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'''Abigail Thorn''' (born 24 April 1993) is an English [[YouTuber]], [[actress]], and [[Playwrighting|playwright]].<ref name="FacebookPost1">{{cite web|title=Philosophy Tube FAQ|url=https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTube/posts/philosophy-tube-faqhello-philosofans-as-you-can-imagine-i-get-quite-a-few-questi/460163027465168/|author=Philosophy Tube|via=Facebook|access-date=25 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426154017/https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTube/posts/philosophy-tube-faqhello-philosofans-as-you-can-imagine-i-get-quite-a-few-questi/460163027465168/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last= Roose |first= Kevin |date= 12 February 2020 |title= A Thorn in YouTube's Side Digs In Even Deeper |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/technology/carlos-maza-youtube-vox.html |work= The New York Times |access-date= 12 February 2020 |archive-date= 12 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200212171333/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/technology/carlos-maza-youtube-vox.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

Thorn created the [[YouTube]] channel '''Philosophy Tube''' in 2013, when she sought to provide free lessons in [[philosophy]] in the wake of the 2012 increase in [[Tuition fees in the United Kingdom|university tuition fees in England]]. In 2018, her videos became more theatrical,  beginning to incorporate dramatic studio sets, lighting, costuming and makeup. The channel has been positively received by critics and has over one million subscribers.

In 2019, Thorn hosted a livestream on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] in which she read plays from the ''[[Complete Works of Shakespeare]]'' for the mental health charity [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritans]]. The stream lasted five days, featured a number of guests, and raised over £100,000 for the charity. In September and October 2022, ''The Prince''—a play written by and starring Thorn—ran [[Off West End]]. The [[transgender]]-themed work is based on characters in Shakespeare's ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'' becoming self-aware.

Thorn publicly came out as a [[transgender woman]] in January 2021, with the video ''Coming Out As Trans – A Little Public Statement'' and the more theatrical ''Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story''.<ref name="Vulture">{{cite news|last1=Alter|first1=Rebecca|date=30 January 2021|title=Popular YouTuber and Actress Abigail Thorn Comes Out As Trans|work=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/philosophy-tube-creator-abigail-thorn-comes-out-as-trans.html|access-date=31 January 2021|archive-date=30 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130215859/https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/philosophy-tube-creator-abigail-thorn-comes-out-as-trans.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Xtra">{{cite web|last=Stratis|first=Niko|date=30 January 2021|title=The world according to Abigail Thorn|url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/abigail-thorn-philosophy-tube-194324|work=[[Daily Xtra]]|accessdate=31 January 2021|archive-date=30 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130183337/https://xtramagazine.com/culture/abigail-thorn-philosophy-tube-194324|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Thorn is from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]<ref name="standard stream"/> and has two older brothers. She attended the [[Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne|Royal Grammar School]],<!-- school name is displayed as a link over the words "the wrought iron gates ..." in the given source --> where she was a member of an [[Army Cadet Force|army cadets]] group. Thorn credits her discovery of philosophy to her teacher, as well as having taken the subject as an [[A-level]] course. She later studied Philosophy and Theology at the [[University of St. Andrews]], where she also participated in Mermaids and the St Andrews Revue. Thorn graduated with a [[Master of Arts (Scotland)|Scottish Master of Arts]] in Philosophy in 2015, coming top of her year. She then trained at [[East 15 Acting School]], completing a [[Master of Arts]] awarded by the [[University of Essex]] in 2017 before moving to London.<ref name="whatisitlike">{{cite web |last1=Cliff |first1=Sosis |title=What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? |url=http://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/abigail-thorn |website=What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? |date=24 January 2019 |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419203046/http://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/abigail-thorn/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.east15.ac.uk/alumni/2017|title=University of Essex - 2017 graduates of East 15 Acting School|website=East 15|access-date=29 August 2019|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402105439/https://www.east15.ac.uk/alumni/2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2019, Thorn discussed her sexuality in her YouTube video ''Queer'', where she came out as [[bisexuality|bisexual]].<ref name=":0">{{cite AV media |last=Thorn |first=Abigail |date=28 October 2019 |title=Queer✨ |medium=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hi6j2UXEZM |access-date=28 October 2019 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite Tweet |last=Thorn |first=Abigail |date=28 October 2019|title=I am bisexual. 💜💙 Because it's me, my coming out video is a musical about the philosophy of language lol https://youtube.com/watch?v=5Hi6j2UXEZM ✨🎵🌈|number=1188917195159592966|user=PhilosophyTube|archive-date=28 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028203528if_/https://twitter.com/PhilosophyTube/status/1188917195159592966 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 30 January 2021, Thorn [[Coming out|came out]] as a [[trans woman]].<ref name="ET Canada">{{cite web|last=Samhan|first=Jamie|date=30 January 2021|title=Abigail Thorn Of 'Philosophy Tube' Comes Out As Transgender|url=https://etcanada.com/news/741050/abigail-thorn-of-philosophy-tube-comes-out-as-transgender/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130231523/https://etcanada.com/news/741050/abigail-thorn-of-philosophy-tube-comes-out-as-transgender/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2021|work=[[Entertainment Tonight Canada]]|accessdate=31 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Stolworthy|first=Jacob|date=31 January 2021|title=YouTube star Abigail Thorn comes out as trans in new video|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/abigail-thorn-trans-philosophy-tube-youtube-b1795344.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131083405/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/abigail-thorn-trans-philosophy-tube-youtube-b1795344.html |archive-date=2021-01-31 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=31 January 2021}}</ref> She has spoken at protests in favour of [[transgender health care]] and said that transgender liberation is a more important goal than transgender representation among fictional characters or celebrities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/06/nhs-trans-healthcare-crisis-protest/|title=Protesters stage 'die in' outside NHS HQ in powerful demonstration against trans healthcare crisis|work=[[PinkNews]]|last=Parsons|first=Vic|date=6 December 2021|accessdate=3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rs21.org.uk/2021/12/04/a-huge-step-forward-for-trans-protest-in-britain/|title=A huge step forward for trans protest in Britain|work=rs21|date=4 December 2021|accessdate=3 April 2022|archive-date=10 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110020437/https://www.rs21.org.uk/2021/12/04/a-huge-step-forward-for-trans-protest-in-britain/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Big Issue"/><ref name="RPS"/> Thorn cited the trans singer [[Kim Petras]] and the feminist [[Audre Lorde]] as influences in understanding her femininity.<ref name="RPS"/> Thorn identifies as a [[lesbian]], as of February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://divamag.co.uk/2022/02/25/abigail-thorn-trans-folks-have-unique-perspectives-on-the-world-and-much-to-contribute/|title=Abigail Thorn: "Trans folks have unique perspectives on the world and much to contribute"|date=25 February 2022|work=[[Diva (magazine)|Diva]]|last=Crosara|first=Nic|accessdate=26 February 2022}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== YouTube ===
Thorn began her YouTube channel, Philosophy Tube, as an educational channel in 2013 in response to the [[Tuition fees in the United Kingdom|English university tuition fees]] tripling in 2012, rendering higher education less accessible. Thorn made it her mission statement to "[give] away a philosophy degree for free".<ref name="Guardian 2016">{{cite journal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/06/how-youtube-makes-its-next-generation-stars|title=Inside the bootcamps where YouTube grows its next generation of stars|journal=The Guardian|first=Stuart|last=Dredge|date=6 May 2016|access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="teneighty">{{cite web|url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2018/10/31/seven-edutubers-you-should-be-watching/|title=Seven EduTubers You Should Be Watching|work=TenEighty Magazine|last=Rose|first=Quinn|date=31 October 2018|access-date=2 September 2019|archive-date=25 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425231055/https://teneightymagazine.com/2018/10/31/seven-edutubers-you-should-be-watching/|url-status=live}}</ref> Thorn originally planned to record her lectures and upload them, rather than appearing in videos, but her university would not allow this.<ref name="BBC WBR"/> Her first video titled "I think therefore I am" about [[René Descartes]] was uploaded in May 2013.<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/thephilosophytube|title=Philosophy Tube|last=Thorn|first=Abigail|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref> Her first subscriber unsubscribed in protest when she first voiced feminist opinions.<ref name="Insider"/> Prior to transition, Thorn presented the channel under the name Oliver Thorn.<ref name="nyt"/><ref name="tubefilter"/><!-- Do NOT remove Thorn's previous name - see [[Talk:Abigail Thorn/Archive_1#RFC: Gender_transition and MOS:DEADNAME]]. START DISCUSSION BEFORE REMOVING. -->

