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| Born | June 26, 1977 (age 47) [1] New York City, US |
| Education | Williams College (theatre major, 1998) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, sound engineer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Known for | Acting, sound editing |
| Notable work | Orange Is the New Black |
| Spouse | Caitlin McElroy |
| Relatives | Louise Glück (aunt) |
| Website | www |
Abigail Savage (born June 26, 1977) is an American actress and sound editor. She played inmate Gina Murphy on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black , as well as roles in Brian De Palma's Redacted (2007), Lee Daniels's Precious (2009), and on Law & Order SVU . [2] [3] As of July 2015, she had twelve acting credits, and seventy-five sound credits including Half Nelson (2006), Inside Job (2010), Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk with Me (2012), Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013), as well as all of Ramin Bahrani's feature films. [3] [4]
Abigail Savage was born in New York City to Tereze Glück, vice president of Citibank for her entire career of over thirty years, and also a fiction writer. [5] [6] [7] Glück bought a home in 2015 in Cherry Grove, a hamlet on Fire Island, where Savage would stay during her breaks. [8] Glück's sister is Nobel laureate poet Louise Glück. [5] Her grandmother, Beatrice Glück went to Wellesley College in Massachusetts in a time when it was uncommon for women to attend college, and majored in French. [9]
Her father is an audiophile and started her interests in sound technology. [10] She would go to his apartment when she was twelve and he would show off his system and classical records, including the turntable for vinyl records. [10] He was always upgrading his system. [10]
Savage was a theatre major and graduated from Williams College, a liberal arts college in Massachusetts, in 1998. [11]
When Savage graduated from Williams College, the head of the drama department advised, "Be patient!", it's the same advice Savage gave to other aspiring women in the acting industry. [12] [13] Savage has had several New York City theater roles: Dido, Queen of Carthage at The Ohio Theatre (2001); [14] Demon Baby at The Ohio Theater (2002); [15] Silence at The Ohio Theater (2002); [16] Seven in One Blow or The Brave Little Kid at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts (2004); [17] [18] Hospital 2005 at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts (2005); and a mathematical savant in The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem at The Connelly Theater (2000). [19] [20]
Savage is a sound designer, and sound editor. [21] She got interested in the sound editing industry to support her between acting jobs, and fell in love with the work. [4] Her roommate in the summer after college complained of having too many internships, one for a post production sound studio. [3] She did sound for the senior production at college so took the position. [3] She says that her sound designer work complements her acting as it teaches the importance of consistency in takes, and handling the props the same way each time. [3] One of the companies she works for is Dig It Audio a "boutique audio mix and post production house in New York City for film, gaming and television". [10]
According to The Hollywood Reporter , "Savage's unique Hollywood resume also includes a long list of sound editing credits ...includ[ing] the 2010 financial documentary Inside Job (for which she shared a Motion Picture Sound Editors nomination)". [22] As of July 2015, she has seventy-five sound credits. [4] Her credits include: Game 6 (2005), [23] Man Push Cart (2005), [24] Half Nelson (2006), [4] The Last Winter (2006), [25] Joshua (2007), [26] Where God Left His Shoes (2007), [27] Sugar (2008), [28] [29] Chop Shop (2008), [30] Goodbye Solo (2008), [31] Plastic Bag (2009), [3] Inside Job (2010), [32] The Tillman Story (2010), [33] The Greater Good (2011), [34] The Kite (2011), [35] At Any Price (2012), [36] Dear Mandela (2012), [37] Sleepwalk With Me (2012), [38] Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013), [4] Ivory Tower (2014), [39] Mississippi Grind (2015), [40] (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies (2015), [41] Complete Unknown (2016), [42] First Monday in May (2016), [21] Don't Think Twice (2016), [43] and Thank You for Playing (2015). [44]
Savage joined the cast of Jenji Kohan's Netflix series Orange Is the New Black in 2013 as "kitchen-bound" inmate Gina Murphy at a minimum-security women's prison. [22] [45] She said of the role that she had worked for years "to get anywhere, somewhere, before Orange fell into her lap." [12] She originally auditioned for the role of Nicky Nichols but that went to Natasha Lyonne; but the producers found the Gina role for her. [3] The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. [45] In the fifth season, the show had a prison riot and it was ended by a correctional emergency response team (CERT) who "dragged inmates outside and loaded them onto buses", her character surrendered with a handful of other inmates. [46] Her character was transferred from Litchfield to FDC Cleveland in Ohio along with a number of other inmates. [47] [48] In 2017 the cast won the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; they had previously won for season's two and three. [49] [50] In 2018 the cast was nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series. [51]
Savage is Jewish. [52] Savage is married to Caitlin McElroy, with whom she has a daughter. [53] [54] [55] They eloped and married in a tuxedo shop in Bennington, Vermont, before same-sex marriages became legal in their home state of New York in 2011. [a] [1] The shop owner was the presiding justice of the peace. [1]
She is the niece of Nobel laureate poet Louise Glück. [5]
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