Abigail Pniowsky
Actor · Born January 26, 2008 (18) · Winnipeg, Canada
"...an extraordinary performance by Pniowsky, who has raw star quality of the sort most actors can only dream of... she feels unpredictable, electric" - Jennie Kermode, Eye For Film. Abby is making waves as Oli in Ellen Rodnianski's beautiful and poignant film American Baby (2025), which won the audience award for narrative feature at its North American premiere at the Austin Film Festival. Abby also stars as Max in the AppleTV+ series ME, a unique story about coming of age with the added complication of superpowers. She can also be seen in The Rest of Us (2019) opposite Heather Graham and Jodi Balfour; as Hannah (Amy Adams's daughter) in the Oscar nominated Arrival (2016); in Nick Antosca's NbcUniversal Syfy show, Channel Zero (2016); as Kyra Sedgwick's daughter Lake in the ABC limited series Ten Days in the Valley; and several other projects. When she is not acting, Abby also loves to dance and draw and explore science.
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Biography from IMDb.
- January 26, 2008 (18)
- Winnipeg, Canada
- Actor
- 7 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Abigail Pniowsky's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Allyas Max in Me (2024)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Abigail Pniowsky's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Abigail Pniowsky's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
9 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
American Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Me(2024)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
The Rest of Us(2019)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
He's Out There(2018)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Ten Days in the Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Wait Till Helen Comes(2016)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Arrival(2016)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Channel Zero(2016)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
The Midnight Man(2016)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 9 titles from 2016 to 2025; peak year 2016.
Film career
Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2016Screen debut· The Midnight Man
- 2024Best so far· Me
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Abigail Pniowsky's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 21st percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 27th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Abigail Pniowsky's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Abigail Pniowsky work with?
People who share at least 2 of Abigail Pniowsky's MovieCove titles; Sophie Nélisse shares the most, 2.
- Sophie NélisseShared titles: The Rest of Us (2019), Wait Till Helen Comes (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Sophie Nélisse
