NETFLIX actress Erin Doherty who plays a clinical psychologist in chilling crime story ‘Adolescence’ has Donegal roots.
Adolescence has been confirmed as the most-watched limited series and UK title ever in the first two weeks of its airing, having already amassed 66.3 million views.
One of the show’s biggest stars is Erin Doherty, who plays Briony Ariston, a clinical psychologist, assigned to the case of 13-year-old Jamie Miller (played by Owen Cooper), who is arrested for the murder of a teenage girl who goes to his school.
Erin’s grandfather hails from Carndonagh and she is very proud of her Inishowen roots.
The four-part limited series also stars Stephen Graham (Boiling Point, Bodies), and each episode is filmed in one continuous shot.
Erin Doherty features in episode three, which sees her going into a detention centre to speak for a second time with Jamie Miller. The scene has been hailed as “gripping”, “tense” and “brilliant”.
The gripping story unfolds in real time as the main characters — from the central family to the detectives investigating the crime — search for
answers in the wake of a shocking tragedy.
Speaking to Vogue magazine, Erin spoke of the incredible response the series has received.
“Every day someone is asking me: ‘Do you really understand the ripple effects of this thing?’
“And I don’t think I do…I don’t think it’s possible to. But this is what you hope for: For a work to impact others as it has you, to see it move people and get them asking bigger questions. I’m in the theatre at the moment and I think it’s the best thing that I could be doing. It forces you to put it down for a second and just do the work. That’s what I needed.”
Erin was born in West Sussex and credits her grandfather for igniting her curiosity in people and their speech and mannerisms.
Speaking to the Irish Examiner recently, she told of how she is proud of her Irish heritage, and is planning a big road trip to her grandfather’s homeland in the near future.
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