Abigail Lawrie

Abigail Lawrie (born 1997) is a Scottish actress. She won a Scottish BAFTA for her performance in the Sky Atlantic crime drama Tin Star (2017–2020). Lawrie made her screen debut in the BBC miniseries The Casual Vacancy (2015).

Abigail Lawrie
Born1997 (age 25–26)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Years active2014–present

Early life and work

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 Fringe.[1][2]

Career

In 2014, Lawrie was cast as Krystal Weedon, a troubled teenager, in the three-part BBC adaptation of 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.

In 2023 she played the role of Lara in No Escape, and Elspeth in Good Omens.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Crumble Lindsey Short film
2017 The Man with the Iron Heart Libena Fafek
Chocolate Pieces Sara Short film
2019 Our Ladies Finnoula
2020 She She / Her Short film
2022 Canyon Del Muerto Ann Axtell Morris

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Casual Vacancy Krystal Weedon Miniseries
2017 Murdered for Being Different Sophie Lancaster Television film
2017–2020 Tin Star Anna Worth 25 episodes
2022 Strike Margot Bamborough 3 episodes
2023 No Escape Lana 7 episodes[3][4]
Good Omens Elspeth 1 episode

Stage

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2021 British Academy Scotland Awards Best Actress – Television Tin Star Won

References
  1. David Hutchison: Abigail Lawrie: ‘Ours can be a brutal industry’. The Stage, 2015-09-13
  2. "Abigail Lawrie on her Orange Tree Theatre Debut". The Resident. 9 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. Warner, Sam (13 April 2023). "Tin Star and Honour stars in first-look trailer of new thriller No Escape". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. Goldbart, Max (7 March 2022). "Paramount+ Greenlights Fourth UK Original 'The Blue'; Filming To Commence In Thailand Later This Year". Deadline. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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