Erin Doherty

Erin Rachael Doherty is of Irish heritage and is from Crawley in West Sussex.{{cite news|title=Erin Doherty is the new girl on The Crown. How's she fitting in at the firm as Princess Anne?|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/erin-doherty-is-the-new-girl-on-the-crown-hows-she-fitting-in-at-the-firm-as-princess-anne-hz9ddc2kp|date=24 November 2019|website=The Times|last1=Jays|first1=David|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-date=27 November 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191127172313/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/erin-doherty-is-the-new-girl-on-the-crown-hows-she-fitting-in-at-the-firm-as-princess-anne-hz9ddc2kp|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title= You've never seen Charles and Anne like this. Thank these 'Crown' scene stealers |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-11-25/the-crown-charles-anne-josh-oconnor-erin-doherty |date=25 November 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |first=Meredith |last=Blake |access-date=10 November 2020 |archive-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110185333/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-11-25/the-crown-charles-anne-josh-oconnor-erin-doherty |url-status=live }} Her paternal grandfather was from Carndonagh, a town in Inishowen in the north of County Donegal in Ulster. 'The Crown star, Erin Doherty[,] on how her Donegal Grandfather inspired her' (VIP, 14 December 2020). https://vipmagazine.ie/the-crown-star-erin-doherty-on-how-her-donegal-grandfather-inspired-her/{{Cite web|title=The Crown star Erin Doherty says her Carndonagh granda was an inspiration |work=Derry Journal |url= https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/the-crown-star-erin-doherty-says-her-carndonagh-granda-was-an-inspiration-3076135 |date= 22 December 2020 }} Doherty's parents divorced when she was four. She began acting in Sunday drama classes with her older sister Grace shortly afterwards.The Radio Times; 5–11 February 2022; pages 12-13

Doherty studied at Hazelwick School in Crawley.{{cite web|url= https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/film-news/meet-crawley-girl-who-grew-17408457|title=Photo Flash: Erin Doherty Wins Stephen Sondheim Society's 2015 Student Performer of the Year|website=mylondon.news|date=14 December 2019|access-date=September 6, 2020|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813094535/https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/film-news/meet-crawley-girl-who-grew-17408457|url-status=live}} A talented footballer, Doherty played in midfield for and captained the Crawley Wasps and was scouted by Chelsea Women; she reached the age where she "had to commit" to either football or acting and chose the latter.{{cite web|url=https://www.thelist.com/292967/the-untold-truth-of-erin-doherty/|title=The Untold Truth Of Erin Doherty|access-date=31 August 2022|website=thelist.com|date=10 December 2020|archive-date=31 August 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220831180220/https://www.thelist.com/292967/the-untold-truth-of-erin-doherty/|url-status=live}}

Doherty took a one-year course at the Guildford School of Acting (2011–12) before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (2012–15).{{cite web |title=Erin Doherty |url=https://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/3813-8973-4976 |publisher=Spotlight |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921215811/https://www.spotlight.com/3813-8973-4976 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Beck |first1=Lia |title=Playing Princess Anne On 'The Crown' Was "Surreal" For Erin Doherty |url= https://www.bustle.com/p/playing-princess-anne-on-the-crown-was-surreal-for-erin-doherty-19343454 |work=Elle |date=17 November 2019 |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=18 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191118144100/https://www.bustle.com/p/playing-princess-anne-on-the-crown-was-surreal-for-erin-doherty-19343454 |url-status=live }}

Whilst training, Doherty won the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award (SSSSPOTY) in 2015 for her rendition of "Broadway Baby" from the Sondheim musical Follies.{{cite web |url=https://www.sondheimsociety.com/single-post/2018/06/24/SSSSPOTY-winner-Erin-Doherty-to-join-The-Crown |title=SSSSPOTY winner Erin Doherty to join The Crown |date=24 June 2019 |website=Stephen Sondheim Society |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191205181408/https://www.sondheimsociety.com/single-post/2018/06/24/SSSSPOTY-winner-Erin-Doherty-to-join-The-Crown |archive-date=5 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Photo-Flash-Erin-Doherty-Wins-Stephen-Sondheim-Societys-2015-Student-Performer-of-the-Year-20150518|title=Photo Flash: Erin Doherty Wins Stephen Sondheim Society's 2015 Student Performer of the Year|website=broadwayworld.com|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=6 September 2020|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921010310/https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Photo-Flash-Erin-Doherty-Wins-Stephen-Sondheim-Societys-2015-Student-Performer-of-the-Year-20150518|url-status=live}}

