Baby Reindeer Cast Guide

Summary

• Baby Reindeer
  has an international cast of emerging talents.
• The Netflix stalker show is inspired by the real-life stalking of creator and star Richard Gadd.
• Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau play the other two main characters.

Baby Reindeer features a cast that is stacked with unique up-and-coming performers. The Netflix show, which landed in the Netflix Top 10 the same week it premiered, is based on the one-man stage show of the same name written and performed by its creator, Richard Gadd. Gadd has been the steward of the project since the beginning, as the story is based on his own experience with a real-life stalker.

The cast of Baby Reindeer is relatively small. Because it is populated with an international roster of mostly British stars, they may not all be recognizable to U.S. audiences despite the show’s popularity in the region. However, they all had a variety of intriguing projects under their belts before joining the show, which has a similar tone to several popular Netflix true-crime documentaries despite boasting several layers of fictionalization.

Richard Gadd As Donny

Date Of Birth: May 11, 1990

Actor: Richard Gadd was born in Wormit, Fife, Scotland, and had his breakout moment in 2019 when the play Baby Reindeer debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. However, he had been a rising star in the stage and comedy worlds for quite some time thanks to shows like Waiting For Gaddot and the Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning Monkey See Monkey Do. While the Netflix show is his biggest onscreen project yet, he has held quite a few acting roles in British comedy projects including the sci-fi comedy Tripped and Peacock’s Code 404, on top of writing for shows like Sex Education.

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Character: In Baby Reindeer, Richard Gadd plays Donny Dunn. Donny, who is loosely based on Gadd himself, is a comedian and bartender. His whole life changes when he catches the attention of Martha and becomes her singular obsession.

Jessica Gunning As Martha

Date Of Birth: Unknown

Actor: Jessica Gunning was born in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, and had her first major onscreen role in a 2008 episode of Doctor Who. In addition to appearing onstage in various National Theatre productions, she has taken on a variety of roles on both the big and small screens. Her longest-running role has been playing Angela on 29 episodes of Law & Order: UK, but another major role of hers is playing Diane Pemberley on the Stephen Merchant Prime Video show The Outlaws, on which she is also a writer.

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Character: In Baby Reindeer, Jessica Gunning plays Martha. Martha is the stalker who plagues Donny over the course of multiple years. Gunning’s performance allows her to become more complicated than a typical onscreen villain.

Nava Mau As Teri

Date Of Birth: May 14, 1992

Actor: Nava Mau was born in Mexico City, Mexico and had her big break playing Ana in the LGBTQ+ HBO Max dramedy Generation. While the majority of her onscreen experience had been in short films before joining the Generation cast, she is also a director and producer who helmed nine episodes of the show Hidden Canyons. She was also a Production Fellow on Netflix’s documentary Disclosure. In addition to her entertainment career, she has been a cultural worker advocating for marginalized communities and healing justice.

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Character: On Baby Reindeer, Nava Mau plays Teri. Teri is an American ex-pat who works as a therapist in London. She comes into Donny’s life when they meet on a dating app and begin a tumultuous relationship that is complicated by his ongoing stalking.

Baby Reindeer Supporting Cast & Characters

Baby Reindeer Has A Small Main Cast Supported By A Robust Ensemble

Tom Goodman-Hill as Darrien: Tom Goodman-Hill, who plays a TV writer whom Donny encounters at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, has held a wide variety of live-action and voice roles since the 1990s, including playing Frank Crawley in the 2020 Netflix remake of Rebecca.

Michael Wildman as Greggsy: Michael Wildman, who plays the manager of a pub where Donny works, has starred in more than 300 episodes of Emmerdale Farm and has also held minor roles in many action movies such as Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, The Bourne Ultimatum, and London Has Fallen.

Danny Kirrane as Gino: Danny Kirrane, who plays the manager of a different pub where Donny works, has held a variety of supporting television roles in shows including Poldark, Game of Thrones, The Serpent Queen, and The Sandman.

Chloe Driver as Comedian: Chloe Driver, who plays a fellow comedian who makes frequent appearances, is a comedian in real life but has also held uncredited onscreen roles in major projects including Call the Midwife, Black Mirror, and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

Hugh Coles as Francis: Hugh Coles, who plays a school friend of Donny’s, most recently appeared in the television shows Dreamland and Juice.

Shalom Brune-Franklin as Keeley: Shalom Brune-Franklin, who plays Donny’s ex, is a consummate television actor with numerous roles in shows including The Tourist, Great Expectations, Line of Duty, and the upcoming Dune: The Prophecy.

Nina Sosanya as Liz: Nina Sosanya, who plays Keeley’s mother (who lets Donny live with her), is a stage and screen actor who appeared in projects including Love Actually and Good Omens before joining the cast of Baby Reindeer.

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