Thorn makes money from both YouTube advertisement revenue and crowdfunding on [[Patreon]].<ref name="BBC WBR">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07h1fnb|title=Giving away a philosophy degree online|website=World Business Report|publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]|date=16 July 2019|access-date=2 September 2019|archive-date=2 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902125221/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07h1fnb|url-status=live}}</ref> The channel's style progressed over a period of years from a direct style of talking to the camera about the works of philosophers such as [[René Descartes]] and [[Immanuel Kant]], to more theatrical productions.<ref name="regen"/><ref name="BBC WBR"/> In 2016, Thorn took part in the YouTube NextUp, a week-long training programme for YouTubers with under 100,000 subscribers.<ref name="Guardian 2016"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teneightymagazine.com/2016/05/18/five-of-the-best-2016-nextup-winners/|title=Five of the Best: 2016 NextUp Winners|work=TenEighty Magazine|last=Joy|first=Samantha|date=18 May 2016|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-date=20 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120140338/http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/05/18/five-of-the-best-2016-nextup-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, Thorn decided to change her content creation, beginning to film at a studio with costumes and makeup. She was inspired by the 2018 conference [[VidCon]], the channel [[ContraPoints]], and the ending of an abusive relationship.<ref name="Latch">{{cite web|url=https://thelatch.com.au/abigail-thorn-interview/|title=From YouTube to Hollywood: How Abigail Thorn Is Changing the Film Industry|work=The Latch|last=Burrows|first=Joel|date=11 January 2024|accessdate=13 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="regen">{{cite web|url=https://regenerationmag.org/philosophy-tube-faith-in-humanity/|title=Let Philosophy Tube Restore Your Faith in Humanity|work=Regeneration Magazine|last=Sang|first=Elliot|date=6 May 2019|access-date=2 September 2019|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829090427/https://regenerationmag.org/philosophy-tube-faith-in-humanity/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also used props such as snakes and horses.<ref name="BBC WBR"/> Characters and music began to feature.<ref name="vox"/><ref name="Latch"/>

Joel Burrows of ''The Latch'' said that these videos were characterised by their narratives, set design and monologues.<ref name="Latch"/> Kayleigh Donaldson of ''Pajiba'' described the works as "long-form think-pieces" with "detailed production design" that use aspects of [[sketch comedy]].<ref name="pajiba">{{cite web|url=https://www.pajiba.com/miscellaneous/youtuber-philosophy-tube-livestreaming-reading-of-entire-works-of-shakespeare-for-charity.php|title=YouTuber Philosophy Tube Live-Streaming Reading of Entire Works of Shakespeare for Charity|work=Pajiba|last=Donaldson|first=Kayleigh|date=26 August 2019|access-date=29 August 2019|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829165347/https://www.pajiba.com/miscellaneous/youtuber-philosophy-tube-livestreaming-reading-of-entire-works-of-shakespeare-for-charity.php|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Emily St. James]] of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' summarised that the channel covers both philosophical topics and "sociopolitical ideas of the current era from a leftist point of view".<ref name="vox"/> For instance, a video about the former Trump advisor and ''[[Breitbart News]]'' co-founder [[Steve Bannon]] features Thorn performing a cover of a ''[[Hadestown (album)|Hadestown]]'' song, with lyrics about Bannon.<ref name="vox">{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/2/20749452/best-youtube-video-philosophy-tube-men-abuse-trauma-oliver-thorn|title=This brilliant YouTube video is one of the best TV episodes of the year|last=St. James|first=Emily|author-link=Emily St. James|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=2 August 2019|access-date=30 August 2019|archive-date=3 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803153126/https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/2/20749452/best-youtube-video-philosophy-tube-men-abuse-trauma-oliver-thorn|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Food, Beauty, Mind'' features Kelly Slaughter, an exploitative technology company CEO.<ref name="Latch"/>

In January 2020, Dmitry Kuznetsov and Milan Ismangil, writing for ''[[tripleC]]'', reported that the channel is a focus of an internet fan community centered around leftist YouTubers categorised as "[[BreadTube]]". The authors note fan crowdfunding, production value, criticism of the [[alt-right]], use of citation and videos about broad topics as common BreadTube attributes that are employed by Philosophy Tube. As a case study, Thorn's ''Climate Grief'' discusses [[climate change]] through multiple personas, citing [[Timothy Morton]]'s concept of hyperobjects and [[Terry Eagleton]]'s ''[[Why Marx Was Right]]''. In the video, Thorn criticises some right-wing and left-wing arguments and highlights indigenous philosophy.<ref>{{cite journal|title=YouTube as Praxis? On BreadTube and the Digital Propagation of Socialist Thought|journal=[[tripleC]]|last1=Kuznetsov|first1=Dmitry|last2=Ismangil|first2=Milan|doi=10.31269/triplec.v18i1.1128|date=January 2020|volume=18|issue=1|pages=204–218|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In 2021, Thorn reached one million subscribers. In an interview with ''[[Insider.com|Insider]]'', Thorn said she had an idea for the final Philosophy Tube episode and that the channel's continuation depended on future acting roles. She saw it as successful due to her subscriber numbers, an invitation to be a featured creator at 2021 VidCon and other YouTube channels that were inspired by her.<ref name="Insider"/>