Doherty is a frequent theatre actress. Since graduating from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2015, she has appeared in a number of productions at some of London's leading theatres. Doherty's performances have consistently attracted positive reviews from leading theatre critics. Michael Billington named Doherty as 'one of the year's greatest discoveries'{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/oct/05/my-name-is-rachel-corrie-review-young-vic|title=My Name Is Rachel Corrie review|date=5 October 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=5 December 2019|archive-date=5 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191205155253/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/oct/05/my-name-is-rachel-corrie-review-young-vic|url-status=live}} after her performance in My Name Is Rachel Corrie, a one-woman play about the activist Rachel Corrie. Doherty starred in Jack Thorne's play Junkyard, which led What's On Stage reviewer Kris Hallett to write "Doherty is the star here, and by rights will soon be a star full-stop".{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/bristol-theatre/reviews/junkyard-bristol-old-vic_43030.html|title=Review: Junkyard|date=3 March 2017|website=What's On Stage|access-date=5 December 2019|archive-date=5 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205180941/https://www.whatsonstage.com/bristol-theatre/reviews/junkyard-bristol-old-vic_43030.html|url-status=live}} Her leading performance in Alan Ayckbourn's play The Divide at the Old Vic Theatre was described by Dominic Cavendish for The Daily Telegraph as having "star-wattage as bright as anything".{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/lumbering-dud-has-become-spry-delight-divide-old-vic-review/|title=The Divide Review|date=8 February 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|last1=Cavendish|first1=Dominic|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=5 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205172504/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/lumbering-dud-has-become-spry-delight-divide-old-vic-review/|url-status=live}}

As of 2025, she was in Unicorn, written by Mike Bartlett and directed by James Macdonald, at the Garrick Theatre.https://thegarricktheatre.co.uk/tickets/unicorn/ Her co-stars are Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan.

Doherty's first television appearance was in a 2016 episode of Call the Midwife, followed by a role in the 2018 BBC miniseries Les Misérables.

In 2018, Doherty was a Screen International Star of Tomorrow, and an Evening Standard Rising Star.{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2018-erin-doherty-actor/5133181.article|title=Stars of Tomorrow 2018: Erin Doherty (actor)|date=4 October 2019|website=Screen International|access-date=5 December 2019|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928090345/https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2018-erin-doherty-actor/5133181.article|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/on-the-rise-they-are-treading-the-boards-of-the-capital-infiltrating-hollywood-blockbusters-and-a3944236.html|title=The rising stars you need to know about|date=27 September 2018|website=London Evening Standard|access-date=5 December 2019|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213232428/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/on-the-rise-they-are-treading-the-boards-of-the-capital-infiltrating-hollywood-blockbusters-and-a3944236.html|url-status=live}}

In 2019, Doherty appeared as Princess Anne in the third season of The Crown. She knew little about the princess before being cast, and consequently spent hours studying Anne's family history and life.{{cite news |last1=Hallemann |first1=Caroline |title=The Crown's Erin Doherty Will Make You Fall in Love with Princess Anne |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a29729643/the-crown-season-3-princess-anne-erin-doherty-interview/ |work=Town & Country |date=20 November 2019 |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=21 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121011113/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a29729643/the-crown-season-3-princess-anne-erin-doherty-interview/ |url-status=live }} Doherty made a point of only watching footage of the princess at the age she was portraying her, rather than interviews of Anne in later life.{{cite news |last1=Waterhouse |first1=Jonah |title='The Crown's Erin Doherty Discusses Princess Anne's Iconic Style |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/fashion/princess-anne-style-16812 |work=Harper's Bazaar |date=21 November 2019 |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921215806/https://harpersbazaar.com.au/category/fashion/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Ivie |first1=Devon |title=Erin Doherty (Almost) Outshines Olivia Colman in The Crown |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/interview-erin-doherty-princess-anne-the-crown-season-3.html |work=Vulture |date=19 November 2019 |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=20 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120013214/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/interview-erin-doherty-princess-anne-the-crown-season-3.html |url-status=live }} Anne's voice is very different from Doherty's, being much lower in pitch; the actress spent time carefully learning and mimicking it, finding that it "was the key into her psyche".{{cite news |last1=Kosin |first1=Julie |title=Erin Doherty (Almost) Outshines Olivia Colman in The Crown |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a29873655/erin-doherty-the-crown-interview/ |work=Elle |date=21 November 2019 |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=26 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126102723/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a29873655/erin-doherty-the-crown-interview/ |url-status=live }} Doherty reprised her role as Princess Anne in the fourth season of the series.{{cite news |last1=Radloff |first1=Jessica |title=Erin Doherty's Princess Anne Is the Best Part of The Crown Season 3 |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/erin-doherty-princess-anne-the-crown-interview/ |work=Glamour |date=18 November 2019 |access-date=25 November 2019 |archive-date=19 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119061431/https://www.glamour.com/story/erin-doherty-princess-anne-the-crown-interview |url-status=live }}

