Abigail Thaw
| Abigail J Thaw | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 October 1965 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Nigel Whitmey (1986-present) |
| Children | Evelyn Molly-Mae Whitmey (born 1997) Talia Edi Whitmey (born 2003) |
| Parent(s) | Sally Alexander (Mother) Sheila Hancock (Stepmother) John Thaw (Father) |
Abigail J Thaw (born 1 October 1965) is an English actress.
Abigail Thaw was born in London to actor John Thaw and his first wife, Sally Alexander, an academic/feminist activist who taught modern history at Goldsmiths College. Her parents divorced in 1968. On her mother's side she has a half-brother (Daniel), and on her father's side she has an elder stepsister (Melanie Jane) and a half-sister (Joanna). Her stepmother is actress Sheila Hancock.
After her parents' divorce in 1968, Abigail was brought up in Pimlico by her mother and her mother's boyfriend, Gareth Stedman Jones. Her father also kept in regular contact. Abigail attended Pimlico Comprehensive, sporadically because of her often marching with her mother; Sally Alexander was involved in the flour-bombing of the 1970 Miss World contest.
After school she spent a year in Italy, where she was in a car accident. Returning to England, she decided to attend RADA, where she met her future husband, actor Nigel Whitmey.
She started her career working in rep at Cheltenham, York, and Salisbury, then performed with the RSC and the Royal Exchange Theatre and Library in Manchester, Chichester, The Tricycle, The Gate, Theatre 503, The Orange Tree, Battersea Arts Centre, New End, The Finborough, Birmingham, Theatre Clywd, Watford and extensive touring in Whipping It Up, Ladies in Lavender and Entertaining Angels. She performed as Ms. Capulet in Tom Morris's Juliet and her Romeo at the Bristol Old Vic. She performed Cymbeline with Mark Rylance at The Globe Theatre and Brooklyn Academy of Music. She also spent a year working with Mike Alfred's company, "Method and Madness", performing Private Lives, Jude the Obscure and Flesh and Blood. She was nominated for the Best Actress Off West End award in 2011 for The Firewatchers at the Old Red Lion. She was at South Playhouse early this year (2015) in the world premiere of Michael Hastings' "The Cutting of the Cloth".
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