Thorn's 2018 video ''Suic!de and Ment@l He@lth'' examines societal attitudes to mental health, along with her personal experiences: she has a history of [[self-harm]] and [[Suicide attempt|attempted suicide]] twice in her life.<ref name="regen"/> She said in mid-2019 that she still received at least one email per day by a person who said the video saved their life.<ref name="vox"/> Thorn's video ''Men. Abuse. Trauma.'' is about men and mental health, with reference to her personal experiences.<ref name="vox"/> The video is 35 minutes long, with the script entirely memorised by Thorn. There are no cuts or editing,<ref name="pajiba"/> and a single costume change is facilitated by a slow camera pan across the room;<ref name="vox"/> Thorn used the second of two takes.<ref name="vox"/> Both the script and the style of the video reference the 1944 [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] play ''[[No Exit]]''.<ref name="vox"/> Emily St. James of ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' praised that the "tension and vulnerability that builds" is maintained by the lack of editing, and opined that in the video, "aesthetic form is inseparable from content".<ref name="vox"/>

===''Coming Out As Trans'' and ''Identity''===
[[File:Coming Out As Trans - A Little Public Statement.webm|thumb|''Coming Out As Trans – A Little Public Statement'' video, originally posted to YouTube on 30 January 2021]]
On 30 January 2021, Thorn [[Coming out|came out]] as a [[trans woman]] via a public statement, posted on social media and recorded as the video ''Coming Out As Trans – A Little Public Statement''.<ref name="ET Canada" /><ref name=":1" /> ''[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]''{{'}}s Harron Walker described it as a "feminist, anticapitalist appeal in support [of] trans people's legal equality, physical autonomy, and broader liberation in the United Kingdom and beyond".<ref name="Jezebel">{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Harron|date=30 January 2021|title=Saturday Night Social: Congrats to Abigail Thorn!|url=https://jezebel.com/saturday-night-social-congrats-to-abigail-thorn-1846167595|work=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]|accessdate=31 January 2021}}</ref> The statement discussed issues in access to healthcare, journalist fearmongering about transgender people and a lack of elected transgender representatives.<ref name="PinkNews">{{cite web|last=Milton|first=Josh|date=31 January 2021|title=YouTube star Abigail Thorn comes out as trans: 'Even when other people make it hard, being trans is a gift'|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/31/abigail-thorn-philosophy-tube-youtube-comes-out-trans/|work=[[PinkNews]]|accessdate=31 January 2021|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131111619/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/31/abigail-thorn-philosophy-tube-youtube-comes-out-trans/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gay Times">{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Matt|title=Philosophy Tube star Abigail Thorn comes out as a trans woman in powerful statement|url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/philosophy-tube-star-abigail-thorn-comes-out-as-a-trans-woman-in-powerful-statement/|work=[[Gay Times]]|date=31 January 2021|accessdate=31 January 2021|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131111509/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/philosophy-tube-star-abigail-thorn-comes-out-as-a-trans-woman-in-powerful-statement/|url-status=live}}</ref> She also says that other issues in society like homelessness disproportionately affect the trans community.<ref>{{cite web|last=Padgett|first=Donald|date=1 February 2021|title='Philosophy Tube' Creator, Abigail Thorn, Comes Out as Trans|url=https://www.out.com/transgender/2021/2/01/philosophy-today-creator-abigail-thorn-comes-out-trans|work=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]|accessdate=2 February 2021|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201165023/https://www.out.com/transgender/2021/2/01/philosophy-today-creator-abigail-thorn-comes-out-trans|url-status=live}}</ref> "Abigail" trended on [[Twitter]] subsequent to the announcement.<ref name="Junkee">{{cite web|last=Salem|first=Merryana|date=31 January 2021|title=Philosophy Tube Creator Abigail Thorn Comes Out As Trans|url=https://junkee.com/philosophy-tube-abigail-thorn-trans/286646|work=[[Junkee]]|accessdate=31 January 2021|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131042909/https://junkee.com/philosophy-tube-abigail-thorn-trans/286646|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Vulture" />

Thorn also released ''Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story'', which drew on the work of the American writer [[Audre Lorde]] and saw Rhys Tees acting in the role of Thorn's former self.<ref name="Xtra" /> Thorn told the ''[[Daily Xtra]]'' that studying works by trans philosophers helped her gain insight about her identity, but that she felt significant societal pressure as a transgender public figure. Prior to the announcement, she had come out to friends and family but experienced difficulties in avoiding being publicly outed in day-to-day life, and in accessing trans spaces anonymously.<ref name="Xtra" /> Her messages to other trans public figures went unanswered and she fell out of contact with a trans friend who told her that being transgender was "a curse".<ref name="MyLondon">{{cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/arts-culture-news/abigail-thorn-philosophy-tube-prince-25075487|title='I have over 1 million YouTube subscribers but I had to come out as trans on my own - my friend said it's a curse'|work=[[MyLondon]]|last=Capon|first=Tom|date=23 September 2022|accessdate=4 December 2022}}</ref> Thorn had chosen to act as a man in some of her videos despite having realized she was transgender, and decided to keep her pre-[[Gender transition|transition]] videos public because of their educational content and artistic value, and as she did not think being transgender should be a source of shame.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 April 2021|title=Abigail Thorn: 'I came out as trans and made headlines'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-56606897|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=3 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="Insider"/>

In a 2021 interview with [[Ben Hunte]] for the [[BBC]], Thorn described anxiety over publicising her transition, but felt that she could not have kept it private for much longer.<ref name="BBC video">{{cite AV media|title='I came out as trans and made headlines'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-56606897|publisher=[[BBC]]|medium=Video|people=[[Ben Hunte|Hunte, Ben]] (interviewer)|date=3 April 2021|accessdate=14 October 2021|archive-date=13 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113213757/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-56606897|url-status=live}}</ref> Thorn told ''Insider'' that prior to her transition, when male fans would refer to her as a positive role model for masculinity, "it always felt like they were talking about someone else". She described: "I tried to do the man of the 21st century thing{{nbsp}}... woke but also compassionate and fun and charming and sexy and all the rest of it{{nbsp}}... and it all made me sort of miserable really. But I understand why some of my audience felt that way". When she came out, she felt external pressure to "perform a certain model of femininity", as a "white, stylish, eloquent, charming, non-threatening woman", saying that "that's kind of what British women are expected to be".<ref name="Insider">{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/abigail-thorn-interview-philosophy-tube-kill-james-bond-podcast-2021-8|title=Meet Abigail Thorn, the trans philosopher who wants to kill James Bond|work=[[Insider.com|Insider]]|last=Kaye|first=Chris|date=21 August 2021|accessdate=23 August 2021}}</ref>

