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Melissa McCarthy sports greying wig and carries a cat on LA set of Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Published: 14:01 EST, 25 January 2017 | Updated: 03:02 EST, 26 January 2017

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She's known for her comedic chops but Melissa McCarthy is getting stuck into a drama this year.

The 46-year-old actress was on set of her latest project Can You Ever Forgive Me? on Wednesday and transformed into dowdy writer Lee Israel.

Melissa wore a short greying wig and toted a cute black and white cat in a carrier as she was pictured exiting a building in Beverly Hills.

Transformation: Melissa McCarthy was spotted on the set of her new movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? in Beverly Hills on Wednesday

Her outfit was a mix of formal menswear style garments with baggy slacks and a maroon v-neck sweater over a blue shirt.

A tweed jacket, also too big for her frame, was layered over the top.

It was a distinctly unglamorous look for the star who has been wowing on the red carpet recently.

Melissa plays the writer-turned-forger in the movie based on her memoir of the same name.

Meow! The 46-year-old star carried a cute black and white cat in a carrier as she left a building

The Spy star wore a greying wig along with a dowdy look consisting of baggy slacks and tweed blazer

Julianne Moore was originally lined up to star, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Isreal was an author and would write biographies of entertainment figures but when the work dried up she would later start selling letters she had forged from dead writers and actors.

She then began stealing actual letters from various archives before being arrest.

Drama: Melissa plays writer-turned-forger Lee Israel based on her memoir

Quite the look: She gripped onto a package while on set

Interesting role: She rocked a rather dowdy wardrobe on the LA set

Israel pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport stolen property and served six months under house arrest in 1993.

The disgraced author died in 2014.

Marielle Heller, who helmed Diary Of A Teenage Girl, is directing.

The actress looked gorgeous as she accepted the award for Favorite Comedic Movie Actress at the People's Choice Awards.

Rocking that bold print: The actress looked gorgeous on the red carpet at the People's Choice Awards on January 18

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