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name: "Abigail Cruttenden"
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born: "23 March 1968"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:04.714056+00:00"
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# Abigail Cruttenden

Actor. Born 23 March 1968 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 March 1968, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** ابیگیل کراتِندِن

## Biography

Abigail Cruttenden is an English actress. Born on 23 March 1968 in London, she began her career as a child actress and has worked in television and film since the early 1980s.

She is known for her role as Jane in the ITV series *Sharpe* (1996–1997), opposite Sean Bean, whom she married in 1997; they divorced in 2000. She has had regular roles in the sitcoms *Benidorm* (2007–2009) as Kate Weedon and *Not Going Out* (2014–2023) as Anna. Film credits include *The Theory of Everything* (2014) as Isobel Hawking, *Denial* (2016) and *Munich: The Edge of War* (2021). She has also appeared in *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), *Midsomer Murders* (2017) and *Charlotte Gray* (2001).

Cruttenden comes from a family with connections to the performing arts; her brother is comedian Hal Cruttenden. In 2003 she married Jonathan R. Fraser.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, curtisbrown.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Storyteller* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Princess — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)

## Also known for

- *The Theory of Everything* (2014), Isobel Hawking
- *Denial* (2016), Janine Stone
- *Munich - The Edge of War* (2021), Anne Chamberlain
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Geraldine Oglander
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Nell Fryer
- *Await Further Instructions* (2018), Beth
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), Miss Violet Merville
- *Charlotte Gray* (2001), Daisy

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