=== Charity livestream ===
In 2019, Thorn aimed to read the ''[[Complete Works of Shakespeare]]'' in order to raise money for the [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritans]], a UK charity that helps people in emotional distress. Thorn chose the charity because she said that its telephone hotline "saved [her] life when [she] was considering suicide".<ref name="standard stream">{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/youtuber-on-track-to-raise-100000-for-charity-by-livestreaming-complete-works-of-shakespeare-a4221456.html|title=PhilosophyTube: YouTube star set to raise $100,000 for charity by livestreaming complete works of Shakespeare|work=[[Evening Standard]]|last=Brewis|first=Harriet|date=26 August 2019|access-date=29 August 2019|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829074758/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/youtuber-on-track-to-raise-100000-for-charity-by-livestreaming-complete-works-of-shakespeare-a4221456.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She chose Shakespeare based on the idea that "Shakespeare features every human emotion", which she attributed to [[Judi Dench]].<ref name="tubefilter">{{cite web|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/08/26/youtuber-olly-thorn-raises-100000-by-livestreaming-shakespeare-readings-24-7-for-4-days/|title=YouTuber Olly Thorn Raises $100,000+ By Livestreaming Shakespeare Readings Around The Clock For 4 Days|work=[[Tubefilter]]|last=Hale|first=James Loke|date=26 August 2019|access-date=29 August 2019|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829074756/https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/08/26/youtuber-olly-thorn-raises-100000-by-livestreaming-shakespeare-readings-24-7-for-4-days/|url-status=live}}</ref> The stream was inspired by a January 2019 video game stream by [[hbomberguy]] which raised £278,000 ($340,000) for British transgender charity [[Mermaids (charity)|Mermaids]].<ref name="standard stream"/> It was announced at the end of her YouTube video ''Men. Abuse. Trauma.'', which was released in late July 2019.<ref name="pajiba"/>

Streaming on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]],<ref name="tubefilter"/> Thorn began on Friday 23 August<ref name="times"/> and finished on Tuesday 27 August, streaming continuously with only a few hours per day for sleep.<ref name="tubefilter"/> Many internet personalities joined Thorn to voice roles in the plays, such as [[Mara Wilson]] as [[Lady Macbeth]]<ref name="tubefilter"/> and [[Dominique McLean|Dominique "SonicFox" McLean]] as ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]''{{'}}s [[Hector]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.outsports.com/2019/8/29/20837144/sonicfox-esports-lgbt-trevor-project-twitch-charity |title=Gay esports pro SonicFox exceeds donation goal during marathon charity stream |last=Bell |first=Brian C. |date=2019-08-29 |access-date=2019-09-05 |website=[[Outsports]] |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905205005/https://www.outsports.com/2019/8/29/20837144/sonicfox-esports-lgbt-trevor-project-twitch-charity |url-status=live }}</ref> Thorn initially expected to raise between $2,000 and $5,000, but said on Twitter that the stream had raised £109,447.54 (roughly $130,000) after [[PayPal]] currency conversion fees.<ref name="standard stream"/><ref>{{cite tweet |user=PhilosophyTube |number=1167493625225367553 |date=30 August 2019 |title=The final total of the Shakespeare marathon stream, which will all be donated to @samaritans, is £109,447.54, or about $133,000! THANK YOU to everyone who helped out! ✨💖💷 |access-date=30 August 2019 |archive-date=30 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830174802if_/https://twitter.com/PhilosophyTube/status/1167493625225367553 |url-status=dead}}<br/>{{cite tweet |user=PhilosophyTube |number=1167493626475270144 |date=30 August 2019 |title=(btw if you're wondering why that's less than the on-screen amount it's because the cash was donated in dozens of currencies, displayed roughly in dollars, and has been converted to £, for which Paypal charged currency conversion fees) |access-date=30 August 2019 |archive-date=30 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830174802if_/https://twitter.com/PhilosophyTube/status/1167493626475270144 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Over 175,000 people watched the stream.<ref name="times">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/complete-works-of-shakespeare-livestreamed-for-charity-q6r8v99bb|title=Complete works of Shakespeare livestreamed for charity|work=[[The Times]]|last1=Eribake|first1=Adeole|last2=Low|first2=Valentine|date=28 August 2019|access-date=29 August 2019|url-access=subscription|archive-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828210654/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/complete-works-of-shakespeare-livestreamed-for-charity-q6r8v99bb|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] praised Thorn for the endeavour,<ref name="times"/> as did the Samaritans.<ref name="tubefilter"/>

===Acting===
In the second and third series of ''[[Ladhood]]'', which were released on [[BBC iPlayer]] in 2021 and 2022, Thorn played the role of Iona, appearing in four episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/ladhood/episodes/2/3/|title=Series 2, Episode 3 - Indie|publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]]|accessdate=22 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/ladhood/episodes/2/6/|title=Series 2, Episode 6 - The Big Day|publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]]|accessdate=22 August 2021|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822095740/https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/ladhood/episodes/2/6/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Ladhood Series 3, Episode 5 - Never Forget |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/ladhood/episodes/3/5/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en |archive-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202023951/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/ladhood/episodes/3/5/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Ladhood Series 3, Episode 6 - TV |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/ladhood/episodes/3/6/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en |archive-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202023951/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/ladhood/episodes/3/6/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2021, it was announced that Thorn would appear in a 10-episode television series, ''[[Django (TV series)|Django]]'', a remake of the 1966 Western [[Django (1966 film)|film of the same name]].<ref name="Django">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/noomi-rapace-nicholas-pinnock-django-sky-canal-plus-1234970178/|title=Noomi Rapace, Nicholas Pinnock Join Matthias Schoenaerts in 'Django,' From Sky and Canal Plus (Exclusive)|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last1=Hopewell|first1=John|last2=Vivarelli|first2=Nick|date=11 May 2021|accessdate=21 May 2021|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182708/https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/noomi-rapace-nicholas-pinnock-django-sky-canal-plus-1234970178/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Insider" /> The series was released in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=''Django'', la nouvelle série événement démarre sur CANAL+ |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/guide-shopping/offres-canal/django-la-nouvelle-serie-evenement-demarre-sur-canal-13-02-2023-FSOVXTPVAVAZ3K6EHFEHMB7XBI.php |work=[[Le Parisien]] |date=February 13, 2023 |language=fr-FR |trans-title=''Django'', the new event series starts on CANAL+}}</ref>

