{{Short description|English musician and composer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use British English|date=June 2013}} [[File:Abi fry2.jpg|right|thumb|Abi Fry playing with Sea Power in Paris in 2008.]] '''Abigail Helen Fry'''<ref>[http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=PRS&cae=647771508&keyID=1383526&keyname=FRY%20ABIGAIL%20HELEN&querytype=WriterID]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (born 1981) is an English violist and Bafta award-winning composer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/disco-elysium-how-cult-heroes-british-sea-power-wrote-its-bafta-nominated-score |title=Disco Elysium: how cult heroes British<!--sic--> Sea Power wrote its BAFTA-winning score|date=2020-04-03 |publisher=TechRadar |accessdate=2020-06-21}}</ref> She plays with various acts including Sea Power, Bat for Lashes, The Flowers of Hell, Sad Season and Euchrid Eucrow. Fry grew up in Ealing, West London and resides in the Scottish Highlands and Brighton.
In 2007 Fry toured extensively with Bat for Lashes including Europe and the United States.<ref>[http://www.batforlashes.co.uk/live/ Bat For Lashes<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826192806/http://www.batforlashes.co.uk/live/ |date=26 August 2007 }}</ref> On 4 September 2007 she played with the band at the Mercury Prize finals in London. Bat for Lashes had been the bookmakers' early favourite to win the prize, but it was awarded to Klaxons.<ref>[http://www.nationwidemercurys.com/ Nationwide Mercury Prize<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615054948/http://nationwidemercurys.com/ |date=15 June 2013 }}</ref> thumb|left|Abi Fry (playing with Sea Power in 2022) Fry's last concert with Bat for Lashes was on 29 October 2007 at Koko in London, since when she has become a permanent member of Sea Power.
From February to May 2008, while touring with Sea Power in North America, she also joined sometime opening act Jeffrey Lewis on stage – adding viola arrangements to his acoustic guitar-based performances.
In 2011 Fry performed live with Pulp at a festival in Poland, as a temporary replacement for Russell Senior, absent due to his fear of flying.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/pulp/57724 |title=Pulp joined by Sea Power's Abi Fry at Poland Open'er Festival |date=2011-07-02 |work=NME|accessdate=2013-06-21}}</ref>
Fry plays violin on the album ''Awoken Broken'' by progressive metal supergroup, Primal Rock Rebellion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/awoken-broken-mw0002296604/credits |title=Awoken Broken - Primal Rock Rebellion|website=AllMusic |date=2012-04-17 |accessdate=2020-05-15}}</ref>
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