United Kingdom, June 2 -- Madeline Brewer was stunned when 'You' fans branded her "ugly".

The 33-year-old actress - who portrayed Louise Flannery aka Bronte in the fifth and final season of the Netflix thriller series - has hit out at the "amount of misogyny" she experienced when she played the love interest of lead character Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley).

She told People magazine: "I'll be honest, I didn't expect people to like Bronte, but I didn't expect them to call me ugly, because I'm not.

"I get that I'm not everybody's cup of tea, but I'm not ugly.

"I had thought that the largest fan base of this show is women, young women, and I never anticipated the amount of misogyny to be fired at me."

However, Madeline is thankful she was o...