Lucy Boynton takes the lead in a new true crime drama covering the life and death of Ruth Ellis.

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, which airs on ITV1 at 9pm on Wednesday (March 5), shows Lucy's glamorous life running the Little Club in London.

Despite attracting the attention of one of her customers Desmond Cussen, she fell for David, played by Laurie Davidson, who became violent during an intense relationship.

Things came to a head on Easter Sunday 1955 with Ruth shooting David dead outside a pub in Hampstead. The drama then looks at the trial and her subsequent death sentence.

In July 1955 Ellis became the last woman to be hanged in Britain, after she shot dead her abusive lover David Blakely. The ITV drama looks at the story behind the story, which shocked the country.

This is the latest role for Lucy Boynton, who previously appeared as Allison Adams in the Naomi Watts drama Gypsy, Astrid Sloan in The Politician, Jean Courtney in The Ipcress File. Viewers may also recognise her from Let Me Go, Murder on the Orient Express, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Pale Blue Eye and Barbie.

But what else do we know about Lucy Poynton's life including her famous parents and ex?

Lucy Poynton was born in 1994 with her parents being London-based journalists, travel writer Adriaane Pielou and journalist Graham Boynton.

Graham Boynton grew up in southern Africa and became a political reporter at the height of the Rhodesian war during apartheid, his website says, before he was later deported to Britain by the South African government.

He was made travel editor at The Telegraph in 1998 and in 1997 he published a book about about the end of white minority rule in Africa after working as a journalist in the country.

Poynton also has a sister, Emma Louise Boynton, who has followed in her parents' footsteps and become a broadcast journalist.

Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton were previously in a relationship after they met while filming the 2017 Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

The couple first met at Abbey Road Studios in London before production got underway. It was Malek who first approached Boynton. "Rami felt so much the leader of that set," Boynton said in a 2019 interview with .

The couple had many high-profile appearances together including the 2019 Academy Awards where Malek won the Oscar for Best Actor.

He even dedicated his Oscar win to Lucy, stating: "Lucy Boynton: you're the heart of this film. You are beyond immensely talented. You have captured my heart. Thank you so much."

In 2023, it was reported that Malek and Lucy Boynton had 'grown apart' and split after five years together. Malek is now dating The Crown's Emma Corrin.

Lucy Boynton is currently in a relationship with Murdo Mitchell, a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Glasgow, Scotland.

He once appeared on The X Factor in 2014 and currently performs on various tours and festivals around the country.

You can watch the first episode at 9pm on Wednesday, March 5, on ITV1 and ITVX, with all episodes now available on ITVX.