Who is Abigail Hawk?

Abigail Diane Gustafson was born as under the zodiac sign of Taurus on 4 May 1985, in Chicago, Illinois USA; she holds American nationality and her ethnicity is of mixed Swedish, English, Scots, and Irish descent. She’s an actress with over 25 credits to her name, perhaps known best for her role as Detective Abigail Baker in the series “Blue Bloods” starring Donnie Wahlberg, Will Estes, and Bridget Moynahan, which had 16 award nominations, including one for Primetime Emmy, and won four.

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Early life and education

Abigail was raised in Chicago by her parents Diana and Robert Gustafson, with her sister whose name she hasn’t disclosed. She prefers to keep information regarding her private life a secret, so there isn’t much known about her family and her childhood. Abigail also hasn’t disclosed when and why she changed her professional surname to Hawk.

She attended North Springs Charter School of Arts and Sciences, and upon matriculating in 2003, enrolled at the University of Maryland, College Park, from which she graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts.

Roles in movies

Abigail made her first appearance on the big screen in 2008, portraying Sara in “The Unidentified” alongside Jay Sullivan, Erin Ecklund and Lauren Shannon, followed by her role as Maria Macabre in the short movie “The Tragedy of Maria Macabre”, written and directed by Rachel Klein.

In the following years, she was cast to play Ellie in “Almost Paris”, which brought her a nomination for the Beaufort International Film Festival, US Award Best Actress, and Hill Country Film Festival, US Award Best Actress in 2017. She then made an appearance as Riley Thomas in the TV movie “A Christmas in Vermont”, alongside David O’Donnell and Chevy Chase.

In 2018, Abigail portrayed Mia in “Rich Boy, Rich Girl”, followed by her role as Eva Young in “Bubble Girl”, a family drama also starring Peter McGennis and Claire McGennis, and she then made appearances in several movies such as “Joy & Hope”, “Under the Stadium Lights”, “Assault on VA-33”, and “The Wrong Path” in 2021.

Roles in series

Abigail made her acting debut on TV aged 10 in 1995, starring alongside John Aaron Bennet and Blake Heron in the series “Reality Check”, and then after almost a decade, she made an appearance as Jenny Avery in an episode of the series “Body of Proof”, followed by her most significant role as Detective Abigail Baker in “Blue Bloods”; the interesting fact about her character is that at first it was named Melissa but the director of the series, Tom Selleck, decided to change that into Abigail, saying that Melissa sounds too ordinary!

The series premiered in 2010, and its 13^th season is currently airing on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). During this period, Abigail was also seen in series such as “Are We There Yet”, “The Jim Gaffigan Show”, and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, among others.

In 2020, she was cast to play Doctor Louise Pearce in the series “Distemper”, starring alongside Tara Westwood and Chike Okonkwo, which brought her the Los Angeles Film Award Best Actress, and in the same year, she portrayed Melissa in “Bromance”, a comedy drama created by Greg Contaldi.

Love life and marriage with Bryan Spies

There have been various rumors concerning Abigail’s love life and sexual orientation, however, she hasn’t spoken about her previous relationships before she met her future husband, Bryan Spies.

As mentioned, Abigail prefers to keep information about her private life away from the media’s attention, so she hasn’t revealed how their love story started. However, it’s known that Bryan worked at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery in New York City, before he started his service as a medic at the Fire Department City of New York.

The news about Abigail’s and Bryan’s engagement was announced in March 2009, and the two married on 25 April, the wedding ceremony held in Roswell, New Mexico in the presence of their closest family members and friends.

Abigail gave birth to their first son on 16 May 2012, but hasn’t revealed his name until this day, they welcomed their second son in 2018, however, the exact birth date and the name of the child haven’t been disclosed.

As of February 2022, Abigail is still in a marriage with Bryan, and they live an apparently happy life, enjoying raising their two sons in their residence in New York City.

What is Abigail Hawk doing today?

Besides her role in “Blue Bloods”, there are three completed movies – “The Only Woman in the World”, “Couple of Guys”, and “Couple of Guys-Quarantine Edition-Va Va Va Zoom” – with Abigail as the star, which should be released soon. She’s working on the new TV mini-series “Couple of Guys”, which is in post-production and should be released in 2022, and is also filming the movie entitled “Daruma”, and another entitled “Big Enzo’s Wedding” is in pre-production.

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She is active on her Instagram account, which has been followed by nearly 45,000 people, on which she mostly shares updates about her work, but also some photos of her sons and husband.

Abigail has her official Facebook page which has gained over 25,000 followers, and she’s also active on it in, often interacts with her followers, sharing some of her thoughts and funny moments from the shootings.

She established her Twitter account in July 2008, and it’s today followed by over 7,500 people; she presents herself on her social media accounts as ‘Actor. Writer. Singer. Mom. Wife. Technological Dinosaur. Excellent Hula-Hooper‘, and most of her followers like her sense of humor.

Age, height, and net worth

Abigail is 36 years old, with blonde hair and blue eyes; she weighs around 140lbs (64kgs) and is 5ft 8ins (1.73m) tal,l with vital statistics of 36-26-36.

As of February 2022, her net worth has been estimated at over $1 million – according to sources, her salary for the series “Blue Bloods” is a minimum of $100,000 per episode.

Who is Aarti Mann?

