Amanda Abbington quits Strictly Come Dancing after medical absence
The Sherlock and Mr Selfridge actor missed last week’s programme for medical reasons
August 2023
Strictly contestant Amanda Abbington denies being transphobic
Sherlock actor apologises for ‘stupid’ and ‘ill-informed’ past comments after social media storm
January 2023
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
May 2022
The Unfriend review – manners can be the death of you in Steven Moffat’s comedy
‘None of it has felt insurmountable’: Amanda Abbington on Sherlock, separation and her fiancé’s nightmare fall
March 2019
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
December 2016
Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington separate after 16 years
Actors who star in BBC’s Sherlock and will appear in forthcoming fourth series have two children together
August 2015
Amanda Abbington: ‘I don’t want to be a princess’
Amanda Abbington: a woman for all seasons
November 2014
On my radar
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