Thorn voiced Nocturne, a secondary character in the video game ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.videogamer.com/guides/baldurs-gate-3-cast-voice/ |title=Baldur's Gate 3 main cast and voice actors list |work=VideoGamer.com |date=11 August 2023 |accessdate=15 August 2023 |last=Terence |first=Antony}}</ref> The role included [[motion capture]]. Sarah Guinevere Smit of ''[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]'' lauded Nocturne's transgender identity, characterisation and diary entries.<ref name="RPS">{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/baldurs-gate-3s-nocturne-is-a-landmark-in-trans-representation-but-for-her-voice-actor-its-just-the-beginning#comments|title=Baldur's Gate 3's Nocturne is a landmark in trans representation, but for her voice actor it's just the beginning|work=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]|last=Smit|first=Sarah Guinevere|date=29 January 2024|accessdate=11 February 2024|archive-date=5 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205202513/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/baldurs-gate-3s-nocturne-is-a-landmark-in-trans-representation-but-for-her-voice-actor-its-just-the-beginning#comments|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Mary Sue]]''{{'}}s Madeline Carpou described the character as "an incredibly sweet, lovely presence".<ref name="Baldursgate" />

She played Ensign Eurus in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' television series ''[[The Acolyte (TV series)|The Acolyte]]'' released in June 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moser |first=Ethan |date=29 June 2023 |title=Abigail Thorn to make history as first-ever trans actor in Star Wars franchise |url=https://gcn.ie/star-wars-trans-actor-abigail-thorn/ |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=[[Gay Community News (Dublin)|Gay Community News]] |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629132729/https://gcn.ie/star-wars-trans-actor-abigail-thorn/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krol |first=Charlotte |date=28 June 2023 |title=Star Wars reportedly casts first ever transgender actor |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/star-wars-casts-first-ever-transgender-actor-abigail-thorne-the-acolyte-3462472 |access-date=17 November 2023 |website=[[NME]] |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112161658/https://www.nme.com/news/tv/star-wars-casts-first-ever-transgender-actor-abigail-thorne-the-acolyte-3462472 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Sharako Lohar in a ''[[House of the Dragon]]'' episode released in August 2024.<ref name="HotD"/>

Thorn stars in ''Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend'', a short film she wrote for [[Nebula (streaming service)|Nebula]] about a dinner between two of Dracula's former partners.<ref name="Dracula">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/streaming/news/abigail-thorn-draculas-ex-girlfriend-nebula-1235811750/|title='Jennifer's Body' Meets 'Euphoria' Short Film 'Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend Starring YouTuber Abigail Thorn Set at Nebula (Exclusive)|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Maas|first=Jennifer|date=29 November 2023|accessdate=29 November 2023|archive-date=2 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202003451/https://variety.com/2023/streaming/news/abigail-thorn-draculas-ex-girlfriend-nebula-1235811750/|url-status=live}}</ref> It follows a theatrical adaptation of ''[[Dracula]]'' that was abandoned due to [[COVID-19 lockdowns]]; it would have interpreted [[Count Dracula|the title character]] as a powerful, abusive man who manipulated people's insecurities.<ref name="Latch"/> Thorn will star alongside the actors [[Morgana Ignis]] and [[Brandon Rogers (YouTuber)|Brandon Rogers]], known from the web series ''[[Helluva Boss]]''. The film is scheduled to begin production in February 2024 for a summer release.<ref name="Draculacasting">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/streaming/news/abigail-thorn-nebula-draculas-ex-girlfriend-morgana-ignis-brandon-rogers-1235913013/|title=Abigail Thorn's Nebula Movie 'Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend' Adds 'Helluva Boss' Stars Morgana Ignis, Brandon Rogers (Exclusive)|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Maas|first=Jennifer|date=16 February 2024|accessdate=18 February 2024|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219175614/https://variety.com/2024/streaming/news/abigail-thorn-nebula-draculas-ex-girlfriend-morgana-ignis-brandon-rogers-1235913013/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====''The Prince''====
{{main|The Prince (play)}}
Thorn wrote and was the acting lead in the [[Off West End]] play, ''The Prince'', at the [[Southwark Playhouse]].<ref name="Diva Prince" /><ref name="LT Prince" /> The show features characters becoming self-aware and trying to escape from [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s oeuvre, centring around ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show-homepage/the-prince/|title=The Prince - Southwark Playhouse &#124; Theatre and Bar|access-date=17 June 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920133702/https://www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show-homepage/the-prince/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph Prince"/> It was funded by Nebula and a filmed performance was released on the platform in February 2023.<ref name="Latch"/><ref name="The Prince | Nebula">{{cite web |url=https://nebula.tv/theprince |title=The Prince |website=nebula.tv |publisher=[[Nebula (streaming service)|Nebula]] |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref> The eight-person cast was majority-trans. [[Preview (theatre)|Previews]] began on 15 September 2022 and the performance run was from 19 September 2022 to 8 October 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diva-magazine.com/2022/08/04/the-prince-abigail-thorn-2/|title=Trans representation in theatre is slowly but surely changing for the better|work=[[Diva (magazine)|Diva]]|last=Grimwade|first=Charlotte|date=4 August 2022|accessdate=4 August 2022|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072414/https://diva-magazine.com/2022/08/04/the-prince-abigail-thorn-2/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LT Prince">{{cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/the-prince-to-open-at-southwark-playhouse-abigail-thorn|title=Shakespeare-inspired play 'The Prince' to open at Southwark Playhouse|work=London Theatre|last=Thomas|first=Sophie|date=1 August 2022|accessdate=4 August 2022|archive-date=1 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201223543/https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/the-prince-to-open-at-southwark-playhouse-abigail-thorn|url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Prince'' has themes of transgender identity, political [[Radicalization|radicalisation]] and unhealthy romantic, platonic and familial relationships.<ref name="Big Issue">{{cite web|url=https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/changemakers-2022-social-justice/|title=Changemakers 2022: Social Justice|work=[[The Big Issue]]|date=13 January 2022|accessdate=3 April 2022|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606130442/https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/changemakers-2022-social-justice/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Diva Prince"/> Thorn described it as "Like ''[[The Matrix]]'' if it was written in 1600".<ref name="Diva Prince">{{Cite web|url=https://divamag.co.uk/2022/06/16/the-prince-abigail-thorn/|title=With sword fighting, lesbianism and a magical doorway, Shakesqueer lovers have a lot to look forward to|work=[[Diva (magazine)|Diva]]|last=Crosara|first=Nic|date=16 June 2022|accessdate=25 June 2022|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072413/https://diva-magazine.com/2022/06/16/the-prince-abigail-thorn/|url-status=live}}</ref> The programme notes compare it to the play ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'', which shows ''Hamlet'' from the perspective of two minor characters.<ref name="Reviews Hub">{{cite web|url=https://www.thereviewshub.com/the-prince-southwark-playhouse-london/|title=The Prince – Southwark Playhouse, London|work=The Reviews Hub|last=Pattrick|first=Oliver|date=20 September 2022|accessdate=4 December 2022|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072415/https://www.thereviewshub.com/the-prince-southwark-playhouse-london/|url-status=live}}</ref> Thorn said that Shakespeare is fit for trans allegory as performers were originally all male and the writing is dense with jokes about people dressing up as or being confused for other genders.<ref name="PinkNews Prince"/> Thorn's character, Hotspur, is written by Shakespeare as having idealised manhood.<ref name="Telegraph Prince"/> Thorn did not see it as a "queer play", but more generally one about "characters who are trapped for all sorts of reasons". She compared it to a period of concealing her gender on Philosophy Tube.<ref name="PinkNews Prince">{{cite web|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/09/20/abigail-thorn-the-prince-southwark-playhouse/|title=YouTuber and playwright Abigail Thorn explains why Shakespeare has 'so much trans potential'|work=[[PinkNews]]|last=Iftikhar|first=Asyia|date=20 September 2020|accessdate=4 December 2022|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072415/https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/09/20/abigail-thorn-the-prince-southwark-playhouse/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The play received three stars out of five in reviews from ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[BroadwayWorld]]'', ''The Stage'' and ''The Reviews Hub''. A reviewer for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Kate Wyver, said that it is an "ambitious if slightly feverish exploration of transgression and transition within Shakespeare's plays" that "playfully questions the performance of gender and the roles we are all assigned".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/sep/22/the-prince-review-southwark-playhouse|title=The Prince review – playful romp through Shakespearean roles|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Wyver|first=Kate|date=22 September 2022|accessdate=4 December 2022|archive-date=1 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201230532/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/sep/22/the-prince-review-southwark-playhouse|url-status=live}}</ref> Claire Allfree of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' analysed that ''The Prince'' fit well with Shakespeare's use of [[metatheatre]] and themes of gender and performance.<ref name="Telegraph Prince">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/prince-review-hotspur-becomes-trans-larky-spin-shakespeare-identity/|title=The Prince, review: Hotspur becomes trans in this larky spin on Shakespeare and identity|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=Allfree|first=Claire|date=20 September 2022|accessdate=1 April 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401162715/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/prince-review-hotspur-becomes-trans-larky-spin-shakespeare-identity/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, ''BroadwayWorld''{{'}}s Cindy Marcolina believed that "the scripted ending stands on wobbly feet and the framing never gets the explanation it needs to be satisfyingly convincing".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Review-THE-PRINCE-Southwark-Playhouse-20220920|title=Review: The Prince, Southwark Playhouse|work=[[BroadwayWorld]]|last=Marcolina|first=Cindy|date=20 September 2022|accessdate=4 December 2022|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072419/https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Review-THE-PRINCE-Southwark-Playhouse-20220920|url-status=live}}</ref> Critics for ''The Stage'' and ''The Reviews Hub'' praised the transgender themes but criticised aspects of the writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/the-prince-review-at-southwark-playhouse-london|title=The Prince review|work=The Stage|last=Hawking|first=Frey Kwa|date=20 September 2022|accessdate=4 December 2022|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072417/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/the-prince-review-at-southwark-playhouse-london|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reviews Hub"/>

