Erin Richards 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''.
Life and career
Richards was born in
Penarth, Wales. She trained at the
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
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. 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''.
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In 2012, she was cast in the
FOX comedy ''
Breaking In'' as an executive assistant with an exaggerated English accent. She became a ''Breaking In'' regular in January 2012.
She co-starred in the role of Sharon in
Gonzalo López-Gallego's
horror film ''
Open Grave'', alongside
Sharlto Copley
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.
From 2014 to 2019, she played
Barbara Kean in the FOX Television series ''
Gotham''. She directed the
fifth season episode "
The Trial of Jim Gordon", which premiered on 7 March 2019.
According to FOX, she is starring in an unreleased independent film called ''That Good Night'' alongside
Max Brown and
John Hurt
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. She also appeared in ''The Quiet Ones'', ''Open Grave'', and in television, ''
Being Human'' in the UK. She lives in London, Los Angeles, and New York.
Filmography
Film
Television
Director
References
External links
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Living people
People from Penarth
Welsh film actresses
Welsh-speaking actors
Welsh television actresses
Welsh television directors
Welsh stage actresses
Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
British women television directors
1986 births
21st-century Welsh actresses