadd’s 2019 one-man stage show, the seven-episode series has become a global juggernaut, with viewers multiplying faster than a Mogwai fed after midnight. Within the first few minutes of meeting Donny’s stalker, Martha, it’s obvious that viewers have stepped onto a wild, complex and confusing ride. Zaftig and disheveled, Martha is also clever and cheerful.

Baby Reindeer stars Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning reunited on the red carpet at a movie premiere – after the 'real-life Martha' hit back. Richard and Jessica have garnered international fame after series Baby Reindeer – based on true events in Richard's life – became a smash hit on Netflix, watched by millions around the world. At the Love Lies Bleeding premiere in London on Tuesday, 30 April, the actors appeared in great spirits as they stood arm-in-arm and flashed huge smiles for the cameras.

Comedian, actress and mum Katherine Ryan talks to OK! about all things fashion, as she prepares to host eBay’s very first eBay Live in the UK tomorrow. She opens up on the stories behind some of her most iconic outfits going on sale for charity, having to up the glam as a busy mother-of-three. But first, OK! had to ask the Canadian star about Baby Reindeer - the hit Netflix show from fellow comedian Richard Gadd that’s on everyone’s lips right now… Katherine, firstly, as a fellow comic we’ve got to ask.

A Scottish woman accused of being the real-life stalker Martha in Richard Gadd's hit Baby Reindeer series says she plans to sue Netflix over the show.

Netflix recently released a new original series that everyone is talking about: Baby Reindeer. Based on a true story, it follows comedian and performer Richard Gadd's experience with a female stalker in his 20s - named Martha in the show - and how the trauma impacted his life. Now, the person accused of being the 'real life' Martha by internet sleuths has reportedly spoken out, declaring that she is the real 'victim'.

Netflix‘s Baby Reindeer claims she has received death threats as a result of the hit drama.Created and starring Richard Gadd, the series brings his real-life experience of being stalked and sexually abused to screens, having previously told the story on stage in his acclaimed one-man show.Gadd plays a fictionalised version of himself named Donny who is obsessively stalked by a woman named Martha after he befriends her in a pub. The show also sees Donny confront the trauma of being sexually assaulted by a TV executive named Darrien (played by Tom Goodman-Hill).Since the show’s release and despite the pleas from Gadd and Gunning, fans have attempted to unearth the identity of the real people who inspired Baby Reindeer‘s characters.Now, the woman who fans claim to have inspired Martha, has spoken out against the show and its portrayal of her, claiming she has been the subject of death threats as a result.“I’m the victim here, not Richard Gadd,” the unnamed Scottish woman told the Daily Record.

The Scot accused of being the real-life stalker portrayed in the hit Netflix show Baby Reindeer has claimed: "I'm the victim here."

the Hollywood Reporter.” “Please don’t speculate on who any of the real life people could be. That’s not the point of our show.”Sean Foley, the actor and director mentioned in Gadd’s post, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, “Police have been informed and are investigating all defamatory abusive and threatening posts against me.”Now streaming, the show is based on Scottish comedian Gadd’s real-life experience.The story follows Donny (Gadd), a struggling comedian who meets Martha (Jessica Gunning) during a bartending gig. He offers her a free cup of tea when she cries, which spirals into her stalking him.

Baby Reindeer has burnished its status as a surprise Netflix hit by piling on viewers in its second week on the streaming service.

In the era of true crime in media, social media is abuzz following the release of Baby Reindeer on Netflix.

Baby Reindeer has become an unexpected breakout hit for Netflix, but the attention has come with unwanted consequences, according to creatives behind the series.

Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning has been generating headlines aplenty for her creepy turn as Martha in Netflix’s stalking thriller series, but she’s imminently set to return to screens on both sides of the pond in the third season of the BBC/Amazon’s The Outlaws.

Baby Reindeer writer and actor Richard Gaad has issued a warning to viewers of the hit Netflix show who are trying to work out the real life identities of the characters.

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Netflix smash hit Baby Reindeer is the show being talked about by everyone at the moment and it was written and created by Scots comedian, writer and actor Richard Gaad.

The female star of Baby Reindeer says she felt a sense of responsibility for her co-star Richard Gadd, who wrote the Netflix drama about a stalker and her victim, based on his own real-life experience of being targeted.

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Lexi Carson Netflix‘s “Baby Reindeer” is a new miniseries with a twist. “Baby Reindeer,” released April 11, is based on Scottish comedian, actor and writer Richard Gadd‘s own experience with a stalker and sexual predator in his 20s. Gadd stars as Donny Dunn, who is stalked by a woman named Martha he met in a bar he worked at.