Inside Erin Doherty’s private life including life-changing ‘mind-blowing’ relationship
The actress' performance in the Netflix series . Adolescence has been called 'mesmerising'.
Over the past week Netflix viewers have rushed to watch a new British drama that’s been labelled ‘gripping’ and ‘superb’.
The four-part series Adolescence stars Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller, a father who is forced to confront the shocking actions of his 13-year-old son Jamie (Owen Cooper) after he’s arrested for murdering a female classmate.
Shot in one take, the show also stars Ashley Walters as DI Luke Bascombe, Christine Tremarco as Manda Miller and Erin Doherty as Briony Ariston.
In the third episode, Erin appears as the clinical psychologist, who has been tasked with making an assessment on the teenager before the case goes to trial.
Her performance in what unfolds as a chilling exchange with the young offender has also been called ‘utterly mesmerising’ by viewers.
Throughout her career Erin, 32, has also appeared in other hit shows. Here’s what we know about the actress, including her private life away from the cameras too.
Who is Erin Doherty dating? She previously spoke about dating fellow actress Sophie Melville (Picture: Dave Benett/ Getty Images for De Beers)Erin is known to have dated fellow actress Sophie Melville, who is Welsh. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Sophie’s become best known for appearing as Iphigenia in the one-woman play Splott.
On screen she has also appeared in a 2020 episode of Call the Midwife, played Mandy Thomas in the first season of the BBC drama The Pact and starred alongside Michael Sheen and Callum Scott Howells in The Way last year.
The pair met in 2017 when starring together in Alan Ayckbourn’s play The Divide, however they now no longer follow each other on social media.
This week Erin also spoke about her sexuality during an appearance on the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day.
Erin’s performance in the new Netflix series has been called ‘mesmerising’ (Picture: AP)After recalling a ‘mind-blowing’ relationship with a woman at the age of 25 that made her realise she was gay Erin admitted: ‘It took me a really, really long time to finally get to the point where I was like, “Oh, I’m gay”.’
‘I never really was ready to carve out that path for myself, even though looking back, I always knew that my relationships with men weren’t satisfying in that wholehearted way that I wanted them to be.
‘I wouldn’t change it because it’s really made me adore that part and really cherish it and I just hope that I get to offer that to other women or men, whoever you are just lean into your truth because there was something so monumental about that moment of going, “Whoa, this is me” and just embracing it and not applying anything else to it. I just think we all deserve that.’
Erin had previously called her relationship her ‘greatest achievement’.
Speaking to Porter, she also explained how they avoided competing in their careers. ‘Sophie and I don’t go up for the same roles, but we understand the limits of each other’s work. When a self-tape audition comes in, both of us are like, “Let’s drop everything and get it done”.’
What else has Erin Doherty starred in? She played Princess Anne in two seasons of The Crown (Picture: Sophie Mutevelian/ Netflix)Hailing from Crawley in West Sussex, the actress has Irish heritage and began acting as a child.
A talented footballer, she eventually had to make the choice between pursuing a sporting career or one in the arts, choosing the latter. She then studied at the Guildford School of Acting before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Her other recent project was A Thousand Blows (Picture: Disney)Her first on-screen appearance was in a 2016 episode of Call the Midwife, followed by the 2018 BBC miniseries Les Misérables.
The following year she starred as Princess Anne in the third season of The Crown, also reprising the role for the next season too.
The actress has also starred in the BBC/ Amazon Prime drama Chloe, which was released in 2022. Aside from Adolescence, this month she’s also starred alongside Stephen in the Disney Plus series A Thousand Blows.
Last year Erin was also one of the celebrities selected to represent England against the World XI in the charity event Soccer Aid for UNICEF.
Adolescence is streaming on Netflix.
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