Abigail Hawk

Abigail Hawk
Born
Abigail Diane Gustafson

(1982-04-18) April 18, 1982 (age 42)
Atlanta, Georgia,[1] U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Maryland, College Park
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Spouse
Bryan Spies
​
(m. 2009)​
[2]
Children2 sons

Abigail Hawk (born Abigail Diane Gustafson; April 18, 1982)[3][4] is an American actress known for playing Samantha Bonner in the 1995 television series Reality Check, Detective Abigail Baker in Blue Bloods (2010–present), and Ellie in Almost Paris.[5] For her performance in Almost Paris, Hawk won the Best Actress award at the 2017 Golden Door Film Festival.[6]

Early life

Born in Atlanta, Georgia,[7][8] Hawk attended the North Springs Charter School of Arts and Sciences, in Sandy Springs, Georgia. While a student, she appeared in the TV series Reality Check. She received a bachelor of fine arts in theatre from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2004.

Career

At first she found a number of small parts in productions including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Across the Universe.

In 2010, Hawk began her long-running role on Blue Bloods. In that series, she plays Detective 1st Grade Abigail Baker, a member of the Police Commissioner's (Detective) Squad who serves as the primary aide to Police Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck). Hawk's character was introduced in the first season of the series (although Detective Baker's name was shown as "Det. Melissa Baker" in the closing credits, it was changed to "Det. Abigail Baker" in subsequent episodes). Since that time, Hawk has appeared in all but a handful of episodes (over 200 through season 11), despite being billed as "Guest Star".

She also appeared in Body of Proof, season one, episode three titled "Talking Heads," in 2011.

In 2016, she played the main character, Riley Thomas, in the holiday TV movie A Christmas in Vermont.[9][10] That same year, she played Ellie in Domenica Cameron-Scorsese's directorial debut Almost Paris,[5] for which she won the "Best Actress" award at the 2017 Golden Door Film Festival.[6]

In October 2017, Hawk was a guest of honor at the Spring Gala of HeartShare Human Services of New York, and received the Linda Dano Award.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
2007 Across the Universe Protester / Flower Child Julie Taymor Uncredited
2008 The Unidentified Sara Kevan Tucker
2010 The Tragedy of Maria Macabre Maria Macabre Rachel Klein, Sean Gill Short film
2016 Almost Paris Ellie Domenica Cameron-Scorsese Winner, "Best Actress", 2017 Golden Door Film Festival[6]
2018 Rich Boy, Rich Girl Mia Judy San Roman, Andrew Damon Henriques
2019 Bubble Girl Eva Young Peter McGennis
2020 Joy & Hope Denise Candice T. Cain
Brother's Keeper Ashley Mitchell
The Wrong Path Bonnie Lang Andrew Damon Henriques
2021 Assault on va-33 Mrs. Welch Christopher Ray
The Wrong Path Bonnie Lang
The Maltese Holiday Kristen
2022 The Only Woman in the World Erin Debra Markowitz
2023 Daruma Anna

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Reality Check Samantha Bonner 14 episodes
2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Paramedic Episode: "Informed"
2010–present Blue Bloods Det. Abigail Baker Recurring role
2011 Body of Proof Jenny Avery Episode: "Talking Heads"
2012 Are We There Yet? Gina Episode: "The Quarantine Episode"
2015 The Jim Gaffigan Show Chloe Episode: "Red Velvet If You Please"
2016 A Christmas in Vermont[9][10] Riley Thomas TV movie
2018 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Maggie Householder Episode: "The Undiscovered Country"
2023 My Wife's Hidden Lover Phoebe TV movie

Other

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Bromance Melissa Web series; 4 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Blue Bloods Detective, Abigail Hawk a Great Actress, Writer, Director Joins me". YouTube. 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Abigail Hawk on Instagram". Instagram. April 25, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2022. Then -> Now. 12 years of pretending to know what we're doing but really just flying by the seat of our pants while chugging all the coffee.
  3. ^ @abigail_hawk (May 5, 2019). "I am loving all the birthday wishes! Thank you! Contrary to what the Internet says, my birthday is actually April 18" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Abigail Hawk on Instagram". Instagram. April 18, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022. #fortyandfabulous #filterfree #birthdaygirl #fiberrichdiet #overthehill #oldlady
  5. ^ a b "Watch: first trailer for Domenica Cameron-Scorsese's debut 'Almost Paris'".
  6. ^ a b c "The Girl Who Invented Kissing", "Almost Paris", and "Brooklyn in July" Are Big Winners At 2017 Golden Door International Film Festival". New Jersey Stage. October 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "Blue Bloods Detective, Abigail Hawk a Great Actress, Writer, Director Joins me". YouTube. 17 May 2024.
  8. ^ "After 14 Years on 'Blue Bloods,' Alumna Hands in Her Badge". Maryland Today. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  9. ^ a b "A holiday TV programming guide from Charlie Brown to new movies". 25 November 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Locally made holiday movie premieres on ION Television". 23 November 2016.
  11. ^ "'Blue Bloods' star wins HeartShare award". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.