| Genre: | Action Thriller Drama |
| Music: | Jack Halama |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 7 |
| Producer: | Tabitha Jenkins |
| Cinematography: | Fabrizio Fontemaggi |
| Company: | Left Bank Pictures Sony Pictures Television |
| Network: | Netflix |
Who Is Erin Carter? is a British thriller television series on Netflix. The series centres upon Erin Carter, a British-born schoolteacher living in Barcelona, Spain, 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.[1]
The first season of Who Is Erin Carter?, consisting of seven episodes, premiered on 24 August 2023.[2]
Upon release the series emerged as the most watched Netflix series in 82 countries, topping the Netflix Global Top 10.[5] [6] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes 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."[7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 62 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[8] In its review Time wrote "Erin Carter possesses all the elements of an addictive, old-school action drama".[9] Writing in The Guardian, Lucy Mangan 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."[10]