The “real Martha” from Baby Reindeer, although she denies having acted like her in reality, is Fiona Harvey, a 58-year-old Scottish woman who recently sued Netflix for the inaccurate depiction of her as an individual and the defamation she has experienced as a result. Harvey denies having ever acted like Martha, though she concedes that she knew Richard Gadd, the show’s writer, from her time spent at the London pub he worked at. Harvey recalls sending him a couple of emails but not to the extent that the series illustrates.