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.

KNOWN FOR

Midsomer Murders
2009
Agatha Christie's Poirot
2011
House of the Dragon
2026
Black Mirror
2013
Peak Practice
2000
Endeavour
2013
Miss Scarlet
2023
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2023
Pie in the Sky
1995
The Nevers
2021
Patience
2026
Vanity Fair
1998

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
20
2026
Patience
as Cathy Wilkes
2026
House of the Dragon
as Lady Gaskell
2023
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Dinah Morgan
2023
Miss Scarlet
as Mrs. Herbert
2021
The Nevers
as Mrs. Hundley
2016
I Want My Wife Back
as Abbie
2015
Nipplejesus
as Juliette
2014
Caring for the Recently Deceased
as Dr. James
2013
Endeavour
as Dorothea Frazil
2013
Black Mirror
as MP Selection Committee 2
2011
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Rachel Waterhouse
2009
Tales of the Fourth Dimension
as Ann Hathaway
2009
Midsomer Murders
as Annabel Johnson
2008
Love Soup
2005
The Stepfather
as DS Sullivan
2000
Trust
as Caroline
2000
Peak Practice
as Pam Lloyd
1999
Big Bad World
1998
Vanity Fair
as Jane Osborne
1995
Pie in the Sky
as DS Lorna Purvis