Abigail Hawk is instantly recognizable as Detective Abigail Baker on Blue Bloods, the trusted right-hand woman to Police Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck). For 14 seasons, viewers have been hooked on the addictive drama and powerful family dynamics of the Reagan family, set in the heart of New York City. The show follows their personal and professional lives as they catch the bad guys and seek justice for victims.
Beyond the Badge: Abigail Hawk's Personal Reflections
If you only recognize Hawk as the stoic and put-together detective often seen going in and out of the police commissioner’s office, you might not know much about the star herself. Unlike her serious and proper character, Hawk is bubbly, always smiling, and full of personality. As Abigail Hawk reflects on playing Detective Abigail Baker for well over a decade, the actress smiles and tells Woman’s World, “Life imitates art and vice versa when it comes to playing Baker." Hawk pauses to think for a moment and adds, “While Baker is way cooler than I am on many fronts, we matured together on this organic journey and in a parallel manner. We were pregnant together."
Hawk calls Selleck the greatest teacher she’s ever had. Some of his best advice? As Hawk describes, “Baker and the Commissioner have this incredible unspoken, non-verbal dialogue, which Tom and I perfected and the fans love seeing in the scenes where people come and go from the Commissioner’s office.” It’s moments like these Hawk says she will miss when Blue Bloods concludes filming in June.
Saying Goodbye to Blue Bloods
EXCLUSIVE: Blue Bloods star Abigail Hawk has opened up about filming the final season of the CBS police procedural, which is set to conclude after more than a decade on air. Abigail Hawk, star of Blue Bloods, has shared that her final scenes as Abigail Baker were shot in a cemetery alongside several other main cast members.
In an interview with Screen Time, the actress discussed the show's return to CBS for its concluding eight episodes after a surprising cancellation announcement. The final chapters, which bid farewell to Tom Selleck's legendary character Frank Reagan and his family of committed New York cops, are anticipated to draw millions of viewers.
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"My last day, Tom's last day, gosh, quite a few of our last days on set, was at a cemetery," Abigail confirmed. "Which is not giving anything away, but certainly dangling a little teaser", reports the Mirror. While Abigail didn't disclose if any key characters meet their end in the final season, she noted that filming the closing scenes back in June felt almost like an out-of-body experience. She and the rest of the cast are still coming to terms with the show's ending, weeks after wrapping up the series.
"It was hard," she continued. "And I felt like I was almost watching myself because it was so surreal and I was so in it that I couldn't see it, if that makes sense?" It was almost like being so close to the fire that I can't actually experience how hot it is."
The actress, who has featured in numerous scenes opposite Selleck over 14 seasons of the popular police drama, confirmed there were plenty of tears following the final takes. "We had our wonderful first AD, Tom Tobin, wrap each of us out and say, 'That's a series wrap on Abigail Hawk, detective Abigail Baker'," she recalled. "And the applause and tears were received but also, like, I just wasn't able to process it in the moment."
Just the loveliest thing to be hugged by our executive producers Kevin Wade and Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, who have been with us since the beginning. Reflecting on Tom Selleck's notable career, she noted his consistent success, especially post-Magnum PI: "And then to see Tom being wrapped out," she said. "This wonderful legend of a man who had lightning strike twice. He's had such an incredible, illustrious career and would have never thought that, after the success of Magnum PI, to have this happen again and create such a venerable character."
You could see the weight of that on him. We've been in touch and we're keeping the line open. I care so deeply for him. It's hard, you know? He's aware of his age but he's also just still got so much to say." And Len Cariou [who plays Frank's father Henry Reagan] is the same way. You have this 84-year-old who just did this absolutely heart-shattering play, Tuesdays With Morrie, where all of us that were able [to see it] witnessed the mastery of him. He's not done! In this industry, we hang people up. 'You're done'. But there's so much life there."
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Abigail found her last day on Blue Bloods tough but touching, as she returned home to a surprise collage tribute from her husband featuring the cast. While tight-lipped about the finale's specifics, she echoed Kevin Wade's sentiment that it maintains the show's essence"It's just beautifully simple and ordinary," she said. “There’s a lot of peace in that, because I think it leaves it open to whatever the future might hold."
