Connie Fisher joins ITV1 family drama

I'd Do Anything winner Connie Fisher is to star in an upcoming one-off drama for ITV1.

The reality TV star achieved fame on the BBC One show and won herself a role in a West End production of The Sound of Music.

She has just begun filming for the new production called Caught in a Trap. Fisher will play Gemma Perkins - a young woman obsessed by Elvis Presley who finds a dishonest means to fund her need for memorabilia.

"I am thrilled to have been cast in my first television drama and I am very excited to be in front of the camera," she said.

Caught in a Trap is written by playwright James Graham (Eden’s Empire) and will also star Jim Carter (Cranford) as Gemma's father, Geraldine James (Heist) as her stepmother and Joe Absolom (Doc Martin) as her love interest.

Jill Green, producer at Greenlit Rights, said: "Connie has a vulnerability about her and an interesting face which betrays a range of emotions which we require for this role. She has an accessibility, and is a person we can all relate to."