Abigail Savage Biography
Abigail Savage is an American actress, best known for playing inmate Gina Murphy on Orange Is the New Black. Abigail is also known for her work in Precious (2009) and Half Nelson (2006).
In 2003, she got a role in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Four years later, he earned another slot in Redacted (2007). In 2008, she was cast in The Return of Jezebel James. One year later she got a role in the film Precious in the year 2009. Since 2013, she has been playing Gina Murphy in Orange is the New Black.
In the year 2014, she got a great role in Time Out of Mind. Two years later, she appeared in the series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2016). She won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Abigail Savage Age
Abigail was born in New York City, New York, United States of America. She was born on 26th June, 1984. Her current age is 34 years old as of 2018.
Abigail Savage Height
Abigail is relatively tall on her feet. However her current exact height is not known. Her weight too is not known. There are also no details about her shoe size or any of her body measurements. We will update you soon.
Abigail Savage Net Worth
Abigail has been in the acting and entertainment industry for some time now. She has made some cash for herself. She has appeared in a number of movies and television shows. Among them include; Orange Is The New Black and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Her current and actual net worth is currently under review. We however approximate that she could be worth something close to $1 million. Details about her cars, house and other property are not yet known. We will update you as soon as we get the actual information.
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Abigail is a lesbian. She is married to Caitlin McElroy. The Lesbian couple share an adorable daughter. It is however not clear when, where and how the two got married. Publicly confessing you are gay also comes with its fair share of challenges. It is also known how the couple got their daughter.
Abigail Savage Movies And TV Shows | Abigail Savage Svu
- Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2003)
- Redacted (2007)
- The Return of Jezebel James (2008)
- Precious (2009)
- Orange is the New Black (2013-2017)
- Time Out of Mind (2014)
- Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2016)
Abigail Savage Twitter | Abigail Savage Instagram
Abigail is very active on Instagram and Twitter. You can follow her for current information about her. She enjoys a huge number of following.
Abigail Savage Interview
Q: Thank you so much for your time! I heard from Joel [Marsh Garland] that you are a very huge deal! Being a sound engineer that is! From there, how did you get involved with Orange is The New Black?
Abigail Savage: As soon as I graduated from college I knew I wanted to have a profession outside from acting because I couldn’t just be that person waiting tables trying to get auditions all the time – I’m hard to cast, I knew that even then, and figured I had to find a productive way to spend all the days I wasn’t lucky enough to act. Sound editing kind of fell into my lap because of a room mate I had the summer after college; she was complaining that she had too many internships (one of which was at a post production sound studio). I had done the sound for our senior production at college and it had been fun so I told my room mate I’d take that internship if she didn’t want it. And I’ve been sound editing ever since. It’s awesome because it’s still the film world, and frankly, you can learn a lot about acting from the post side of things – how to be consistent and pay attention to your use of props and behavioral habits, etc. So my two careers have been running in parallel from the beginning.
Q: Wow!
Abigail Savage: I got involved with Orange the way any actor gets a job – my agent sent me on an audition. And I found out I got cast while I was at the sound studio – I did a little dancy jig in front of my co-workers; they were totally supportive. My boss at my sound studio has always been very cool about me missing days to shoot Orange – see, I work full-time! I take vacation days to shoot.
Q: Aww…You must be pretty close to Kate Mulgrew at this point.
Abigail Savage: Here’s a funny story – a couple months after we were done shooting season 1 of Orange, Kate Mulgrew came in to my studio to do ADR for another job she was in! (ADR is dialog replacement for lines that didn’t get recorded well initially or are added after shooting). We had a big hug and I said, “welcome to my other life.” My sound career and acting career rarely cross paths like that.
Q: Aww… You got a Red’s visit! By the way, I got some questions from your fans on Twitter! Here, a question from @jmandeberg: “what was the audition process like for the role of Gina?”
Abigail Savage: Like many of my fellow cast members, I originally auditioned for another role – Nicky Nichols!
Q: Oh. My. God.
Abigail Savage: But of course as we all know they got Natasha Lyonne for that, and she was born to play Nicky – I couldn’t imagine a better fit. I guess Production liked my audition well enough that they wanted to find a place for me in the cast. So a few weeks later I got the call from my agent and she said, “They’ve cast you, but as a different character – her name is Gina.” My agent sent along an early draft of episode 1 and I searched through it to find GINA. And – this is hilarious – the description of the character was “ GINA, Italian, late forties/early fifties.”
Q: That’s very interesting because you don’t look like you could be in early fifties! No way!
Abigail Savage: I thought to myself, hmm. I guess they’re changing this up a bit.
Q: Which was your first scene to film and if you had met anyone before Orange?