You're not going to see a lot of changes for [Abigail] and I'm okay with that." Nevertheless, fans should brace for an emotional journey in the Reagans' farewell. "When I finished reading the episode I texted Siobhan and Kevin and I wept," Abigail added. "It is a very fitting way to complete the series.
Saying goodbye to her is difficult, because she’s the woman that I want to be. And I think if anything, she definitely taught me to relax and to stop circling the drain with my imposter syndrome that I deserve to be here. I do bear responsibility for being here for 14 years. I always thank Tom [Selleck] because he kept bringing me back and bringing me around, but I also contributed. The reason that he kept bringing me around was because I had something valuable to offer. I just always thought it was so neat that she was such a young leader, and I think she will continue to live on and help young women know that they can also be leaders. I think the reruns will still be going, you’ll still see it streaming on a random airplane going to Ireland. Also, I got to take the [One Police Plaza Headquarters] office door. It’s in my basement.
Dallas had the Ewings. Denver had the Carringtons, and for 13 years, New York had the Reagans.
A Role Close to Her Heart: Daruma
Woman’s World had a chance to catch up with Hawk and discuss Daruma and the reason behind her decision to join the project, as well as what it’s been like to close the Blue Bloods chapter of her story. Starring two leads - Tobias Forrest and John W. Lawson - authentically cast as disabled in a story not focused on that, Daruma is breaking the mold as one of the only films to do so.
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AH: Alexander Yellen, who directed the film, he and I have been friends for almost a decade. We did a Christmas film together (Christmas in Vermont) in Buffalo, New York that had Chevy Chase and David O’Donnell in it. I kept seeing fundraising happening for Kelli (Yellen’s wife) and Alex’s film Daruma, and I was, like, “Oh, what is this?” They’ve never done anything together. My husband and I had a niece named Catherine, and Catherine passed away when she was 16…But she was born very disabled, physically and mentally, but she was an amazing little girl… I just felt like I needed to do it for her. I wanted there to be people like her on the screen. And I loved that these characters were real people. They were not necessarily inspirational characters.
AH: I think most of us have been in at least one relationship that has not gone according to plan… you can’t really ever find someone who checks off every single box, but you want to find somebody who’s going to drop you off at your closest destination, find someone who compliments you, who can grow with you. Anna’s a very polarizing character.
WW: What was it like transitioning from your Blue Bloods character Abigail Baker to a completely different role?
AH: We filmed Daruma in the beginning of 2022, so I actually had no time in between them at all, because I was still actively filming Blue Bloods. In fact, I had to beg for time off, and they worked the schedule around the film. I flew out to LA, shot for two days and then I was right back in New York to film Blue Bloods. At this point, Baker, I can slip her on so easily and it’s second nature. She is me; I am her. We spent 14 years getting to know each other and growing together.
AH: I had no idea what I was doing, but that’s again why Kelli and Alex are so lovely as humans. But what was even more important to me was seeing Catherine’s name in the credits, because one of the perks that I wanted was to have her mentioned as “this is in honor of her,” because it is.
Future Aspirations
AH: I am a very impulsive person when it comes to things like that… I really think it depends on the project, and if I feel that urge, I will. But right now, my focus is on continuing to be in front of the camera, and I’m working on a novel which is a slog of epic proportions…. I did a theater production called Jasper off-Broadway at the end of 2022, and I realized that it was just almost impossible, especially working a full-time job with Blue Bloods. I’m 42, I have time. I’m not in a rush. I’m trying to not bite off more than I can chew, but the desire is there.
AH: If you’d asked me this two weeks ago, I would’ve answered a little bit differently. I had a nice hit of my people. I got to see all of them and hug people and tell them in person how much they meant to me. We had a big wrap party and we also had an event at the Paley Center in Manhattan, and then a couple of us from the cast got the amazing honor of lighting the Empire State Building blue - I’m still pinching myself that I got to participate in that. Getting to see them all again in the moment was such a wonderful adrenaline rush and brought me unspeakable joy. I have talked about how amazing the cast is and how they are some of my nearest and dearest friends, because, of course, it’s 14 years of knowing the ins and outs of each other’s lives very intimately. But what I don’t talk about enough is how incredible our crew is. What an incredible experience for all of us. I feel mostly good. It happened.
