
Abi Van Andel
Biography
After growing up on a small farm in rural Michigan, Abi attended Syracuse University and obtained her BFA in Acting. She has a varied performance background with strengths in Shakespeare and Classical theatre, film and improv/sketch comedy.
Most notably, Abi can be seen alongside Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway in Dark Waters, directed by Todd Haynes. She has recently worked opposite Robert De Niro in Alto Knights, directed by Barry Levinson (premiering Nov 2024). As a producer, her credits include the opioid fueled Appalachian thriller, M30Oxy, and LandLord, a vampire thriller with social justice themes. LandLord will be debuting at the Frontieres Market at Cannes in 2024.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
The Alto Knights as Judge Peggy Cooper
2025Queen of the Ring as Jean McCarthy
2025A Reluctant Heart as Kay Inosanto
2025Myth of Man as Celebrating Citizen
2024The Ice Cream Man as Femke Van't Hoff
2024McVeigh as Trisha
2023Heartland Harmony as Joanne McSween
2023Gunfight at Cold Cross as Bonnie Danberry
2022The Silence Between as She
2022Adeline as Fran
2022Happy Mombie's Day as Mama
2021Anything But Christmas as Beth English
2021Damaged Goods as Charlene
2021They/Them/Us as Deborah
2019Dark Waters as Kathleen Welch
2018Faith, Love & Chocolate as Diane
2016Hyena as Victoria
2016In the Radiant City as Sherry
2015Hope Bridge as Ms. Gray
2014As It Is in Heaven as Naomi
2014Boy Wonder as Terri
2014Chicago P.D. as Natalie King
2012Nothing Without You as Detective Leanne Brindis
—Off Rip as Jan
—So Much For Love as Jane Davies
—Possum as Ms. Rochester
—A Mother's Love as Detective Greta Palmer









