Biography - Erin Doherty

Who is Erin Doherty?

Erin Doherty is an actress by profession and British by nationality. She is well known for starring in the Netflix drama The Crown as a young Princess Anne.

Erin Doherty – Birth, Parents, Siblings

Erin Doherty’s birth took place on 16 July 1992 in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK. She was born Erin Rachael Doherty and is the second child of her parents. Her mother and father raised her with her siblings, an older sister named Grace Josephine Doherty and a younger brother named Matthew ‘Matt’ Doherty.

Education, Ethnicity

For education, Erin Doherty attended Hazelwick Secondary School. For a year, she took an acting course at Guildford School of Acting (2011-12) and later trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (2012–15).

His ethnicity is Irish.

Erin Doherty – Boyfriend, Husband, Relationship

Erin Doherty has yet to take a wife/husband or have children of her own. There are no records of her dating history, past relationships, or boyfriend.

She was dating her girlfriend Sophie Melville, who is also an actress. They separated in March 2025.

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Erin Doherty – Career

Early Days

While still a student at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, she won the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award. Her first role was in a 2016 episode of Call the Midwife, followed by an appearance in the BBC miniseries Les Misérables (2018).

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Films, TV Series

In 2019, Erin Doherty landed the role of young Princess Anne in the third season of the Netflix drama The Crown. This is her breakthrough role, which she portrayed until 2020.

Moreover, she is a theatre actor as well. She has worked in a number of productions at some of London's leading theatres, including My Name Is Rachel Corrie, Jack Thorne's play Junkyard, and Alan Ayckbourn's play The Divide, to name a few.

Since then, Doherty has starred in the films Firebrand (2023), Reawakening (2024), and in the TV series Chloe (2022), A Thousand Blows (2024-2025).

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Co-stars

On the set of The Crown, Erin Doherty has worked with Marion Bailey, Andrew Buchan, Michael Maloney, Geraldine Chaplin, and Josh O'Connor.

Erin Doherty – Awards, Nominations

Erin Doherty has been nominated and awarded the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2020.

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Erin Doherty – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth and annual salary of Doherty are under review.

Erin Doherty – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media sites, Erin Doherty is active on Instagram but is absent from Facebook and Twitter.

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