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) and a half-sister (Joanna). Her stepmother is actress Sheila Hancock.
After her parents' divorce in 1968, Abigail was raised in Pimlico by her mother and her mother's boyfriend, Gareth Stedman Jones. Her father also kept regular contact. Abigail sporadically attended Pimlico Comprehensive, due to her often marching with her mother; Sally Alexander was involved in the infamous flour-bombing of the 1970 Miss World contest.
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 fiancée, actor Nigel Whitmey.
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