A director, writer, and actress with nearly 30 credits to her name, Aarti Mann, was born Aarti Majumdar under the zodiac sign of Pisces on 3 March 1978, in Connecticut USA; she holds American nationality, and her ethnicity is of Bengali Brahmin descent, and so first generation of Indian American. Aarti is perhaps known best for her role as Priya Koothrappali in the popular comedy series “The Bing Bang Theory”, starring Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco.

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Early life and education

Aarti was raised by her parents, mother Vasanti Majumdar who is a physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, and her late father who was also a physician, who died while Aarti was in high school. She has two siblings, the eldest is her sister Kruti, and the youngest is their brother Nishad; the family moved a lot across Pennsylvania until they settled in Fox Chapel, a suburb of Pittsburgh.

Aarti attended Shady Side Academy preparatory school, and upon matriculating in 1996, she enrolled at New York University, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Film Writing and Directing in 2000.

Roles in movies

Aarti made her acting debut in 2006, portraying Mirabai in “The Memsahib”, followed by her role as Judy in the short movie “The Punching Dummy”, before she was cast to play Henna in “Today’s Special”, acting alongside Dean Winters, Kevin Corrigan and Aasif Mandvi in 2009.

In the following years, she had some support roles in a few short movies, before she starred alongside Amy Rider and Edgar Morais in “The Monogamy Experiment” in 2012, and was then cast to play Doctor DaSilva in “I’ll See You in My Dreams”, a romantic comedy drama starring Sam Elliot, Blythe Danner and Martin Starr, which had eight award nominations.

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In 2015, Aarti portrayed Nurse Nikita in “Danny Collins”, acting alongside Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner and Annette Bening, followed by her 2018 roles as Jiah in “Love Sonia”, and as Heather in “Sharon 1.2.3”, which was her most recent movie role.

Roles in series

Aarti’s first appearance on television was in the series “The Future Dead” in 2007, followed by minor roles in series such as “Quarterlife”, “Heroes” and “The Young and the Restless”, before in 2010 being cast to play her most notable role as Priya Koothrappali in “The Big Bang Theory”; the series had 252 award nominations, and won 77, including 10 Primetime Emmys.

After she left the series in the fourth season, in one of her interviews she said: ‘I would love to come back and see where it goes with Leonard and Priya. But no contracts have been signed. I think we’ll know by June or July.’ However, her character moved from the US, and that was the end of her appearance in the series.

In the following years, Aarti made appearances in an episode or two of various series, such as “Futurestates”, “Leverage”, “Suits”, and “Wendell and Vinnie”.

She was seen as Nehir in “NCIS: New Orleans”, and as Holly Harner in “Grey’s Anatomy” in 2017, and then she portrayed Saundra Sigh in “All Rise” in 2021, which was her most recent role on television, but it’s announced that she’s filming for the new Netflix series, which title hasn’t been revealed yet.

Love life and relationships

There are various rumors concerning Aarti’s love life, and one of them was that she was secretly dating her fellow from “The Big Bang Theory”, Johnny Galecki, however, the two haven’t spoken about these assumptions, especially since Aarti was already a married woman when she started the filming for the series.

Aarti and her husband Purvesh Mankad, who works in finance, married on 18 December 2010, and since then Aarti used an abbreviation of her husband’s surname as her stage name; they have a daughter named Nikita, whose birthdate hasn’t been revealed, and son Shantanu, born on 3 January 2021.

As of January 2022, Aarti is married to Purvesh, they have two children, and the family of four live their happy lives in their residence in Los Angeles, California.

Hobbies and other interests

As a writer and director, Aarti has two credits to her name – in 2016 she wrote and directed the short movie “Siempre”, and there’s now her new movie in post-production, entitled “Augury”, which is a horror starring Leela Ladnier and Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier.

One of her favorite hobbies is traveling, and thanks to her acting career, she’s visited several US states and Canada, and with her family, she’s traveled around the world; her favorite destination is Tortola, British Virgin Islands, while she dreams of visiting Kolkata, India, which is her parent’s hometown.

Aarti is enjoying gardening, and she proudly shares her harvest with her followers on Instagram, whose number counts over 10,000; she also shares photos of her everyday life, updates about her work, and some photos of her children.

She’s also active on her Twitter account, which has been followed by over 2,500 people.

She takes care of her body by dancing, doing aerobics, and practicing yoga, while when she wants to relax, she meditates.

When time allows, she likes to spend some quality time with her children, or reading; her favorite writers are William Shakespeare and George Orwell, while her favorite books are “Romeo and Juliet” and “Animal Farm”.

Aarti enjoys watching movies, especially starring her favorite actor Jack Nicholson, and her favorites are “A Few Good Man”, “Bucket List”, “As Good as It Gets”, and “Room 237”.

Speaking about her favorite actresses, she likes Michelle Pfeiffer, and her movies such as “I Could Never Be Your Woman”, “What Lies Beneath”, and “Married to the Mob”.

Age, height, and net worth

Aarti is 43 years old, with long, dark brown hair and beautiful green eyes, which is her trademark. She weighs around 120lbs (54kgs) and is 5ft 3ins (1.59m) tall, with vital statistics of 33-34-35, dress size 2 (US) and shoe size 7 (US).

As of January 2022, her net worth has been estimated at over $500,000.