Abigail J. Thaw (born 1 October 1965[1]) is an English actress known for her role of investigative journalist Dorothea Frazil in detective drama series Endeavour.
Thaw has appeared in numerous TV series, such as Casualty, Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Black Mirror, as well as many stage productions.
She played Ms Capulet in Tom Morris' Juliet and her Romeo at the Bristol Old Vic, and acted in Cymbeline with Mark Rylance at The Globe Theatre and Brooklyn Academy of Music.
She also spent a year working with Mike Alfred's company, "Method and Madness", performing in Private Lives, Jude the Obscure and Flesh and Blood.
Thaw has also worked in television since 1990, including in The Bill, Casualty, Pie in the Sky, Peak Practice, Spywatch, Vanity Fair, Love Soup and Trust.