Abigail Thaw

Abigail J. Thaw (born 1 October 1965) is an English actress known for her role of investigative journalist Dorothea Frazil in detective drama series Endeavour. Thaw has appeared in numerous TV series, such as Casualty, Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot & Black Mirror, as well as many stage productions. Early life 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. On her mother's side she has a half-brother (Daniel), and on her father's side she has an elder stepsister (Melanie Jane) and a half-sister (Joanna). Her stepmother is actress Sheila Hancock. After her parents' divorce in 1968, Abigail was brought up in Pimlico by her mother and her mother's new partner, Gareth Stedman Jones. Her father also kept in regular contact. Abigail attended Pimlico Comprehensive. Her mother was involved in the flour-bombing of the 1970 Miss World contest, the story of which is the subject of the 2020 film Misbehaviour. After school she spent a year in Italy, where she was in a car accident. Returning to England, she decided to attend RADA, where she met her future husband, actor Nigel Whitmey.