Erin Richards

Erin Richards (born 12 December 1983) is a Welsh actress, director and writer, best known for playing Molly Hughes in the television series Breaking In and Barbara Kean in the television series Gotham.

Erin Richards
Richards at the 2017 WonderCon to promote Gotham
Born	(1983-12-12) December 12, 1983 (age 41)[1][2] Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Alma mater	Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Occupation(s)	Actress, director, screenwriter
Years active	2005–present

Life and career

Richards in 2016

Richards was born in Penarth, Wales. She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She presented the Welsh language teen magazine show Mosgito for S4C and appeared in short films before landing significant roles in BBC TV programmes Crash and Being Human.^[3]

In 2012, she was cast in the FOX comedy Breaking In as an executive assistant with an exaggerated English accent.^[4] She became a Breaking In regular in January 2012.^[5][6]

She co-starred in the role of Sharon in Gonzalo López-Gallego's horror film Open Grave, alongside Sharlto Copley.^[3][7]

From 2014 to 2019, she played Barbara Kean in the FOX Television series Gotham.^[8] She directed the fifth season episode "The Trial of Jim Gordon", which premiered on 7 March 2019.^[9][10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Expiry Date	Luce
2008	Abraham's Point	Milly
2009	17	Gemma	Short film
2010	Balance	Becki	Short film
2012	Will Sampson (...and the Self-Perpetuating Cycle of Unintended Abstinence)	Sofia	Short film
2013	Open Grave	Sharon
2014	The Quiet Ones	Kristina 'Krissi' Dalton
2017	That Good Night	Cassie
2018	Hot Girl	Kara Quinn	Short film, her directorial debut
2019	The Christmas Kid	Patricia
2022	Save the Cinema	Susan
	Grey Elephant	Alexa[11]
2023	Starve Acre	Harrie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Crash	Cheryl	"2.3"
2011	Being Human	Nancy Reid	"Daddy Ghoul", "Though the Heavens Fall", "The Wolf-Shaped Bullet"
2012	Breaking In	Molly Hughes	Season 2 (Main cast)
2012	Merlin	Eira	"The Diamond of the Day: Parts 1 & 2"
2013	Crossing Lines	Nicole	"The Terminator"
2013	Misfits	Sarah	"5.7"
2014–2019	Gotham	Barbara Kean	Main cast: 75 episodes
2020	The Brides	Renée Pélagie	Main cast
2022–2023	The Crown	Kelly Fisher	Season 5, episode 10 "Decommissioned" Season 6, episode 1 "Persona Non Grata"
2024	The Way	Willis	1 episode[12]
2025	Mudtown	Claire Lewis Jones	Upcoming drama[13]

Director

Year	Title	Note(s)
2018	Hot Girl	Short
2019	Gotham	Episode: "The Trial of Jim Gordon"
2020	God Friended Me	Episode: "The Altheist Papers"

References

1. Richards, Erin (12 May 2022). "Dod i nabod | Get to know: Erin Richards (SEREN GOTHAM)". Heno (video) (in Welsh). S4C. Retrieved 6 September 2023 – via youtube.com. [I can gladly confirm that December 1983 is my birthday month]
2. Richards, Erin; Bethan, Tara (14 April 2022). "#1 Intros, big hopes & fears and some willy chat". Not Not Trying (Podcast). Event occurs at 20:05. Retrieved 6 September 2023. It's December 12
3. Erin Richards at IMDb Retrieved 14 June 2015.
4. "South Wales actress Erin Richards". South Wales Evening Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
5. "Fox's 'Breaking In' to Add British Actress Erin Richards as New Regular". 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
6. "Breaking in Scoop: Erin Richards Poised to Join Cast as a Series Regular". 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
7. "New Cast Members Continue to File into an Open Grave". dreadcentral.com. 17 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
8. "Holy Bat girl! Five things about Gotham's Erin Richards". Wales Online. 6 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
9. "Erin Richards: Ben McKenzie Penned 'A Love Letter to Gotham' for Final Episode". March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
10. "(GTH-512) "The Trial of Jim Gordon"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
11. N'Duka, Amanda (22 October 2020). "'Nightflyers' Eoin Macken To Helm Relationship Drama 'Grey Elephant'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
12. "Meet the cast of Michael Sheen's BBC drama The Way". Radio Times. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
13. "FIRST LOOK images released for Alibi and S4C's upcoming legal crime drama, Mudtown". corporate.uktv.co.uk/newsroom. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.

External links

• Erin Richards on Twitter
• Erin Richards on Instagram
• Erin Richards at IMDb 
• Erin Richards at TV Guide