===Other activities===
In February 2021, Thorn joined [[November Kelly]] and Devon in hosting the [[podcast]] ''Kill James Bond!'', a film review podcast which initially focused on the [[List of James Bond films|James Bond films]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.killjamesbond.com/|title=Kill James Bond!|website=Kill James Bond!|access-date=3 March 2024|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303090422/https://www.killjamesbond.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lloyd|first=Brian|date=June 2021|title=7 podcast recommendations if you love... movies and movie trivia|url=https://entertainment.ie/podcasts/recommendations-movies-trivia-446096/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225195419/https://entertainment.ie/podcasts/recommendations-movies-trivia-446096/|archive-date=2021-02-25|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Entertainment.ie|publisher=Packed House}}</ref> The podcast takes a critical angle, attempting in the words of its creators to "give 007 the socialist, feminist upcoming he so richly deserves".<ref>{{cite web |title=Kill James Bond! is creating an anti-bond Bond podcast |url=https://www.patreon.com/killjamesbond |website=Patreon |access-date=4 August 2021 |archive-date=29 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072419/https://www.patreon.com/killjamesbond |url-status=live }}</ref> It peaked at #1 on ''Chartable''{{'}}s list of most popular film review podcast in the U.K. Thorn said that she got involved after Kelly suggested the podcast on Twitter. She was familiar with the Bond films from her childhood and believed that they are flawed "in interesting ways that say interesting things about Britain". She saw Bond as symbolic of a "British sort of military masculinity" and commented that both she and Kelly had been army cadets as children.<ref name="Insider"/> The podcast has also reviewed the film series ''[[Bourne (franchise)|Bourne]]'', ''[[Jack Ryan (franchise)|Jack Ryan]]'', ''[[OSS 117]]'', and ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''

