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Cruttenden lives in [[East Sheen]], south-west London.<ref name="Conflict">{{cite news|title=Conflict of the heart|work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]]|date=31 May 2013|page=35}}</ref>
Cruttenden lives in [[East Sheen]], south-west London.<ref name="Conflict">{{cite news|title=Conflict of the heart|work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]]|date=31 May 2013|page=35}}</ref>


Her grandmother, Cynthia Coatts, ran the Rosslyn School of Dance and Drama in [[London]], while her mother, Julia Cruttenden, ran the stage make-up school Greasepaint in London. Her father Neville, an advertising executive, decided to become an actor at the age of 49, but died suddenly of a stomach haemorrhage just a year later when Abigail was in her early 20's.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abigail Blooms - The Sunday Mirror (1996)|url=https://go-gale-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&hitCount=1&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA61161332&docType=Article&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=ZNEW-FullText-Exclude-FT&prodId=STND&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA61161332&searchId=R1&userGroupName=wikipedia&inPS=true}}</ref> Her brother is [[Hal Cruttenden]], the stand-up comedian, while she has an older sister Hannah, who works in journalism.<ref>{{cite web|title=They Pay Me to Kiss Sean Bean - The Mirror (London) (1996)|url=https://go-gale-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&hitCount=1&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA61317219&docType=Article&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=ZNEW-FullText-Exclude-FT&prodId=STND&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA61317219&searchId=R1&userGroupName=wikipedia&inPS=true}}</ref>
Her grandmother, Cynthia Coatts (1915-2013) ran the Rosslyn School of Dance and Drama in [[London]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Tribute to Coulson Great Grandmother who founded Rosslyn School of Dance and Drama - Croydon Advertiser (2013)|url=https://croydon232.rssing.com/chan-5532549/all_p56.html}}</ref> while her mother, Julia Cruttenden, ran the stage make-up school Greasepaint in London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greasepaint Makeup School - What Happened Next (2017)|url=https://www.iveracademy.co.uk/greasepaint-what-happened-after/}}</ref> Her father Neville, an advertising executive, decided to become an actor at the age of 49, but died suddenly of a stomach haemorrhage just a year later when Abigail was in her early 20's.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abigail Blooms - The Sunday Mirror (1996)|url=https://go-gale-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&hitCount=1&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA61161332&docType=Article&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=ZNEW-FullText-Exclude-FT&prodId=STND&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA61161332&searchId=R1&userGroupName=wikipedia&inPS=true}}</ref> Her brother is [[Hal Cruttenden]], the stand-up comedian, while she has an older sister Hannah, who works in journalism.<ref>{{cite web|title=They Pay Me to Kiss Sean Bean - The Mirror (London) (1996)|url=https://go-gale-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&hitCount=1&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA61317219&docType=Article&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=ZNEW-FullText-Exclude-FT&prodId=STND&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA61317219&searchId=R1&userGroupName=wikipedia&inPS=true}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 21:42, 11 October 2022

Abigail Cruttenden
Born
Abigail Lucy Cruttenden

(1968-03-23) 23 March 1968 (age 56)
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1997; div. 2000)
  • Jonathan R. Fraser
    (m. 2003)
Children2
RelativesHal Cruttenden (brother)

Abigail Lucy Cruttenden (born 23 March 1968)[citation needed] is an English actress.

Cruttenden played opposite Sean Bean as his character Richard Sharpe's wife Jane in several episodes of the TV series Sharpe. In 2007, Cruttenden joined the cast from the first series of the ITV comedy series Benidorm, playing the character of Kate Weedon. She has appeared in the sitcom Not Going Out as Anna since 2014.

