Claire Foy to play Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in drama series Doomsday Machine

Actor Claire Foy will play the role of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in the upcoming series Doomsday Machine.

Based on Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang's best-selling book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination, the show will focus on the relationship between Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg and Sandberg, as well as the obstacles Facebook has faced on its relentless quest for growth.

Doomsday Machine will track the past five years at the social media giant, beginning with disinformation surrounding the 2016 election and leading up to recent revelations in The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times about some users being allowed to skirt the platform's rules.

The Anonymous Content series is written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar. The series is produced by Anonymous Content's AC Studios and Wiip.

Foy is best known for playing Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown. The actor has also featured in films like First Man, Unsane, and The Girl in the Spider's Web.