Thorn narrated the audiobook for ''[[Axiom's End]]'' (2020) by [[Lindsay Ellis]], alongside Stephanie Willis. For her narration she was jointly nominated for an [[Audie Awards|Audie Award]] for Science Fiction.<ref name="audie 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies-1|title=2021 Audie Award Finalists|publisher=[[Audio Publishers Association]]|accessdate=11 March 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306104054/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies-1 |archive-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Shannon Strucci, writing for the magazine ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' published by the [[British Film Institute]], said that Thorn's videos "vary tremendously" in "tone and content". Strucci described the videos as "always well-researched, inventive, and theatrical".<ref name="sight&sound"/> The German broadcaster [[Deutsche Welle]] praised the videos as entertaining and elaborate in design.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/de/youtube-sehen-mit-dem-linken-auge/a-52011659|title=YouTube sehen mit dem linken Auge|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|last=Langer|first=Marko|date=18 January 2020|access-date=10 April 2020|archive-date=10 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110020437/https://www.dw.com/de/youtube-sehen-mit-dem-linken-auge/a-52011659|url-status=live}}</ref> The channel Philosophy Tube was recommended in the Slovak broadsheet ''[[SME (newspaper)|SME]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tech.sme.sk/c/22362068/styri-tipy-na-vedecke-aktivity-ktore-mozete-robit-z-domu.html|title=Skúmajte vesmír z domu. Tipy na vedecké aktivity počas karantény|work=[[SME (newspaper)|SME]]|last=Beňo|first=Matúš|date=18 March 2020|access-date=10 April 2020|archive-date=10 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410224445/https://tech.sme.sk/c/22362068/styri-tipy-na-vedecke-aktivity-ktore-mozete-robit-z-domu.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Irish author and broadcaster [[Emma Dabiri]] has enjoyed Thorn's videos.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/emma-dabiri-on-my-culture-radar-1.4180763|title=Emma Dabiri: On My Culture Radar|last=Ganatra|first=Shilpa|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=22 February 2020|access-date=13 March 2020|archive-date=23 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223223725/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/emma-dabiri-on-my-culture-radar-1.4180763|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Philosophy Tube was recommended in a list of open access streaming content in an essay for ''[[Choice Reviews]]'', and two reviewers for ''[[The Guardian]]''—[[Frances Ryan]] and Ammar Kalia—praised the channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ala-choice.libguides.com/c.php?g=1107796&p=8084645|title=A Guide to Openly Accessible Media and Streaming Video Content (January 2021): Philosophy & Religion|last1=Ariew|first1=Susan|last2=Schmidt|first2=LeEtta|last3=Torrence|first3=Matt|date=1 February 2021|accessdate=3 February 2021|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104232642/https://ala-choice.libguides.com/c.php?g=1107796&p=8084645|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/feb/23/cake-and-inner-calm-10-ways-to-improve-your-mood-without-exercising|title=Cake and inner calm: 10 ways to improve your mood – without exercising|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Ryan|first=Frances|date=23 February 2021|accessdate=24 February 2021|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072415/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/feb/23/cake-and-inner-calm-10-ways-to-improve-your-mood-without-exercising|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/02/from-bond-to-becky-hill-a-complete-guide-to-this-weeks-entertainment-going-out-staying-in|title=From Bond to Becky Hill: a complete guide to this week's entertainment|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Kalia|first=Ammar|date=2 October 2021|accessdate=20 October 2021}}</ref>

St. James described the video ''Men. Abuse. Trauma.'' as "one of the best TV episodes of the year".<ref name="vox"/> Dan Schindel of ''[[Hyperallergic]]'' described the same video as a "riveting half-hour", praising its lack of cuts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/514273/stream-new-documentaries-on-ants-snails-hacker-graffiti-the-simpsons-and-more/|title=Stream New Documentaries on Ants, Snails, Hacker Graffiti, ''The Simpsons'', and More|work=[[Hyperallergic]]|last=Schindel|first=Dan|date=23 August 2019|access-date=2 September 2019|archive-date=2 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902214657/https://hyperallergic.com/514273/stream-new-documentaries-on-ants-snails-hacker-graffiti-the-simpsons-and-more/|url-status=live}}</ref> The video was also praised by Lukáš Pokorný in the Czech magazine ''[[:cs:A2 (časopis)|A2]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://a2larm.cz/2019/09/chtel-byt-jako-garry-cooper/|title=Chtěl být jako Garry Cooper|work=[[:cs:A2 (časopis)|A2]]|last=Pokorný|first=Lukáš|language=cs|date=9 September 2019|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref> Thorn's video ''Queer'' was one of 134 video essays included in ''Sight and Sound'' as one of the "best video essays of 2019". Strucci reviewed for the magazine that the video was "illuminating and entertaining" as well as "joyful".<ref name="sight&sound">{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/polls-surveys/best-video-essays-2019|title=The best video essays of 2019|work=[[Sight & Sound]]|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|last1=Avissar|first1=Ariel|last2=DiGravio|first2=Will|last3=Lee|first3=Grace|date=10 January 2020|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=1 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201124843/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/polls-surveys/best-video-essays-2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Gwendolyn Ann Smith]], writing for the ''[[Bay Area Reporter]]'', praised ''Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story'' as "delving deeply into the very nature of being trans in ways [she has] not typically seen", in relation to the perspective that [[gender transitioning]] is about "revealing the truth within" rather than "becoming something that we weren't".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/news//301863|title=Transmissions: Being or becoming|work=[[Bay Area Reporter]]|last=Smith|first=Gwendolyn Ann|author-link=Gwendolyn Ann Smith|date=10 February 2021|accessdate=12 February 2021|archive-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212151755/https://www.ebar.com/news/news/301863|url-status=live}}</ref>

