Five years after being crowned Queen of the North, Sophie Turner is back on TV playing another desperate woman pushed to her limits by men and misfortune. But while Sansa Stark was a work of pure fantasy,

A new series on The CW tells the true story of Joan Hannington, one of Britain’s most well-known jewel thieves in the 1980s.

Sophie plays notorious jewel thief Joan Hannington, so what is the real Joan’s story and where is she now? Here’s what you need to know.

The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief,” and adapted for television by Anna Symon, The CW’s “Joan” is a stellar crime series about opportunity, motherhood and the chances we are willing to take to go after the lives we desire.

Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner plays a real-life jewelry thief in the lavish but at-times stale series Joan.