In 2022, Doherty is the protagonist in the BBC/Amazon Prime drama Chloe alongside Poppy Gilbert as Becky.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/bbc-chloe-erin-doherty-famous-23004295|title=BBC Chloe: Erin Doherty has a famous partner and they shop at Lidl together|website=walesonline.co.uk|date=6 February 2022|access-date=6 February 2022|archive-date=6 February 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220206234548/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/bbc-chloe-erin-doherty-famous-23004295|url-status=live}} She was also cast to portray Anne Askew in the historical drama film Firebrand in 2023.{{cite web |last1=Bamigboye |first1=Baz |title=Firebrand Entourage for Film Queen Alicia Vikander Includes Sam Riley And Eddie Marsan |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/firebrand-movie-cast-alicia-vikander-jude-law-sam-riley-eddie-marsan-1235019428/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=9 May 2022 |date=May 9, 2022 |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509170148/https://deadline.com/2022/05/firebrand-movie-cast-alicia-vikander-jude-law-sam-riley-eddie-marsan-1235019428/ |url-status=live }} In 2024, she played Clare a missing child returning to her parents aged 24 in the British psychological thriller film Reawakening, alongside Jared Harris and Juliet Stevenson.{{cite web|title= Reawakening |url= https://westendfilms.com/programme/reawakening |work=westendfilms.com |date=2023 |access-date= 5 April 2024}}

In 2025, she played child psychologist Briony Ariston, alongside Owen Cooper, in episode 3 of the Netflix miniseries Adolescence, which received media coverage due to the 52-minute episode being filmed entirely in a single uncut take.{{cite web|title= Erin Doherty on Adolescence: 'it's the most daunted I've ever been' |url= https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/style/erin-doherty-on-adolescence-it-s-the-most-daunted-i-ve-ever-been/ar-AA1AUFKA?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=7f9544b8357b45e7901e42ab215a31e9&ei=36 |author=Vicky Jessop |work=Evening Standard|publisher=msn.com |date= 14 March 2025|access-date= 19 March 2025}} Lucy Mangan of The Guardian named the third episode the miniseries' "most astounding", declaring that Doherty was "surely emerging as one of the best actors of her generation".{{Cite web | first=Lucy | last=Mangan | date=March 13, 2025 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/13/adolescence-review-the-closest-thing-to-tv-perfection-in-decades | title=Adolescence review – the closest thing to TV perfection in decades | website=The Guardian | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/dFTGy | archive-date=April 3, 2025 | url-status=live}} The same year, she continued working with Stephen Graham, playing Mary Carr in Disney+'s A Thousand Blows (2025), the leader of an all-female crime syndicate called the Forty Elephants.

Doherty is a lesbian and was in a relationship with fellow actress Sophie Melville.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/lgbtq-rising-stars-pride-2022-heartstopper/|title=10 LGBTQ+ rising stars|access-date=31 August 2022|website=radiotimes.com|archive-date=31 August 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220831180220/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/lgbtq-rising-stars-pride-2022-heartstopper/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/13/netflixs-adolescence-erin-doherty-gay-relationship/|title=Netflix’s Adolescence star Erin Doherty opens up about accepting she’s a lesbian after ‘mind-blowing’ relationship|last=Wratten|first=Marcus|website=Pinknews|date=March 13, 2025|access-date=March 13, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313181421/https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/13/netflixs-adolescence-erin-doherty-gay-relationship/|archive-date=March 13, 2025}}

In 2024, Doherty was one of the celebrities chosen to play football for England against the World XI in the Charity event Soccer Aid for UNICEF; England won 6-3.{{cite web|title=England 6-3 World XI: England end a five-game losing streak against the World XI in the charity football match |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/soccer-aid-live-stream-england-world-xi-score-b2558739.html?page=7 |work=independent.co.uk|author=Michael Jones|date=9 June 2024}}

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