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Joanne Froggatt Serial Killer Drama ‘Dark Angel’ to Premiere on Masterpiece in May

Lacy Baugher Milas

05 Apr 2017 — 2 min read

Joanne Froggatt (Mary Ann Cotton) in Dark Angel © Masterpiece.

The only truly great thing to come from the end of Downton Abbey is watching the popular period drama’s cast members move on to new projects. Michelle Dockery is busy playing a con artist on TNT’s Good Behavior. Dan Stevens is a powerful mutant on FX’s X-men drama Legion. Lily James played Cinderella, Natasha Rostova in War and Peace and a zombie-fighting version of Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet.

Now it’s Joanne Froggatt's turn. Froggatt, who played long-suffering ladies’ maid Anna Bates on Downton, has a new drama coming to Masterpiece this spring. And her role couldn’t be more different than sweet Anna Bates. She’s starring in Dark Angel, a drama that tells the story of infamous Victorian poisoner Mary Ann Cotton. It will premiere as part of the spring Masterpiece lineup, on Sunday, May 21st.

Inspired by the David Wilson book Mary Ann Cotton: Britain’s First Female Serial Killer, the series depicts a troubled woman drawn deeper into a career of casual murder, turning her unsuspecting loved ones and friends into her victims.

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