Abbi Elizabeth Butler was born in Richmond, VA to Eveline Butler, a homemaker and Brett Butler, a professional baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets & the Los Angeles Dodgers). She is of English, Irish, Italian & Icelandic decent. Abbi grew up bi-coastal between Atlanta, GA and Los Angeles, CA most of her life. She is the oldest of four children. Her siblings are Stefanie Butler Smith, Katie Butler & Blake Butler. Abbi became involved in acting and singing as a young girl. At the age of 13 she performed at The House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA and the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium. She went on to receive an acting scholarship to Samford University, where she was 3 times awarded Best Actress for her work on stage. She graduate with a BA in Theatre in 2004. Abbi went on to make her film debut in the independent dark comedy, Killing Christian (2005) where she played the title character of Christian Woods. Her film and television career continued with roles in Adam Sandler's, The Benchwarmers (2006), Robby Benson's, Billy: The Early Years (2008), The Bold& The Beautiful (2008) in addition to several Indie-films. Abbi moved from Los Angeles, CA to Nashville, TN in 2012, where she is currently resides working as both a singer-songwriter and an actress. Her latest project is the action, western drama, County Line (2017), where she plays the daughter of Alden Rockwell, played by Tom Wopat. March 2017 Show less «