Just three years out of drama school, Poppy Gilbert is slaying the competition as a psychopath called Barbie in Netflix thriller Stay Close.
The character is so scary that the flame-haired Brit’s friends and family are no longer certain they trust her!
Poppy, 23, told the Sunday People how the hitwoman was inspired by fellow femme fatale Villanelle played by Jodie Comer in Killing Eve and – less predictably – Britney Spears.
