Nottingham's Chanel Cresswell will star as Coleen Rooney in the Channel 4 drama based on the much publicised Wagatha Christie case. It sees Games of Thrones' Natalia Tena play Rebekah Vardy, Dion Lloyd as Wayne Rooney and Marci Nagyszokolyai appears as Jamie Vardy.
The cast also features Michael Sheen as Rooney's barrister David Sherborne, whose previous clients have included Diana, Princess of Wales, Hollywood actor Michael Douglas and model Kate Moss.
Titled Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, the real life drama was dubbed the #WagathaChristie case when it first unfolded on social media in 2019. It turned into one of the most expensive libel cases to date, beginning when Coleen conducted a 'sting' operation to find out who had been leaking stories from her private account to the Sun. It was Rebekah Vardy's account.
