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Meghann Fahy‘s next TV series will bring her back to HBO.

The two-time Emmy nominee will star in a limited series called The Trial of Louise Woodward. The show is based on the true story of a late 1990s court case that became a media sensation in both the United States and the U.K.

Matthew Barry (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Industry) is writing the series and will serve as showrunner. He will executive produce with Emmy-winning director Susanne Bier, Big Light Productions founder Frank Spotnitz, Emily Feller, Tobi de Graaff and Antoine Douaihy. Production is scheduled to begin in August for a 2027 premiere.

The Trial of Louise Woodward will dramatize the story of Woodward, an 18-year-old British au pair who in 1997 was accused of shaking to death a baby who was left in her care by her host family in Massachusetts.