''Who Is Erin Carter?'' is a British thriller television miniseries on
Netflix
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. The series centres upon Erin Carter, a British-born schoolteacher living in
Barcelona
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,
Spain
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, with her husband and daughter, who during the course of an armed hold-up at a grocery store is forced to defend herself and her daughter by neutralising one of the assailants using her highly skilled fighting abilities, which raises questions about her identity and past, and threatens the life she has made with her family.
The series, consisting of seven episodes, premiered on 24 August 2023.
Cast
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Evin Ahmad
Evin Ahmad (Kurdish: ئەڤین ئەحمەد; born ) is a Sweden, Swedish actress and author. She made her debut in the 2007 film adaptation of Jonas Hassen Khemiri's novel . After a few minor film roles, she had her breakthrough in ' (2017), for ...
as Erin Carter
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Sean Teale
Sean Teale (born 18 June 1992) is a British actor, known for his roles as Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569), Prince Condé in ''Reign (TV series), Reign'', Nick Levan in ''Skins (British TV series), Skins'', and Ben Larson in the Syfy serie ...
as Jordi Collantes
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Indica Watson
Indica Elizabeth Watson (born 20 January 2010) is an English actress. She is best known for her work in television series '' Who Is Erin Carter?'', '' The Midwich Cuckoos'', '' Sherlock'' and '' The Missing'', as well as feature films '' A Boy ...
as Harper Carter
* Pep Ambròs as Emilio Martin
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Douglas Henshall
Douglas James "Dougie" Henshall (born 19 November 1965) is a Scottish television, film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Professor Nick Cutter in the science fiction series ''Primeval (TV series), Primeval'' (2007–2011) and D ...
as Daniel Lang
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Denise Gough
Denise Gough ( ; born 28 February 1980) is an Irish actress. On television, she is best known for her roles in the BBC Two crime drama '' Paula'' (2017), the ITV miniseries '' Too Close'' (2021) and the Disney+ series '' Andor'' (2022–2025). H ...
as Lena Campbell
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as Olivia Thorne
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Charlotte Vega
Charlotte Elizabeth Vega (born 10 February 1994) is a Spanish actress, best known for her role in the 2014 Spanish film ''The Misfits Club'', the lead role in the 2017 Irish film ''The Lodgers (2017 film), The Lodgers'', and main roles in two ...
as Penelope Reyna
Episodes
Reception
Upon release the series emerged as the most watched Netflix series in 82 countries, topping the Netflix Global Top 10. The
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reported a 67% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10, based on 12 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Old school for both good and ill, ''Who Is Erin Carter'' strains credulity but clearly identifies Evin Ahmad as an engaging action star."
Metacritic
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, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 62 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
In its review ''
Time
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'' wrote "''Erin Carter'' possesses all the elements of an addictive, old-school action drama". Writing in ''
The Guardian
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'',
Lucy Mangan
Lucy Mangan (born 1974) is a British journalist and author. She is a columnist, features writer and TV critic for ''The Guardian'' and an opinion writer for '' i'' news.
Early life and education
Mangan was born in 1974 and grew up in Catford, ...
awarded it one star out of five in an article headlined "Who Is Erin Carter? – the real question is: who cares?" She remarked: "For those of you who remember the early 90s, think of it as ''
Eldorado'' with a crime thriller element that no one cares about."
References
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