Abigail Hawk (born Abigail Diane Gustafson; April 18, 1982) 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''. For her performance in ''Almost Paris'', Hawk won the Best Actress award at the 2017

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Early life

Born in

Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, Hawk attended the

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, in

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. While a student, she appeared in the TV series '' Reality Check''. She received a

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in theatre from the

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in 2004.

Career

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

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''. 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 (

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). 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 "Special Guest Star". She also appeared in ''

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'', 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''. That same year, she played Ellie in

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's directorial debut '' Almost Paris'', for which she won the "Best Actress" award at the 2017

. In October 2017, Hawk was a guest of honor at the Spring Gala of

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, and received the Linda Dano Award.

Filmography

Film

Television

Other

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawk, Abigail 1982 births 21st-century American actresses University of Maryland, College Park alumni Living people People from Marietta, Georgia People from Chicago