Hawk has a lot on her plate outside of Blue Bloods. On March 13, the actress will host the ADAPT Leadership Awards, where she has been a four-time past Honorary Co-Chair and past celebrity presenter, in New York City. “Disability representation needs to be stepped up across the board,” Hawk says, “These people are so inspiring, and we need to bring them front and center because representation matters. In addition to acting, Hawk is also a writer and has been working feverishly on her novel, which she says is set in Victorian-era London and hopes to turn into a screenplay. As for future roles, she mentions she is attached to several indie films, a genre she describes as “dangerously fun” because the parts are riskier and let her challenge herself as an actress. Off the screen, Hawk is proudly celebrating the news her husband recently became a nurse and is re-joining the workforce. “Without him I could not do what I do,” Hawk gushes, “He is the best partner in the world.
Abigail Hawk's Approach to Health and Wellness
There’s a particular kind of pressure that comes with being a woman on screen. For Abigail Hawk-best known as Detective Abigail Baker on the long-running series Blue Bloods-that pressure wasn’t always obvious. She played strong, competent, unshakable. But behind the scenes, the mirror was beginning to show more than just character lines. It was showing wear, stress, inflammation. After 14 seasons of portraying resilience, Abigail realized it was time to embody it for herself. Not for a role. Not for fans.
Contrary to what tabloid headlines often suggest, Abigail Hawk didn’t lose weight through a flashy “revenge body” moment or crash diet campaign. She began by listening. To her body. To her energy levels. According to a recent profile, over the course of a year, Abigail lost approximately 30 pounds. “I showered before noon and buttoned into my jeans. No scale involved. No perfect lighting. Her plate became colorful, her routines consistent.
Nutritionists often note that elimination-style diets, when used with care and supervision, can help people identify what’s causing bloating, fatigue, or mood swings. More than any one plan, what defined Abigail’s transformation was her quiet consistency. No apps. No weigh-ins. Just rhythm. It’s easy to anchor a story like this around a number: 30 pounds. But numbers only measure mass. Not the kind that’s tied to size. She described feeling “less fog, less noise,” in interviews. Every change was a choice she made for herself, not because of an external directive. As she reduced sugar and processed food, her mood stabilized. Anxiety lessened.
Abigail Hawk’s weight loss story isn’t viral. It’s not front-page gossip. It’s not even overtly branded. Because it feels doable. For women in their 30s, 40s, and beyond, there’s a growing hunger-not for crash solutions, but for honesty. For stories that reflect them. Not influencers. Not 22-year-old trainers. It reminds us that transformation isn’t about what you lose. “She looks lighter, yes. “I’ve been following her for years, and this version of her feels… settled. “Not gonna lie, her story pushed me to finally make a change. These aren’t vanity-driven testimonials. They’re relational.
Abigail Hawk’s weight loss isn’t just about fitting into a smaller dress. She didn’t chase thinness. She chased alignment. With her energy. Her goals.
The Core Principles of Her Transformation
As Blue Bloods concluded after more than a decade, many fans wondered what would be next for Abigail Hawk. Would she fade from public life? If her recent interviews are any sign, she’s doing neither. Not the 30 pounds. But the new posture.
Through consistent lifestyle changes focused on whole, nutrient-dense foods, moderate exercise, and conscious living. Abigail adopted a clean eating framework with emphasis on vegetables, lean proteins, and healthy fats. Primarily health. Abigail has spoken about reducing inflammation, regaining energy, and stabilizing her emotions. Roughly one year, according to public sources.
Yes. That change doesn’t require perfection. It requires intention. While we’ll be sad to say goodbye to Detective Baker later this year, it sounds like Hawk has plenty of exciting projects in store as Blue Bloods wraps up.