Best-known as Annie January / Starlight in The Boys (2019- Present), Erin Moriarty is an American actress. Professional in the acting industry since 2010, she made her acting debut through the Emmy-nominated soap opera One Life to Live. Throughout the career of a decade, the American actress records 23 acting credits.
Trademarked for her blonde hair and baby face, the New York native also set prints of her acting skills in films. Moriarty’s notable movie works include Blood Father, The Miracle Season, and The Miracle Season, the latter earned her Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
Erin Moriarty’s Family Background & Education
Erin was born on June 24, 1994, in New York City, New York, the USA, in an American family. Although no detail on her parents is out, she did get a lot of support & encouragement from her family members that aid her to pursue an acting career.
Reportedly, Moriarty had begun acting at the age of 11 & earned the title cast in a community theater production of Annie in 2005. After graduating from PS 6, a public school in New York City, she deferred college to pursue acting.
Age and Height
Erin Moriarty is 27 years old and has a height of 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) as of 2022.
Acting Debut With ”One Life to Live’- TV Series & Movies
Then 16-year-old Erin earned her TV debut in 2010 as Whitney Bennett in Emmy-nominated One Life to Live (6 episodes). A year later, she appeared in a guest role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011). In 2012, the New York-born actress made her feature film debut as Chelsea in The Watch. Its main casts included Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill.
In 2013, Moriarty portrayed the main role Natalie Walraven in Red Widow (8 episodes) & stared in the film The Kings of Summer. Subsequently, she played Audrey Hart, daughter of Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) in True Detective (2014, episodes). The same year, she worked in the critically acclaimed film After the Dark (2014).
Her other praiseworthy TV performance was as main cast Hope Shlottman in Jessica Jones (2015, 7 episodes).
On the other, Erin’s critically acclaimed movie list includes Captain Fantastic (2016) and The Miracle Season (2018). It followed her most recent big-screen appearance in Driven and Monster Party, both in 2018.
Breakthrough From ‘The Boys’
Since 2019, Erin Moriarty works in the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys. There, she plays Starlight/ Annie January along with other casts: Antony Starr, Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Karen Fukuhara, and Tomer Capone.
Based on comics of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the series has a universe with Superpowered individuals. The Supes work for Vought International that markets & monetize them while Billy Butcher, a former SAS operator is digging out a grave for Vought.
Season 1 of The Boys premiered on July 26, 2019, & saw a Rotten Tomatoes average rating of 7.65/10. The 2nd season of the series premiered on September 4 & concluded on October 9, 2020, totaling 16 episodes overall.
After a successful Season 3, the series is already on order and a spin-off series (in development), so the actress is likely to be working on these.
Career Update?
As per IMDB, Moriarity is set to appear in the 2023 film True Haunting, where she will portray Marsha Becker. Moreover, her other project Catching Dust is under post-production.
Erin Moriarty Net Worth
According to Wealthy Gorilla, Moriarty has a $1.8 million net worth in 2022. Without a doubt, she grabs a hefty sum through her acting career in TV series & films, which counts 23 acting credits. As the main cast in Red Widow, Jessica Jones, and The Boys, Erin indeed earned hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
Moreover, her works in critically acclaimed films The Kings of Summer, Blood Father, Captain Fantastic & The Miracle Season grabbed her payroll in an alleged 6-digit figure.
Any Boyfriend or Dating Story?
The American actress is pretty low-key & also cautious to keep curtains on public access to her relationship details. Erin is not reportedly dating anyone in 2022. Moreover, he has never married officially or has any husband. Despite being active on Instagram (@erinelairmoriarty) with over 1.2 million followers, she barely lets out a glimpse of her love life.
Most online sources claim The Boys actress is single at the moment. Though, on the screen, Moriarty had a love interest with Jack Quaid, whom she considers her BFF in real life. They often mention each other on Instagram.
Rumors of her relationship with alleged (now) ex-boyfriend Jacob Artist surfaced in 2013. But none of them commented to support the validity of the claim. Her other unconfirmed dating rumor was with her co-star Antony Starr.
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