Billie Piper Set to Star in Netflix Adaptation of Terri White's 'Coming Undone'

Most Americans are probably familiar with actress Billie Piper thanks to her performance as Doctor Who companion Rose Tyler opposite Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant's Ninth and Tenth Doctors.  But her post-TARDIS career has featured an eclectic array of interesting roles, from her turn as a pseudo Bride of Frankenstein on Gothic horror drama Penny Dreadful to her chaotic portrayal a C-list celebrity whose nude photos are leaked online in I Hate Suzie. And from the sounds of things, her next project will offer her another opportunity to take on a similarly memorable part.

According to Deadline, Piper has been tapped to star in the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Terri White's critically acclaimed 2020 memoir Coming Undone. The book chronicles the former Empire Magazine editor-in-chief's struggle to balance her outward personal success with her interior mental struggles, and  the emotional breakdown that eventually lead to White spending some time on a psychiatric ward. The story also recounts her childhood spent growing up in poverty, as well as the sexual and emotional abuse she endured at the hands of her mother's romantic partners.

The project comes from production company Bad Wolf, the team behind such popular series as His Dark Materials and A Discovery of Witches. White herself will adapt her own story for the screen, and Piper will serve as one of the series' executive producers.