Background
Richards was born in Penarth, Wales.
Richards was born in Penarth, Wales.
She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She presented the Welsh language teen magazine show Mosgito for S4C and appeared in short films before landing significant roles in British Broadcasting Corporation television programmes Crash and Being Human. In 2012, she was cast in the FOX comedy Breaking In as an executive assistant with an exaggerated English accent.
She co-starred in the role of Sharon in Gonzalo López-Gallego"s horror film Open Grave, alongside Sharlto Copley.
Richards plays Barbara Kean, the fiancee of James Gordon in the new FOX series Gotham.