Connie Britton has joined Bravo’s upcoming true-crime anthology series Dirty John as the female lead. This isn’t the first foray into an anthology for the veteran actress, who also starred in the first season of American Horror Story.
Deadline first reported on Monday that Britton has been tabbed to play Debra Newell in the Dirty John adaptation.
The story as told in the Dirty John podcast is based on interviews with the real-life Newell, some of her family members, and many other major figures in the tale of John Meehan.
Dirty John is an adaptation of the successful podcast of the same name, hosted by Los Angeles Times investigative journalist Christopher Goffard and created by the Fox-backed podcast network Wondery.