- She was the youngest woman to become a cast member on SNL.
- Besides Saturday Night Live (1975), both Abby and her father, Chris Elliott, have had recurring roles on How I Met Your Mother (2005) - Chris as Lily's father and Abby as Ted's girlfriend, Jeanette.
- Has the unique distinction of being the third generation of performers to appear on Saturday Night Live (1975). Her grandfather, Bob Elliott (of the comedy team Bob and Ray) appeared on Saturday Night Live show in December of '78 as well as a "Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda" in 1981 - essentially an episode of SNL featuring the three original female cast members of SNL and Bob & Ray. Her father, comedian Chris Elliott, was an SNL cast member during the '94-'95 season.
- She was offered the role of Alexis Rose on Schitt's Creek (2015) before she had to turn the offer down due to her prior commitments to season 38 of Saturday Night Live (1975). The role of Alexis Rose eventually went to Annie Murphy for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
- (September 3, 2016) Married her boyfriend of 2 years Bill Kennedy in Eastern Connecticut following a 11-month-long engagement.
- 2008-2012: Cast member on Saturday Night Live (1975).
- Played Adam Pally's girlfriend on a season 3 episode of Happy Endings and later played his wife on the short lived sitcom indebted.
- Abby was born exactly 32 years after her mother, Paula Niedert Elliott, on June 16th, 1987 and 1955 respectively.
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