Abigail Thaw
Abigail Thaw (born October 1, 1965 in London ) is a British actress .
Career
Abigail Thaw spent a year in Italy after finishing school. She then studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. Thaw's career began in the theater, where she a. a. toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company . 2001 starred alongside Mark Rylance in the Shakespeare play Cymbeline at Shakespeare's Globe .
From 1990 she had engagements in various British television series, such as The Bill , Casuality , Vanity Fair, Inspector Barnaby or Agatha Christie's Poirot . Abigail's father, John Thaw , who was extremely popular in Great Britain, played the role of Inspector Morse in the award-winning British television series of the same name from 1987 to 2000 . In 2012, Abigail Thaw took on the role of editor Dorothea Frazil in the prequel series The Young Inspector Morse .
family
Abigail Thaw was born to Sally Alexander, an active feminist and professor at London's Goldsmiths College , and actor John Thaw . The parents divorced after four years, and Thaw married actress Sheila Hancock for a second time in 1971 . Abigail grew up with her mother and her partner Gareth Stedman Jones in the Pimlico district in a kind of commune, but always kept in close contact with her father and the two half-sisters from her father's second marriage. All three sisters became actresses.
She has been married to her long-term partner, British-Canadian Nigel Whitmey, who she met at drama school, since July 2015. The couple have two daughters.
Web links
- Abigail Thaw in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Abigail Thaw, past productions, 1987-2012, Theatricalia
- Roles in the theater, 2011–2018
- Nikki Murfitt: The idea of appearing in Morse without Dad brought tears to my eyes': John Thaw's daughter gives emotional interview in: Mail online, December 10, 2011, accessed on September 12, 2018
- 30 years of Morse - how John Thaw's legacy lives on in Endeavor in: RadioTimes, November 20, 2018, accessed December 22, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cymbeline (2001) Shakespeare's Globe, accessed December 22, 2018
- ^ Sally Alexander British Library , accessed December 22, 2018
- ↑ Abigail Thaw: 'I lost my father - but what a great legacy he's left in: The Telegraph , January 10, 2016, accessed September 12, 2018
- ↑ Maureen Patton: Abigail Thaw: 'I lost my father - but what a great legacy he's left' in: The Telegraph, January 16, 2016, accessed December 22, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thaw, Abigail |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England, UK |