Abigail Tarttelin

Abigail (born 13 October 1987) is an actress and author. She grew up in North East England, and has been involved in theatre since the age of 8. At 14 she became one of the first 100 members of the National Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth, labeling her academic abilities within the top 5% of the population. She later gained 10 A* GCSEs and 5 A Grade A Levels. At sixteen Abigail trained with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and went on to play a lead role in their 2007 season. Abigail then studied 'Acting For Film' at the New York Film Academy school in France, acting in over 20 short films. Of these films, La Geode, by New York artist Theresa Hong, appeared in the Official Selection of the New York, LA and Strasbourg Short Film Festivals. 'Stress', a short film by artist Evita Robinson, was also well received. Abigail also worked with Washington DC design company 'Dissident Display' on a film project at this time. In 2008 Abigail shot for 'Philip Pullman's The Butterfly Tattoo', an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Philip Pullman (author of 'The Golden Compass'), which was released in UK & US cinemas in 2009. At this time Abigail also shot for British gangster film 'Jack Says', which was the last film of English actor and treasure Mike Reid, and as the three lead characters in Schrodinger's Girl, a science fiction feature film concerning quantum tunneling and cross-dimensional travel, which premiered in San Diego, California in 2009, in the Official Selection of the Comic-Con Independent Film Festival. She was named a 'One To Watch' in 2009 by Moviescope Magazine for her body of work. Literary agent Jo Unwin of London agency Conville & Walsh sold Abigail's first novel 'Flick' to UK publishers Beautiful Books in early 2010. The book is due out April 7th 2011. Abigail also shot for feature film 'Three Stags' directed by Mark Locke and bilingual thriller 'Taxi Rider' in 2010. Taxi Rider screens in the Official Selection of both the Oxford International Film Festival and the Academy-Award recognized St. Louis International Film Festival in fall 2010. Abigail lives in London and enjoys traveling and working worldwide.