Personal and family life

Cruttenden lives in East Sheen, south-west London.[1]

Her grandmother, Cynthia Coatts (1915-2013) ran the Rosslyn School of Dance and Drama in London,[2] while her mother, Julia Cruttenden, ran the stage make-up school Greasepaint in London.[3] Her father Neville, an advertising executive, decided to become an actor at the age of 49, but died suddenly of a stomach haemorrhage just a year later when Abigail was in her early 20's.[4] Her brother is Hal Cruttenden, the stand-up comedian, while she has an older sister Hannah, who works in journalism.[5]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1981 BBC2 Playhouse Young Elizabeth Episode: Elizabeth Alone
1983 Storyboard Emma Episode: Lytton's Diary
1985-1986 Mog Miranda
1987 The Storyteller The Princess Episode: "Hans My Hedgehog"
Intimate Contact Nell Gregory
1988 The Bell-Run Gudrun Glover TV Movie
1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot Geraldine Oglander
1990 Coasting Emma Conway Episode: "Illuminations"
Centrepoint Saskia TV Mini Series
TECX Marijke Van Der Broeke Episode: Rock a Buy Baby
1991 Van der Valk Else Episode: A Sudden Silence
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Miss Violet Merville Episode: The Illustrious Client
1994 Performance Clara Browning Episode: A Message for Posterity
Love on a Branch Line Belinda Flamborough
1996 Sharpe's Regiment Jane Gibbons
Sharpe's Siege Jane Sharpe née Gibbons
Sharpe's Mission Jane Sharpe
1997 Jane Eyre Blanche Ingram TV film adaptation
Sharpe's Revenge Jane Sharpe
Sharpe's Justice Jane Sharpe
Sharpe's Waterloo Jane Sharpe
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Annabel Lynes Episode: Bribery & Corruption
Into the Blue Heather Mallender
1998 The Canterbury Tales Emily Voice
2000 Anna Karenina Betsy "Part 1", "Part 3"
Monarch of the Glen Lizzie MacDonald Episodes "1.5", "1.8"
2002 Helen West Emily Eliot Episode: A Clear Conscience
2003 Rosemary & Thyme Patsy Connolly Episode: "Arabica and the Early Spider"
2004 Doctors and Nurses Lucy Potter 6 episodes
2005 The Robinsons Vicky Robinson Episode: "1.6"
2007–2009 Benidorm Kate Weedon Regular role, 17 episodes (series 1–3)
2007 Foyle's War Evelyn Richards Episode: "Casualties of War"
The Commander Judy Thornton Episode: The Devil You Know
Sex, the City and Me Ali TV Movie
2008 Teenage Kicks Kate Episode: "Sex"
2009 The Green Green Grass Doctor Episode: "I Done It My Way"
2012 The Royal Bodyguard Mary Town-Jones Episode: The Perils of Attraction
2014–present Not Going Out Anna Regular role
2015 The Outcast Anne Rawlins TV Mini Series
Citizen Khan Virginia Episode: "Farley Manor"
2016 Fresh Meat Oregon's Mother Episode: "4.6"
2017 Midsomer Murders Nell Fryer Episode: "Death by Persuasion"
Casualty Sadie Holm Episode: "32.11"
2020 Housebound Abigail Episode: "1.10"
2021 Face It Abbey TV Mini Series

Film

Year Title Role
1982 P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang Ann Lawton[6]
1998 Hideous Kinky Charlotte
2001 Charlotte Gray Daisy
Sword of Honour [7] Kerstie Kilbannock
2014 The Theory of Everything Isobel Hawking
2015 The Batsman and the Ballerina Jane
2016 Denial Janine Stone
2018 Await Further Instructions Beth
2020 That Girl, Peugeot Sandra
2021 Munich – The Edge of War Anne Chamberlain

Radio

Year Title Role
2017 Alone Ellie

Theatre

References

  1. ^ "Conflict of the heart". Richmond and Twickenham Times. 31 May 2013. p. 35.
  2. ^ "Tribute to Coulson Great Grandmother who founded Rosslyn School of Dance and Drama - Croydon Advertiser (2013)".
  3. ^ "Greasepaint Makeup School - What Happened Next (2017)".
  4. ^ "Abigail Blooms - The Sunday Mirror (1996)".
  5. ^ "They Pay Me to Kiss Sean Bean - The Mirror (London) (1996)".
  6. ^ "Abigail Cruttenden". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ Tv movie
  8. ^ "The Seagull". Theatre Royal Bath. 8 June 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Her Naked Skin". Wiltshire Creative. 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2022.