Amanda Abbington

Amanda Abbington
Born	October 1974
Occupation	Television actress
Spouse	Martin Freeman

Amanda Abbington (born October 1974) is an English actress and comedienne who has appeared on both television and stage. She is best known for her roles in the 2005 comedy sketch show Man Stroke Woman and the 2007–2008 comedy After You've Gone with Nicholas Lyndhurst. She has also appeared in recurring series such as Coupling, Casualty and Dream Team.

Abbington is the longtime partner of British actor Martin Freeman. They have two children: a son Joe, born in 2005, and a daughter, Grace, born in 2009. They have appeared together in several productions, such as Men Only and The All Together.

Adverts

Amanda stars in the Maltesers advertising campaign, where she lifts up her shirt to reveal her bra to frighten a shy work colleague. In another advert, where she mischievously tricks a friend (Katherine Parkinson) into believing the jeans she just placed in the tumbledryer have mysteriously shrunk in size, only for her friend to realize that she swapped the real jeans with a doll's jeans and stuffed them down her top, and in another she and her friend set up their boyfriends in kissing position while they sleep.

Filmography

• Plotlands (1997) – Maude
• Wycliffe (1997) – Local WPC
• Magic with Everything (1998) - Cat
• Picking up the Pieces (1998) – Staff Nurse Hunter
• Casualty (1999) – Jen Reynolds
• The Bill (1995–1999) – Various
• Dream Team (1999) – Marilyn Harwood
• The Thing About Vince (2000) – Lisa
• The Sins (2000) – Belinda Edgeley
• Men Only (2001) – Trina
• Always and Everyone (2002) – Tessa
• 20 Things to Do Before You're 30 (2002) – Shona
• The Debt (2003) – Stacey Ross
• Coupling (2004) – Nicola
• Teachers (2004) – Sarah
• The Robinsons (2005) – Polly
• Derailed (2005) – Kerry Hodder
• Man Stroke Woman (2005–2007) – Various
• The Booze Cruise II (2005) – Leoni
• The Booze Cruise III (2006) – Leone
• After You've Gone (2007–2008)
• The All Together (2007)
• The Bill (2007) – Rachel Inns
• Doc Martin (2007) - Isobel
• Poirot, "Cat Amongst The Pigeons" (2008)
• Married Single Other (2010)
• Case Histories (2011) - DC Louise Munroe

External links

• Amanda Abbington at the Internet Movie Database