Nottingham's Chanel Cresswell will star in Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama on Channel 4 this month, playing the role of Coleen Rooney. The film will detail Coleen's 2019 'sting' operation to find out who had been leaking stories from her private Instagram to The Sun, which turned out to be Rebekah Vardy's account.
Mrs Vardy then sued for Mrs Rooney for libel but lost the case, ending up having to pay Coleen up to £1.5million in legal fees - one of the most expensive libel cases to date. Cresswell will portray Mrs Rooney, the defendant, as tensions rise in the courtroom and stunning revelations come to light.
Though born in Nottinghamshire, Cresswell grew up in Codnor, Derbyshire, and attended Aldercar Community Language College. She was just 15 and at the Nottingham Television Workshop when she landed her first acting role as Kelly Jenkins in This Is England, for which she won a BAFTA.
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Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama cast
Cresswell - who has also starred in ITV series The Bay, Death in Paradise, Des, Dracula and Sky One sitcom Trollied - is joined in court by Dion Lloyd who plays Wayne Rooney.
Marton Nagyszokolyai appears as Jamie Vardy, while Mrs Rooney's opposite number, Mrs Vardy, will be portrayed by Game of Thrones' Natalia Tena, seen here giving evidence in a first glimpse shot from the production.
When Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama is on TV
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama is set to air on Channel 4 on December 21, after the broadcast date was finalised. Channel 4 said its film "recreates the high drama, high stakes High Court defamation case" based on the court transcripts. It also imagines the "huge impact on the lives of the two women at its heart".
How many episodes there are
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama will be broadcast in the form of a two-part film, detailing the case from its social media sleuthing start, to Mrs Rooney's court triumph.
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