Abigail Savage: My first scene was when I’m shooing Piper out of the way because she’s holding up my sweeping, then I tell her to sit next to the “nice, white lady.” I didn’t know anyone on set, I had come ten minutes late because I misjudged how long the subway would take to get to the studio, so I was apologetic like crazy to the PAs. Actually, I’m like intensely on time, so for me it was downright shameful to come late to set on my first day. But they call you like an hour and a half before you need to do anything so in the long run it was no big deal. So I come late to set, I know no one, but I do know the studio – turns out Orange is filmed on the same stage where an obscure show called “The Return Of Jezebel James” was filmed. It only had four episodes that actually aired. I was hired for a bit role for one of the episodes and had spent a week hanging out in these same dressing rooms and on the same stage, so it was nice to have that physical familiarity. I was really nervous my first day but everyone was so friggin’ nice! The cast, the crew, everybody. I remember getting my hair and makeup done and Lea DeLaria (Plays Big Boo) came in and she was the friendliest, liveliest, most outgoing and yet down to earth person – she put me right at ease. I thought, OK, I can do this.
Q: Aww… well done, Lea! Here’s another question from your fan, @ft_collins: I like her attitude on OITNB! I wonder how badly was she burned? And will she be back in season2?
Abigail Savage: Thanks for liking my attitude! My dad was shocked at how mean Gina is when he started watching the show – it’s really not like me at all. About what happened after Gina got burned? I can’t tell you any secrets about Gina’s condition but I can tell you I’m back in season 2, fo sho. [Laughs]
Q: Yay! I heart Gina! Anyway, how much of yourself do you see in your character?
Abigail Savage: Well, I think of it this way – we’re all multi-faceted people, and when you act, you kind of distill and magnify a couple of facets of your own personality into the character you’re playing. So Gina and I certainly have some overlap. We’re both socially awkward, steadfastly loyal, all business, and hard workers. I’m much less badass and mean, though. Gina reminds me of one of those yippy, territorial and aggressive dogs that thinks she’s as big and badass as a German Shepard. I’m more like one of those little dogs that shivers when it’s cold out and always looks a little overwhelmed.
Q: Very well-said. I like that!
Abigail Savage: Thanks!
Q: How is it being Red’s right hand woman?
Abigail Savage: The best job in the world. Until she burned me, that is![Laughs]
Q: [Laughs] Damn you, Red! Ugh, I still love that woman! Ok, So far, what has been your favorite scene to shoot?
Abigail Savage: I love shooting the scenes where almost the entire cast is there, along with like 100 extras. They’re pure chaos I’m sure from the production point of view, but they’re pure joy from our point of view! But specifically, it would have to be the auditions for the Christmas Pageant – everybody was hi-la-ri-ous. And it was my first time seeing Adrienne Moore (Black Cindy) in action. When she did her first take of the beat boxing and then dropped the pick at the end a la ‘dropping the mic,’ I almost wet myself with laughter. And Emma Myles’s (Leanne’s) dolphin is not to be believed. And Lori Chinn’s (Chang’s) tribal dancing! God, that whole day was wonderful. It was my last day on the set of season 1. And I stuck around to watch some of the Christmas Pageant, and every time Samira Wiley (Poussey) did a take of Amazing Grace, I ended up in tears. Every Single Take!
Q: Yeah, I wept for that scene as well! So, how many times have you watched Orange?
Abigail Savage: So unlike most people, I’ve only watched the season once! And I did it over the course of two weeks as opposed to two days. I’m almost ashamed of the fact! To me, watching the same show one epsiode a night for two weeks straight IS binge-watching.
Q: Do you have your favorite character?
Abigail Savage: My favorite character… Do I have to choose just one?
Q: Sadly, yes.
Abigail Savage: It would have to be Crazy Eyes. What Uzo Aduba puts into that character is just jaw-droppingly brilliant, if you ask me. But Poussey [Samira Wiley] comes a close second!
Q: Are you currently working on any projects besides Orange?
Abigail Savage: Acting-wise, no – anyone got something for me??? [Laughs] Sound-design wise, I’m currently working on this awesome documentary about deep cave exploration. I think it’s coming to the Discovery channel at some point.
Q: WOW! Please keep me posted on that!
Abigail Savage: Of course!
Q: Why do you think Gina has been so loyal to Red?
Abigail Savage: I think prison in general is a good fit for Gina – the fact that it’s institutional and structured and regulated – the army-like aspect is probably healthy for her. And Red is like her commander or sergeant; Red is Gina’s magnetic north in this place. I can imagine Gina was a little lost and not in a good way when she arrived in prison, and Red was there to straighten her out and give her focus and rules to follow. The regimental aspect of the kitchen, with Red as the commander-in-chief, makes prison make sense to Gina, and Gina knows how much that’s got to do with Red personally, and is deeply grateful to her for that.
Q: Aww… I love it! Anything you would like to tell your fans?
Abigail Savage: Thanks for being so awesome! And you should always feel free to approach me when you recognize me – the novelty of that has yet to wear off! And don’t worry, Gina’s back in season 2, squirrely, badass attitude and all.
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