Erin Doherty has revealed she accidentally ignored the phone calls about a role that would go on to change her career—and win her an Emmy. The actor, 33, said Stephen Graham, 52, tried repeatedly to reach her to offer a role on Netflix’s Adolescence, only for her to miss the calls because she’s “really bad at my phone.” In an interview published Dec. 23, 2025, she told The Guardian, “I’m such a technophobe, and he knew that.” Doherty said Graham and his wife, producer-actor Hannah Walters, kept trying to get in touch after the trio worked together on Disney+’s A Thousand Blows. Once she finally responded, Doherty said she agreed “on the spot” to play clinical psychologist Briony Ariston in Adolescence, the four-episode drama about a family reeling after their 13-year-old son is accused of killing a classmate. The series dropped in March and went on to win big at the Primetime Emmys in September, with Doherty and Graham both taking home acting trophies.
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