Billie Piper dresses up as a clown in newly released image for I Hate Suzie Too

I Hate Suzie Too sees Billie Piper once again embody Suzie Pickles, and a newly released photo shows the character dressed as a clown for a dance number.

In the highly anticipated second series, Suzie – played by Billie, 40 – starts a new job dancing for the audience on Saturday night reality TV show Dance Crazee.

And a brand new image previews Suzie’s first dance number as she dresses up a clown, with dramatic white face paint and red lipstick.

She put on a lively show in black jeans and a sparkly point with a huge metallic silver bow and ruffles down both sleeves.

Suzie styled her brunette locks in high bunches and looked solemn as she stood in the spotlight for her dance debut.

The brand new image comes after a first look at the series saw Suzie staring intensely at her reflection during rehearsals for the dance competition.

In the photo released in May, Billie embodied Suzie in a purple-and-blue knit sweater and fashioned her dark brown locks into two braided tufts, secured with purple and pink round hair ties.

She simply adorned her ensemble with a dainty gold necklace and dangling earrings and accentuated her features with a touch of mascara and a hint of nude lipstick.

I Hate Suzie Too sees Suzie, a child star turned actress, land a new agent and a new PR as she starts her new job at Dance Crazee to support her son Frank (Matthew Jordan-Caws).

In this three-part Christmas party special, with the help of her estranged best friend Naomi (Leila Farzad), Suzie battles ex-husband Cob (Daniel Ings) while trying to keep her son Frank’s life stable.

In addition to her personal battles, Suzie is also desperately trying to stay in the reality TV competition Dance Crazee long enough to fund her life as a single mother.

The former child star fights to win back the love of British audiences on the popular Saturday night show as her personal life spirals out of control.

The second series, written by Lucy Prebble and co-created with Billie, adds a new roster of stars to the cast, including It’s A Sin star Omari Douglas, Joker’s Douglas Hodge and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners).

Anastasia Hille (Snow White and the Huntsman), Angela Sant’Albano (The Nevers), Reza Diako (Tehran), Everybody’s Talking about Jamie’s Layton Williams and Yaz Zadeh (I May Destroy You) also join the star-studded cast.

Meanwhile, former cast members Leila Farzad (Avenue 5), Daniel Ings (Sex Education), Phil Daniels (Eastenders), Lorraine Ashbourne (Bridgerton) and Elle Piper reprise their roles.

Speaking about the new series, co-creators Lucy and Billie said, “We’re excited to be working together again on this horrific fever dream we share – I Hate Suzie Too (this time there’s sequins).”

A synopsis for the second series reads: ‘I Hate Suzie Too sees the return of child star turned actress Suzie Pickles, (Billie Piper).

“Suzie has a new agent, new PR and a new job – dancing for likes to ‘Dance Crazee’, a reality TV competition that has had Saturday night audiences hooked. After losing everyone who was important to her, Suzie returns to her first love: the public.

Fighting on ex-husband Cob (Daniel Ings) with the help of estranged best friend Naomi (Leila Farzad), Suzie must try to keep her young son Frank (Matthew Jordan-Caws)’s life as stable as possible, all while on the run. ‘Dance Crazee’ long enough to fund her new role as a single mother and ex-wife.

In this three-part Christmas special, Suzie fights to win back the love of the British public while her personal life spirals out of control. Will she win the hearts of the British public? And restore her reputation? And at what cost?’

In the adult black comedy series I Hate Suzie, Suzie’s life is thrown into disarray when intimate photos of her in a compromising position with a man who is not her husband are leaked online.

The show follows Suzie as she slowly begins to unravel after the photos are published, the effects of which are seeping through to every area of ​​her life.

As the episodes progressed, the audience followed Suzie as she goes through stages of shock, denial, fear, shame, guilt, anger, and finally acceptance.

Suzie was seen on the program enjoying family life with her husband and child, before this is interspersed with the horror she feels when she learns that the secret images of her have been made public.

As the fallout continues, Suzie and her best friend and manager Naomi (Leila Farzad) try to keep her life, career and marriage to Cob (Daniel Ings) together.

After its August 2020 release, the eight-part drama was praised for its gripping storyline, while Billie was praised for her impressive performance.

Billie was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Actress category for her sensational performance as Suzie, while her co-star Leila, who played her friend and manager Naomi, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

The actress-turned-singer entered the pop scene in 1998 at the tender age of 15 with her debut hit Because We Want, and she looked back on her early days after her role as Suzie.

After the release of the first series, she told the Radio Times that she had gotten to know her character: “I know exactly what that feels like and I’m sure it adds to my performance. I’m just now working on it a lot.

“By my twenties, much of my stress from that period was buried, and I still struggle to remember much of it. I do not regret it. I love what I do and where I am personally.

“But I certainly wouldn’t want my kids to go that way. There’s a fear of mine as a kid that probably smothers my kids on some level.”

Billie shares sons Winston, 13, and Eugene, 10, with ex-husband Laurence Fox, and has a daughter Tallulah with Johnny Lloyd.

Co-writer Lucy previously insisted that while viewers were led to believe that some elements of the titular character might have been borrowed from Billie’s life, they actually took inspiration from other stars who rose to fame as young girls.

“We’ve talked a lot about Lily Allen, Charlotte Church, Britney Spears,” Lucy said, “people who suddenly became visible and were quite psychologically affected by it. So it’s not even Billie we’re drawing on, he kinda winks at it.’

I Hate Suzie was created by Bad Wolf, in association with Sky Studios, and commissioned by Gabriel Silver, Director of Commissioning, Drama at Sky Studios for Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content, Sky UK.

Liz Lewin, Commissioning Editor for Sky Studios, serves as an executive producer alongside Julie Gardner and Andrea Dewsbery, while Alex Streeter is also a producer.

The series, directed by Dawn Shadforth, will air on Sky in the UK and Ireland in 2022.