She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru[2] and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in Villain.

In 1988, she starred in "Christmas Express" commercials for the Central Japan Railway Company.

In her early years in Japan's entertainment business, Eri Fukatsu worked as a singer under the names Rie Mizuhara and Rie Takahara, but later decided to use her real name.

In 1988 she made her screen debut in the film adaptation of Tōma no Shinzō, entitled Summer Vacation 1999.

[4] In 1997, Fukatsu took the role of Sumire Onda in the Bayside Shakedown television series.