Abigail Lawrie
Abigail Lawrie (born 1997 in Aberdeen ) is a Scottish actress . She was best known in English-speaking countries for her role in the BBC adaptation of the JK Rowling novel A Sudden Death .
Lawrie was born in 1997 in Aberdeen and grew up there with her two brothers until she was 14 years old. She then moved with her family to Twickenham , London , where she attended Harrodian School . There she played in many theater productions at her school, including a two-week guest appearance at the Edinburgh Festival .
Already with her first film and television role, Lawrie became known to a larger audience in 2015 when she played the teenage Krystal Weedon, who grew up in difficult social conditions, in the film adaptation of JK Rowling's novel A Sudden Death . In the autumn of the same year she could also be seen on stage in London, she starred in the production of When We Were Women by the Orange Tree Theater . In 2017 she played Sophie Lancaster in the BBC film Murdered for Being Different , which is based on the 2007 murder of Sophie Lancaster, a high-profile juvenile delinquency in England. In the same year she was also seen in a supporting role in the French film The Power of Evil and in a leading role in the television series Tin Star .
Work (selection)
Filmography
- 2015: A Sudden Death (Miniseries, 3 episodes)
- 2017: The power of evil (The Man with the Iron Heart)
- 2017: Murdered for Being Different (TV movie)
- 2017–2020: Tin Star (TV series, 19 episodes)
- 2019: Our Ladies
theatre
- 2015: When We Were Women ( Orange Tree Theater , London)
- 2017: This Beautiful Future (The Yard Theater)
Web links
- Abigail Lawrie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Please note that the Express gives her age in January 2015 as 17 and The Resident in September 2015 as 18, which means that she was born in 1997
- ↑ Abigail Lawrie on her Orange Tree Theater Debut . theresident.co.uk, 2015-09-09, retrieved 2017-10-09
- ^ Greg Christison: Scots teen helping JK Rowling magic work on TV for adults . Express, 2015-01-26
- ↑ a b David Hutchison: Abigail Lawrie: 'Ours can be a brutal industry' . The Stage, 2015-09-13
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SURNAME | Lawrie, Abigail |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1997 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberdeen , UK |