Sherlock & Daughter
Sherlock & Daughter is an American mystery television series created by Brendan Foley, with showrunner James Duff based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The series premiered on April 16, 2025, on The CW and Discovery+. A second season is currently in the works.
Premise
In 1896, Sherlock Holmes becomes embroiled in a malevolent conspiracy involving the Red Thread criminal syndicate, who have kidnapped his closest friends. He joins forces with Amelia Rojas, a young Native American woman whose mother was recently murdered. As they work together to crack the case, Amelia also sets out to learn if the great detective is her long-lost father.Cast and characters
Main
- David Thewlis as Sherlock Holmes, a renowned private detective living at 221B Baker Street who seeks to uncover the mysterious criminal syndicate known as the Red Thread
- Blu Hunt as Amelia Rojas, a young American from California who arrives in London following her mother's murder to find Sherlock Holmes, her suspected father
- Ardal O'Hanlon as Mr. Halligan, Sherlock's butler and coach driver
- Fiona Glascott as Lady Violet Somerset, a wealthy socialite who trains young women in practising proper etiquette in British high society
- Aidan McArdle as Chief Inspector Whitlock, the head of Scotland Yard who is well acquainted with Sherlock
- Kojo Kamara as Clarence Halfpenny, the owner of a carriage workshop
- Joe Klocek as Daniel "Dan" Moriarty, alias Michael Wylie, Professor Moriarty's estranged son and a juvenile offender who grew up in Australia
- Dougray Scott as Professor James Moriarty, Sherlock's arch-enemy who is incarcerated at Newgate Prison
- Owen Roe as Lord Salisbury, the prime minister of the United Kingdom
- Seán Duggan as Dr. John Watson, Sherlock's closest friend and a skilled physician
Recurring
- Mary O'Driscoll as Mrs. Halligan, Sherlock's temporary housekeeper
- * O'Driscoll also portrays Mrs. Hudson, Mrs. Halligan's twin sister and Sherlock's landlady
- Paul Reid as Inspector Bullivant, a senior police officer in charge of the investigation at the American ambassador's residence
- Gia Hunter as Clara Anderson, the American ambassador's daughter, who befriends Amelia on the boat ride to England
- Phillip P. Keene as Paul Anderson, Clara's father and the newly-appointed American ambassador to the United Kingdom
- Ivana Miličević as Marjorie Anderson, Clara's mother and Paul's wife
- Aisling Kearns as Cassie, the Anderson family's maid
- Savonna Spracklin as Lucia Rojas, Amelia's deceased mother and a proficient engineer who appears during flashbacks. Born Little Dove, her ethnicity is revealed in "For Kith and Kin" as "the daughter of a rancher and an Apache, with a Spanish grandfather".
- Orén Kinlan as Shaw McPherson, the leader of the Baker Street Irregulars, a gang of street children whom Sherlock hires to find information
- Shashi Rami as Bertram "Bertie" Birtwistle, an insurance investigator searching for the American ambassador's missing jewels
- Antonio Aakeel as Detective Swann, part of the Scotland Yard scientific division, who is fascinated with the newest technological innovations
Guest
- Hyoie O'Grady as Charles "Charlie" Holroyd, the Anderson family's coach driver
- Andy Kellegher as Weams, a criminal affiliated with the Red Thread
- Michael Ellen Sean as Magott, Weams's partner, who is affiliated with the Red Thread
- Caolan Byrne as Dankworth, a prison officer at Newgate Prison loyal to Moriarty
- Jack Meade as Lord Withersea, a nobleman working for the Red Thread
- Seamus O'Hara as O'Leary, Withersea's Irish bodyguard
- Ruairí Heading as Pete Pound, a technician who installs a telephone at 221B Baker Street
- Rose O'Neill as Emma, a debutante under Lady Violet's tutulege
- Maximilian Henhappel as Herr Bernt, an associate of Dan Moriarty
- John Doran as Jeremy Stephens, Lord Salisbury's private secretary