Schindel recommended the video ''Artists & Fandoms''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/555894/explaining-your-favorite-gifs-and-translating-video-games-web-docs-to-watch/|title=Explaining Your Favorite Gifs and Translating Video Games: Web Docs to Watch|work=[[Hyperallergic]]|last=Schindel|first=Dan|date=17 April 2020|access-date=12 July 2020|archive-date=17 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517021616/https://hyperallergic.com/555894/explaining-your-favorite-gifs-and-translating-video-games-web-docs-to-watch/|url-status=live}}</ref> St. James praised that, in ''Steve Bannon'', Thorn "undercuts [Bannon's] entire shtick".<ref name="vox"/> Merryana Salem, writing for ''[[Junkee]]'', said ''The Trouble with the Video Game Industry'' was one of her "all-time favourite Youtube videos".<ref name="Junkee"/> Salem later recommended ''Data''—a video about ethical concerns of [[data mining]]—as one of "10 Video Essays That Will Get You Addicted To Video Essays".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://junkee.com/video-essays-youtube/288935|title=10 Video Essays That Will Get You Addicted To Video Essays|work=[[Junkee]]|last=Salem|first=Merryanna|date=28 February 2021|accessdate=11 March 2021|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228054116/https://junkee.com/video-essays-youtube/288935|url-status=live}}</ref> Wil Williams of ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' reviewed ''Data'' as one of Thorn's most underrated videos, comparing the format to a [[Platonic dialogue]] and the interactive film ''[[Black Mirror: Bandersnatch]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/22417320/best-video-essays-youtube-history|title=The video essays that spawned an entire YouTube genre|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|last=Williams|first=Wil|date=1 June 2021|accessdate=11 August 2021|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811131717/https://www.polygon.com/22417320/best-video-essays-youtube-history|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
In 2022, Thorn was awarded an [[Off West End Theatre Award]] ("Offie") in the "OneOff" category. The awarding body credited her as "a pioneer for trans rights" across her YouTube work, Shakespeare charity livestream, and role in ''The Prince''.<ref name="Offie">{{cite web|url=https://offies.london/abigail-thorn-offies-2022-newnoms-oneoff-special-award/|title=Abigail Thorn #Offies 2022 #NewNoms: ONEOFF Special Award|date=6 October 2022|publisher=[[Off West End Theatre Awards]]|accessdate=4 December 2022|archive-date=1 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201232917/https://offies.london/abigail-thorn-offies-2022-newnoms-oneoff-special-award/|url-status=live}}</ref> Thorn was listed among ''[[Diva (magazine)|Diva]]''{{'}}s Power List of 100 influential LGBT individuals in 2022, 2023 and 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diva-magazine.com/2022/04/25/the-diva-power-list-has-arrived/|title=The DIVA Power List has arrived!|work=[[Diva (magazine)|Diva]]|date=25 April 2022|accessdate=28 April 2024|archive-date=27 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427105016/https://diva-magazine.com/2022/04/25/the-diva-power-list-has-arrived/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://diva-magazine.com/2023/04/22/the-diva-power-list-2023-is-here/|title=The DIVA Power List 2023 is here!|work=[[Diva (magazine)|Diva]]|date=22 April 2023|accessdate=28 April 2024|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829072945/https://diva-magazine.com/2023/04/22/the-diva-power-list-2023-is-here/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://diva-magazine.com/2024/04/23/diva-power-list-2024/|title=The DIVA Power List 2024 has arrived!|work=[[Diva (magazine)|Diva]]|date=23 April 2024|accessdate=28 April 2024|archive-date=28 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428133707/https://diva-magazine.com/2024/04/23/diva-power-list-2024/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Thorn was nominated in the category Online Influencer for a 2021 [[British LGBT Award]]. Thorn declined the nomination citing moral and political disagreements with the award's sponsors.<ref name="Big Issue"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/british-lgbt-awards-2021-nominees_uk_607d7593e4b058846f271ec3|title=It's A Sin, RuPaul's Drag Race And Phillip Schofield Receive Nods At British LGBT Awards|work=[[HuffPost]]|last=Welsh|first=Daniel|date=19 April 2021|accessdate=20 April 2021|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419192108/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/british-lgbt-awards-2021-nominees_uk_607d7593e4b058846f271ec3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="HuckMag">{{cite web|url=https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/how-the-british-lgbtq-awards-became-guilty-of-pinkwashing/|title=How the British LGBT Awards became guilty of pinkwashing: Forgotten struggle|work=[[huckmag]]|last=Ali|first=Mishti|date=27 August 2021|accessdate=25 November 2022|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829073028/https://www.huckmag.com/article/how-the-british-lgbtq-awards-became-guilty-of-pinkwashing|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{sronly|Awards and nominations received by Abigail Thorn}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Work
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"| 2021
| [[Audie Awards]]
| [[Audie Award for Science Fiction]]
| ''[[Axiom's End]]''
| {{nominated}}
| align="center" | <ref name="audie 1"/>
|-
| [[British LGBT Awards]]
| Online Influencer
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
| {{notnom|Declined nomination}}
| align="center" | <ref name="HuckMag"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3"| 2022
| [[Off West End Theatre Awards]]
| Special Award
| {{won}}
| align="center" | <ref name="Offie"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[BroadwayWorld]] UK / West End Awards
| Best Leading Performer in a New Production of a Play
| rowspan="2"| ''The Prince''
| {{Won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Winners-Announced-For-The-2022-BroadwayWorld-UK-West-End-Awards-MOULIN-ROUGE-Wins-Best-Musical-20230130 |title=Winners Announced for The 2022 BroadwayWorld UK / West End Awards; MOULIN ROUGE Wins Best Musical! |publisher=[[Broadway World]] |date=30 January 2023 |accessdate=24 May 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130193240/https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Winners-Announced-For-The-2022-BroadwayWorld-UK-West-End-Awards-MOULIN-ROUGE-Wins-Best-Musical-20230130 |archivedate=30 January 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best New Production of a Play
| {{Won}}
|}

==Acting credits==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2021–2022
| ''[[Ladhood]]''
| Iona
| 4 episodes
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Django (TV series)|Django]]''
| Jess
| 6 episodes
| <ref name="Django" />
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2024
| ''[[The Acolyte (TV series)|The Acolyte]]''
| Ensign Eurus
| 2 episodes
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themarysue.com/the-acolyte-star-abigail-thorn-is-the-first-out-trans-performer-in-star-wars/|title='The Acolyte' Star Abigail Thorn Is the First Out Trans Performer in 'Star Wars'|last=Leishman|first=Rachel|website=[[The Mary Sue]]|date=June 5, 2024|access-date=June 5, 2024|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829073120/https://www.themarysue.com/the-acolyte-star-abigail-thorn-is-the-first-out-trans-performer-in-star-wars/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[House of the Dragon]]''
| Sharako Lohar
| Episode: "[[The Queen Who Ever Was]]"
| <ref name="HotD">{{cite web|url=https://www.them.us/story/abigail-thorn-house-of-the-dragon-hbo|title=Trans Actor and YouTuber Abigail Thorn Has Joined the Cast of House of the Dragon|last=Riedel|first=Samatha|website=|date=June 5, 2024|access-date=July 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605174348/https://www.them.us/story/abigail-thorn-house-of-the-dragon-hbo|archive-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend
| Belladona
| Short
| <ref name="Draculacasting" />
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2023
| ''The Prince''
| Hotspur
| Filmed performance of stage play
| <ref name="Latch" />
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
!class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2023
|''[[Harmony: The Fall of Reverie]]''
|Nora
| {{N/A}}
| <ref name="Nora">{{cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-shadowheart-fought-people-for-deadnaming-trans-friend/|title=Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart Fought People For Deadnaming Her Trans Friend|last=Troughton |first=James|website=TheGamer|date=September 20, 2023|access-date=December 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921221817/https://www.thegamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-shadowheart-fought-people-for-deadnaming-trans-friend/|archive-date=September 21, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|''[[Baldur's Gate III]]''
|Nocturne
| {{N/A}}
|<ref name="Baldursgate">{{cite web|url=https://www.themarysue.com/the-best-npcs-in-baldurs-gate-3/|title=The NPCs in 'Baldur's Gate 3' Are Just as Noteworthy as the Main Characters!|last=Carpou|first=Madeline|website=[[The Mary Sue]]|date=August 28, 2023|access-date=December 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829053738/https://www.themarysue.com/the-best-npcs-in-baldurs-gate-3/|archive-date=August 29, 2023}}</ref>
|}

===Stage===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2022
| ''The Prince''
| Hotspur
| Also written by
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{YouTube|handle=|user=thephilosophytube}}
* {{Twitch|id=philosophytube}}
* {{IMDb name|9651588|Abigail Thorn}}

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