Abigail Lawrie

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Abigail Lawrie
Born 1997 (age 26–27)
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Citizenship United Kingdom
Education The Harrodian School
Occupation Actress
Years active 2014–present

Abigail Lawrie (born 1997) is a British actress. Her first role in film or television was in the BBC's adaptation of J. K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy.

Early life and work

Abigail Lawrie was born and raised in Aberdeen, where she attended a local drama club as a child. At the age of 14 she moved with her family to London, where she attended The Harrodian School and became involved with its drama department. With this she performed in plays including a two-week stint at the Edinburgh Festival.[1][2]

Career

In 2014 Lawrie was cast to play Krystal Weedon, a troubled teenager, in the TV adaptation of J. K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy. In the same year Lawrie also appeared on stage in London at the Orange Tree Theatre, where she performed in When We Were Women.[1] In 2017 she portrayed Sophie Lancaster in the TV movie Murdered for Being Different, which is based on the murder of Sophie Lancaster. Lawrie starred in three series of Tin Star in which she played Anna, a member of the Worth family, who are running from their dark past. In 2019, Lawrie played Finnoula in Our Ladies based on the Alan Warner novel The Sopranos.

Filmography

Theatre

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 David Hutchison: Abigail Lawrie: ‘Ours can be a brutal industry’. The Stage, 2015-09-13
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