LUCY Boynton has transformed into a glamorous in a first look at ITV’s new drama A Cruel Love.
The actress, 31, will star in the new series which depicts Ruth Ellis – the last woman to hang in the UK.
Ruth, a night club manageress, killed her husband David Blakel and was later convicted.
She was executed for the crime in 1955.
Lucy Boynton has transformed into the role in newly released pictures from the highly anticipated series.
Viewers will watch as secrets hidden about the case for decades will be revealed in the captivating storytelling.
The months leading up to Ruth killing her lover in cold blood will be told over two parallel timelines.
A synopsis released by ITV reads: “The drama depicts Ruth’s entry into a dizzying upper class London world that promises so much, but ultimately delivers treachery.
“We follow her glamorous lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her abusive relationship with the man she later gunned down in cold blood, her arrest, trial and the subsequent legal fight to reprieve her before she was hanged by infamous hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, in Holloway Prison, aged just 28.”
The four-episode series is based on Carol Ann Lee’s acclaimed biography A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story.
A Cruel Love will also star Happy Valley’s Joe Armstrong, Broadchurch’s Arthur Darvill and Coronation Street’s Nigel Havers.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=” Ruth Ellis – the last woman in the UK to hang” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6349814746112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]Executive producer Kate Bartlett said: “Lucy Boynton is absolutely mesmerizing as Ruth Ellis, pictured here, at the height of her success as London’s youngest club manager.
“Aged 28, her ascendancy was brought to a sharp halt when she became enmeshed in an intoxicating love triangle which brought death and tragedy.”