Amanda Abbington

The week in theatre: Othello; The Unfriend; On the Ropes – review
Brute force speaks volumes in Frantic Assembly’s breathtaking Othello; Steven Moffat and co flirt with farce; and the story of Windrush boxer Vernon Vanriel hits home in song
Susannah Clapp
29, Jan, 2023 @10:30 AM

The Unfriend review – manners can be the death of you in Steven Moffat’s comedy
Mark Gatiss directs Reece Shearsmith in Moffat’s cringe-tastic play that more than stands up next to the trio’s celebrated TV work
Ryan Gilbey
27, May, 2022 @10:26 AM

‘None of it has felt insurmountable’: Amanda Abbington on Sherlock, separation and her fiancé’s nightmare fall
After her show-stealing turn in the Steven Moffat drama, the actor is returning to comedy with his play The Unfriend. She talks about why funny women intimidate men, her daredevil partner – and coping with the accident that befell him
Arifa Akbar
23, May, 2022 @5:00 AM

Martin Freeman tells Desert Island Discs: ‘Sherlock was no fun during split with Amanda’
The co-star of the BBC series talks about split with long-term partner on the Radio 4 show
Vanessa Thorpe
31, Mar, 2019 @7:00 AM

Amanda Abbington: ‘I don’t want to be a princess’
Amanda Abbington, star of stage, screen and Sherlock, toiled for 20 years before her big break. As she dons her detective gear in new BBC drama Cuffs, she tells Emma John about her passions – for hard work, her family and other animals
Emma John
23, Aug, 2015 @8:45 AM

On my radar: Amanda Abbington’s cultural highlights
The actress talks to Kathryn Bromwich about the old-world folk of the Unthanks, dreamy dresses and watching her partner play Richard III
Interview by Kathryn Bromwich
09, Nov, 2014 @12:01 AM
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