NEW YORK — Hulu’s new limited series about Amanda Knox allowed the exonerated American woman to “finally grieve the young person that I was” before she was wrongfully convicted in Italy for the murder of housemate Meredith Kercher.

Knox, 38, was enjoying a semester in Perugia in 2007 at age 20 when she and her boyfriend discovered 21-year-old Kercher brutally murdered in the girls’ home. Her arrest — stemming in part from a coerced confession with neither translator nor lawyer present for the interrogation — soon followed, along with sexist media portrayals and the now-infamous “Foxy Knoxy” moniker.

Knox and Monica Lewinsky executive produced the eight-part “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox,” which stars Grace Van Patten in the title role. Now a podcaster and criminal justice reform activist, Knox is “so grateful” to the New York actress for her portrayal in the series, which debuted Wednesday.

“I felt like I could finally grieve the young person that I was,” Knox told People Tuesday at the series’ New York premiere. “Someone recently said that what happened is someone stole my sparkle. They didn’t just steal my freedom, they stole my sparkle. And seeing [Van Patten] bring it back again — I’m just so grateful to her, that she’s honored that for me.”

Knox was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 26 years behind bars. She was acquitted and freed two years later, only for the Italian courts to overturn the acquittal in 2013, at which point Knox was back in the U.S. The following year, she received a 28 1/2-year prison sentence in absentia, That ruling was overturned in 2015, with Knox finally exonerated.

“That is something that I’ve struggled with for so long, is how much people have rendered me two-dimensional,” Knox told People, adding that “Tell Me Lies” actress Van Patten, 28, “finally honors that young person that I was and the person I am today.”

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