Melissa McCarthy fans left stunned as she transforms into Patsy Ramsey in first look at new JonBenet series

Melissa McCarthy is shocking fans with her transformation into Patsy Ramsey, the mother of murdered child beauty pageant queen, JonBenét Ramsey.

Netflix released a first look at the comedy actress, 56, in their upcoming limited series The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey on Tuesday and left social media followers blown away by the uncanny resemblance.

'She really looks like Patsy,' one Instagram user wrote in the comments of a post done in collaboration with McCarthy.

Another said: 'Good lord. Give the costume designer and wig team a raise because that look is so spot on I GASPED.'

Others have already predicted McCarthy would earn an Emmy for the role. 

In July, a number of users took to social media in the wake of the announcement McCarthy would play the late JonBenet's mother, who died from ovarian cancer at 49 in 2006.

'Casting McCarthy as Patsy Ramsey is a bold choice, but it risks turning a grim tragedy into a caricature' one user said. 'It's hard to maintain the tension of a cold case when the lead's comedic timing is that recognizable.'

Another user on X suggested sarcastically, 'Please tell me this is a slapstick comedy.'

One user said that 'McCarthy as Patsy Ramsey is bold casting against-type drama roles work when actors commit fully.'

Some users said that the retelling of the tragic story was redundant, as it's the latest in a series of releases about the beauty pageant contestant's murder in nearly three decades since her death.

'How many times must a story be told with a different twist or different perspective,' said one user. 'Damn all movies are the same way.'

Others on Reddit and X expressed concern the film might not present an impartial narrative.

'Oh lord,' one user said. 'Netflix out here about to make the Ramsey the sexiest most sympathetic parents on the planet.'

JonBenét Ramsey was found fatally beaten and strangled on December 26, 1996 at the Boulder, Colorado home her family lived in. The probe into her unsolved death continues to be open.

Authorities had previously cleared Patsy and John Ramsey of suspicion, as former DA Mary Lacy penned a letter to John Ramsey in 2008 saying that DNA evaluation had eliminated her family as suspects.

'We do not consider your immediate family including you, your wife, Patsy, and your son Burke to be under any suspicion in the commission of this crime,' Lacy said.

The miniseries had been initially added by Paramount+ but the platform later decided not to go ahead with it.

Emily Mitchell joins McCarthy and Owen in the cast of the miniseries in the role of JonBenét Ramsey.

The limited series will also feature Garrett Hedlund, Alison Pill, Chris Bauer, Shea Whigham, Owen Teague, Clifton Collins Jr., Angus Caldwell and Jaime Ray Newman.