Who plays Abby in Nightsleeper? BBC viewers hooked on new train hijack drama

Alexandra Roach as Abby in Nightsleeper
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As Nightsleeper continues on Sunday night, one actress is right at the centre of the action, as lead character Abby Aysgarth.

After a lot of trailers aired both on the BBC and online, Nightsleeper launched to a big audience on Sunday, September 15, with millions instantly hooked on the plot and a frantic opening 10 minutes, as a handbag theft on a station platform led to a chase through the carriages of a Glasgow to London sleeper train, before things then escalated further as it became apparent that the same train had been 'hacked.'

Cyber crime expert Abby Aysgarth ended up on the phone to disgraced former cop Joe Roag, as the pair worked to establish just what was going on, as well as trying to identify who on the train was the culprit. We'll avoid giving away too many spoilers here, ahead of episode three of Nightsleeper airing on Sunday night; suffice to say,,while she is hundreds of miles from the train tracks, Abby is put through the mill as things go from bad to worse.

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The Nightsleeper cast is led by Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole, with the show also featuring Shameless legend David Threlfall and former EastEnders villain Alex Ferns. But the star in many viewers' eyes is the actress who plays Abby.

Who plays Abby in Nightsleeper?

The role of Abby in Nightsleeper is being taken on by Alexandra Roach. The 37-year-old is best known for being Becky in Utopia and DS Joy Freers in No Offence.

Her numerous other TV parts include ones in Being Human, Inside No. 9, Black Mirror and Killing Eve, while she also played a young Margaret Thatcher on the big screen in The Iron Lady.

Talking about playing Abby in Nightsleeper and she felt after cameras stopped rolling, Alexandra commented: "On the last day, I took her jacket off and hung it up and thought: please let me meet this character again and take her on another adventure. She made me braver. She stayed with me and she's in my bones now.