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From riches to rags: Joanne Froggatt cuts a dowdy appearance as she films more scenes for chilling TV drama Dark Angel

Published: 10:14 EST, 8 September 2015 | Updated: 10:52 EST, 8 September 2015

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She may have served downstairs as a lady's maid, but Joanne Froggatt is more used to the opulent surroundings of Downton Abbey.

Turning to the streets of Saltburn, Teesside as she filmed new chilling drama Dark Angel on Tuesday, Joanne cut a very different figure to former alter ego Anna Bates.

She was back in costume as the infamous Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton and looked dishevelled with new, brown frizzy hair and scruffier 19th century garbs.

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Killer: Joanne Froggatt was seen getting back into character as Britain's first female serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton, on the set of Dark Angel on Tuesday

Joanne appeared fresh-faced as she continued to film the new ITV drama, which will follow the deaths of up twenty victims.

Among them, the historical killings of Britain's first female serial killer also included eleven of her own children by poisoning.

Which is why it was all the more chilling that Joanne was filming with a child on Tuesday's set - albeit a young dummy.

Riches to rags: Joanne was a long way from lady's maid alter ego Anna Bates, and the opulence of Downton Abbey

Chilling: It was all the more chilling that Joanne -alongside co-star Alun Armstrong - was filming with a child on Tuesday's set because the true story features 11 child deaths

Calculated: Joanne certainly seemed to channel her emotionless, calculating character

The actress cradled a baby in her arms, appearing caring towards it as she practised scenes alongside co-star Alun Armstrong.

It's well-known though that Mary Ann was able to pull the wool over onlookers' eyes before her eventual arrest, conviction and execution.

The drama, unveiled earlier this summer in June by ITV, is set to begin with Joanne's Mary Ann acting the devoted wife and mother.

Back in character: Joanna and Alun were back in their 1800s garbs

Chilling: The actress was a long way from goody-two-shoes Anna Bates

Deadly serious: She mastered the art of a killer's stare

But, faced with living in poverty and an ill husband, she becomes ruthless in the pursuit of a better life, her method of poisoning those near to her leaving no visible scars, and often leaving her with a healthy insurance pay-packet.

Her weapon of choice was arsenic, a chemical she would utilise as poison, slipping it into her victims' food to give them severe gastric problems that would always result in death, although for many years it would seem her children and relatives died of natural causes.

Also, due to the laws around the civil registration of births, deaths and marriages in the mid-1800s, she managed to get away with her murders for years, with no record of all of her relatives and those close to her suspiciously passing in the same way.

Hard work: The story is a true one about one woman who faced living in poverty and an ill husband, who became ruthless in the pursuit of a better life

Acting with care: It's well-known though that Mary Ann was able to pull the wool over onlookers' eyes before her eventual arrest, conviction and execution