Ella Beatty is about to make her mark. The 26-year-old actor is taking on her first lead role as acquitted murder suspect Lizzie Borden in the new series Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story , now streaming on Netflix.

Lizzie was accused of killing her parents, Andrew and Abby Borden, in a brutal hatchet attack in 1892. She was found not guilty by an all-male jury the following year.

“I am so excited for viewers to experience our exploration of Lizzie Borden’s story and the questions that her life animates to this day,” Beatty told Netflix’s Tudum in August. “It has been a dream come true to investigate this complicated person’s psychology and to examine an American crime that feels almost mythic in proportion. ... I cannot wait to share it with the world.”

A relative newcomer to acting, Beatty previously appeared in the 2024 series Feud: Capote vs.…