---
name: "Erin Richards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erin-richards"
fi1m_id: "erin-richards"
imdb_id: "nm3260333"
tmdb_id: 990300
wikidata_id: "Q4539315"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 May 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:29:06.750573+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Erin Richards

## Identity

Erin Richards

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erin-richards
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erin-richards
- **IMDb ID:** nm3260333
- **TMDB ID:** 990300
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4539315
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Richards, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4539315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3260333/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/990300

Actor. Born 17 May 1986 in Penarth, Wales, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 May 1986, Penarth, Wales, UK
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2020s 56 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Richards, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4539315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3260333/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/990300

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*I Will Find You*](https://film.one/tv/i-will-find-you.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Erin Richards is a Welsh actress and director. She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and began her career presenting the Welsh-language programme Mosgito for S4C before appearing in BBC series including Crash and Being Human.

She is known for playing Barbara Kean in the series Gotham (2014–2019), in which she also directed an episode, and for roles in The Crown (2016, 2022–2023), Breaking In (2011–2012) and Being Human (2011). Richards has appeared in films including Open Grave (2013) and Starve Acre (2023). She plays Cheryl Dreason in the 2026 miniseries I Will Find You.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *I Will Find You* (2026), Fi1m 56, as Cheryl Dreason — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-will-find-you.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Sarah — [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I Will Find You* (2026), series, as Cheryl Dreason — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-will-find-you.md)
- *Still Waters* (2025), series, Director
- *Mudtown* (2024), series, as Claire Lewis Jones
- *Starve Acre* (2024), as Harrie
- *The Way* (2024), series, as Willis
- *Grey Elephant* (2022), as Alexa
- *Save the Cinema* (2022), as Susan
- *The Return of the Yuletide Kid* (2019), as Patricia
- *God Friended Me* (2018), series, Director
- *Irreplaceable You* (2018), as Amber
- *That Good Night* (2017), as Cassie
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Kelly Fisher — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Gotham* (2014), series, as Barbara Kean · Director
- *The Quiet Ones* (2014), as Kristina Dalton
- *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, as Nicole
- *Open Grave* (2013), as Sharon
- *Breaking In* (2011), series, as Molly Hughes
- *Misfits* (2009), series, as Sarah — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *Being Human* (2009), series, as Nancy Reid
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Eira
- *Expiry Date* (2005), as Luce

## Gallery

- ![Erin Richards](https://film.one/media/person/443016/gallery-297e300ed7a9.jpg) Erin Richards — Newsnet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Erin_Richards_filming_on_Penarth_Pier_January_2016_%28cropped%29.JPG/1280px-Erin_Richards_filming_on_Penarth_Pier_January_2016_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Damian Holbrook, Danny Cannon, David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas and Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, ](https://film.one/media/person/443016/gallery-234b18b95fee.jpg) Damian Holbrook, Danny Cannon, David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas and Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon,  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Damian_Holbrook%2C_Danny_Cannon%2C_David_Mazouz%2C_Camren_Bicondova%2C_Cory_Michael_Smith%2C_Erin_Richards%2C_Jessica_Lucas_%26_Drew_Powell_%2833023234654%29.jpg/1280px-Damian_Holbrook%2C_Danny_Cannon%2C_David_Mazouz%2C_Camren_Bicondova%2C_Cory_Michael_Smith%2C_Erin_Richards%2C_Jessica_Lucas_%26_Drew_Powell_%2833023234654%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danny Cannon, David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas and Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at ](https://film.one/media/person/443016/gallery-3938d5150545.jpg) Danny Cannon, David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas and Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Danny_Cannon%2C_David_Mazouz%2C_Camren_Bicondova%2C_Cory_Michael_Smith%2C_Erin_Richards%2C_Jessica_Lucas_%26_Drew_Powell_%2833482465530%29.jpg/1280px-Danny_Cannon%2C_David_Mazouz%2C_Camren_Bicondova%2C_Cory_Michael_Smith%2C_Erin_Richards%2C_Jessica_Lucas_%26_Drew_Powell_%2833482465530%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas and Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Co](https://film.one/media/person/443016/gallery-7fcc83d0c0bb.jpg) David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas and Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Co — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/David_Mazouz%2C_Camren_Bicondova%2C_Cory_Michael_Smith%2C_Erin_Richards%2C_Jessica_Lucas_%26_Drew_Powell_%2833482457190%29.jpg/1280px-David_Mazouz%2C_Camren_Bicondova%2C_Cory_Michael_Smith%2C_Erin_Richards%2C_Jessica_Lucas_%26_Drew_Powell_%2833482457190%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Erin Richards](https://film.one/media/person/443016/gallery-3781c93b4d0f.jpg) Erin Richards — Image via TMDB
- ![Erin Richards](https://film.one/media/person/443016/gallery-49c6da954977.jpg) Erin Richards — Image via TMDB
- ![Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas and Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attri](https://film.one/media/person/443016/gallery-0e9132901fdb.jpg) Erin Richards, Jessica Lucas and Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attri — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Erin_Richards%2C_Jessica_Lucas_%26_Drew_Powell_%2833866952105%29.jpg/1280px-Erin_Richards%2C_Jessica_Lucas_%26_Drew_Powell_%2833866952105%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Erin Richards and Jessica Lucas speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage ](https://film.one/media/person/443016/gallery-bfd35dc1d0f9.jpg) Erin Richards and Jessica Lucas speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Erin_Richards_%26_Jessica_Lucas_%2833710687052%29.jpg/1280px-Erin_Richards_%26_Jessica_Lucas_%2833710687052%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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