{"id":49353,"date":"2024-04-11T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2022727"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T11:48:12","slug":"baby-reindeer-cast-who-stars-in-the-netflix-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/baby-reindeer-cast-who-stars-in-the-netflix-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Reindeer cast: Who stars in the Netflix series?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet the characters. <\/p>

By Abby Robinson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 11 April 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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Baby Reindeer is the brainchild of Richard Gadd, an actor, writer and comedian who has turned his award-winning one-man Edinburgh Fringe show into a seven-parter for Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The comedy-drama is based on Gadd\u2019s own experience of being stalked by a woman who came into his life one seemingly ordinary day \u2013 and changed the course of it forever.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a weird way, I first started feeling like this could be a good story during the whole ordeal itself,\u201d he told Netflix<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was one of the most intense periods, when I was listening to these voicemails [that she\u2019d sent]. I\u2019d go to sleep at night and\u2026 her words would bounce around my eyelids. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI remember thinking, \u2018God, if I was ever to speak about this onstage, I\u2019d fire the words around. Put the voicemails in a big cacophony and fire it.\u2019 That\u2019s how the play was born.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Gadd also stars in the series alongside a number of other faces, some of whom you might recognise.<\/p>\n

For more information about the characters in Baby Reindeer and where you\u2019ve seen the actors before, read on.<\/p>\n

Baby Reindeer cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Richard Gadd as <\/span>Donny<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Jessica Gunning as <\/span>Martha<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Nava Mau as Teri<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Richard Gadd plays <\/span>Donny<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \"Donny\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
    Richard Gadd as Donny in Baby Reindeer.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

    Who is Donny?<\/strong> A \u201cstruggling comedian\u201d who also works as a bartender. During a shift, he meets a \u201cfriendly\u201d woman who \u201cbegins to stalk Donny relentlessly\u201d after he shows an \u201cact of kindness\u201d to her.<\/p>\n

    \u201cStalking on television tends to be very sexed-up,\u201d explained Gadd. \u201cIt has a mystique. It\u2019s somebody in a dark alleyway. It\u2019s somebody who\u2019s really sexy, who\u2019s very normal, but then they go strange bit by bit. <\/span><\/p>\n

    \u201cBut stalking is a mental illness. I really wanted to show the layers of stalking with a human quality I hadn\u2019t seen on television before. It\u2019s a stalker story turned on its head. It takes a trope and turns it on its head.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    Where have I seen Richard Gadd before?<\/strong> Gadd created and wrote one-man show Baby Reindeer. His on-screen roles include comedy Code 404 with Stephen Graham and Daniel Mays and BBC thriller Clique.<\/p>\n

    Jessica Gunning plays <\/span>Martha<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \"Martha\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
    Jessica Gunning plays Martha in Baby Reindeer.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

    Who is Martha?<\/strong> Donny\u2019s stalker. Her \u201cobsession threatens to wreck both their lives and forces Donny to face his deeply buried trauma\u201d.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIf you ever try to play her as a villain, I think you would ruin what a brilliant job Richard has done of the writing,\u201d said Gunning when discussing her<\/span> \u201csense of care, duty, and responsibility to do the story justice\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u201cI think as an actor I\u2019m not sure if you can focus on the harm she causes, because I don\u2019t think it\u2019s intentional from her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    Gunning explains that, no matter how much damage Martha inflicts, \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

    Where have I seen Jessica Gunning before?<\/strong> You might recognise her from Stephen Merchant\u2019s BBC comedy The Outlaws, Channel 4 sitcom Back starring Robert Webb and <\/span>David Mitchell, Law and Order: UK, Prime Suspect 1973 and Sky Atlantic thriller Fortitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Nava Mau plays Teri<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    Nava Mau plays Teri in Baby Reindeer.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

    Who is Teri?\u00a0<\/strong>Teri is an American therapist who has lived in London for years and meets Donny from a dating site, but she isn\u2019t impressed with the way Donny treats her.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWhen I was reading the scrip, it felt like the first time reading a character that was written by someone who actually had known and loved a trans woman,\u201d said Mau, who is a trans woman. \u201cAnd it felt like an honour to even get to read the script because of Richard\u2019s vulnerability. There\u2019s a light that I think pulsates out of that kind of vulnerability, and so all of the characters in the story then are cast in that light. And I felt that in that first read of Teri.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Where have I seen Nava Mau before?<\/strong> She previously appeared in HBO drama Generation.<\/p>\n

    Additional cast includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Danny Kirrane (Don\u2019t Forget the Driver, Critical) as Gino \u2013 one of the pub managers who works with Donny.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Michael Wildman (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) as Greggsy \u2013 another of Donny\u2019s managers at the pub where he works.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Shalom Brune-Franklin (The Tourist, Line of Duty) as Keeley \u2013 Donny\u2019s ex-girlfriend.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Nina Sosanya (Screw, Good Omens) as Liz \u2013 Keeley\u2019s mother who allows Donny to continue living with her after his break-up with Keeley.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Hugh Coles (Juice, Defending the Guilty) as Francis \u2013 one of Donny\u2019s friends from drama school.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Chloe Driver (Call the Midwife) as a comedian.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Tom Goodman-Hill (Humans, Mr Selfridge) as Darrien \u2013 a TV comedy writer who meets Donny at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n