Jump to content

Abigail Good

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Good, Abigail)

Abigail Elizabeth Good[1] (born 30 September 1971)[2] is an English former fashion model and [3] travel writer [1] . Now a journalist [2] and fashion photographer, [3][4] [4] she has also taken stills on films.[5] Good works under the surname Campbell.[6]

Good was born in Leicester, and raised in Singapore. She returned to England as a teenager, and went to school in Bromsgrove. After modelling for some ten years, she was selected by Stanley Kubrick to play the role of the "Mysterious Woman" in his 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut.[2] [5] She was the last actress Stanley Kubrick filmed.[7]

Good also appeared as Tabatha in Randall's Flat[8] cast as a forthright, manipulative woman with striking good looks, and another role as a "mysterious blonde" in the 2002 film Butterfly Man.[9]

Good now lives in East Sussex, England. [6]

Filmography

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Eyes Wide Shut Mysterious Woman
2001 Randall's Flat Tabatha
2002 Butterfly Man Unknown (final film role)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  2. ^ a b Alison Jones, "Interview Abigail Good: Cruise to stardom; Alison Jones meets the Birmingham model plucked to stardom to appear opposite Tom Cruise."[dead link] Birmingham Post, 11 September 1999.
  3. ^ "Cactus and cowboys on a family ranch holiday". VisitUSAUK.
  4. ^ "MEET ABI CAMPBELL; TRAVEL WRITER, FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER AND OF COURSE, A MUM! | Sunuva News | Sunuva". www.sunuva.com. 4 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Abi Campbell | BFI". www.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019.
  6. ^ Campbell, Abi (8 November 2015). "Building a new life". thetimes.co.uk. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  7. ^ Patrick Webster, Love and Death in Kubrick: A Critical Study of the Films from Lolita Through Eyes Wide Shut (McFarland & Company, 2011), ISBN 978-0786459162, p. 292 n.69. Excerpt available at Google Books.
  8. ^ "Meet the Cast - Randalls Flat". www.s2s.co.uk.
  9. ^ Derek Elley, "Butterfly Man", Variety, 13 December 2002.
[edit]