Taylor Swift served as bridesmaid at her childhood best female friend, Abigail Anderson’s wedding. They’ve been bestfriends for decades. Her biography explored.
Taylor Swift is an American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter.
She rose to fame in 2006 with her self-titled debut album.
Her album Fearless is the most awarded country album of all time.
Aside from her parents, other family members and closed ones, Taylor Swift has a best female friend who is more than a sister.
Taylor Swift’s closest friend since high school is Abigail Anderson Berard. She inspired Taylor Swift’s 2008 track “Fifteen.” Below are everything to know about her.
Who is Taylor Swift’s bff?
Abigail Anderson (real name: Abigail Anderson Lauren Berard) is the childhood friend of popstar, Taylor Swift.
Although the singer has millions of loyal fans and admirers across the world, Abigail stands out as her longest and closest friend. She’s her biggest supporter.
As Swift sings in her popular song “Fifteen,” the two met on the first day of their freshman year of high school when they sat next to each other in English class. Ever since their days together at Hendersonville High School in Tennessee, Swift and Anderson have remained close.
Over the years, Anderson has attended the Grammys with the “Anti-Hero” singer, appeared in her Miss Americana documentary and cheered her on at the Eras Tour in Nashville. She’s offered Swift unwavering support throughout every step of her career.
In August 2019, Anderson expressed her love for Swift and her seventh album, Lover, in an Instagram post.
“15 years of knowing you and watching you grow, both as a human and an artist, I can honestly say I’ve never been more proud to call you my friend,” she wrote. “I am completely inspired by everything that is you, @taylorswift ?Congrats, buddy.”
How old is Abigail Anderson?
Anderson was born on April 4, 1990 in Hendersonville and is from Nashville, Tennessee. Her current age is 33 and she is an Aries.
Where did Abigail Anderson attend school?
Being born and growing up in Henderson, TN, Abigail Anderson had her High School education in Tennessee.
After graduating High School in 2008, she proceeded to Kansas Univeristy on a swimming scholarship and studied Public Relations and graduated in 2012.
She was an athlete in High School.
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At Hendersonville High School, Anderson was a four-year letter winner in swimming and the school’s swimmer of the year for all four years.
She went on to swim at the University of Kansas, where she was one of the top swimmers in the butterfly and backstroke events. During her junior year, Anderson scored 77 points for her team at the 2011 Big 12 Championships.
Anderson had wanted to swim at the college level as early as her freshman year of high school. Swift told Oprah Winfrey in 2009 that she and her best friend were both living out their dreams.
“She wanted to be a swimmer and go off on a college scholarship for swimming and I wanted to be a singer,” Swift said. “Now she’s off at Kansas on a swimming scholarship and I’m singing.”
Who are Abigail Anderson’s parents?
Abigail Anderson’s parents are David Anderson and Cheryl Anderson. They are both from Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Her father, David, is a retired engineer who worked for a local company for decades.
Her mother, Cheryl, is a homemaker who devoted her time to taking care of her children.
Does Abigail Anderson have any siblings? She grew up alongsides a brother named Austin Anderson.
How did Taylor Swift and Abigail Anderson meet?
She and Swift met in high school
In a 2009 interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Swift shared that she and Anderson met on the first day of their freshman year at Hendersonville High School in Tennessee.
The duo sat next to each other in English class and have been inseparable ever since.
She inspired Swift’s song “Fifteen”
Swift references Anderson in her song “Fifteen” from her 2008 album Fearless. In the second verse of the coming-of-age tune, Swift sings: “You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail / And soon enough you’re best friends / Laughing at the other girls / Who think they’re so cool / We’ll be out of here as soon as we can.”
Later in the song, the singer reflects on her best friend’s heartbreak: “And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy who changed his mind / We both cried.”
On May 6, 2023, Anderson attended Swift’s Eras Tour in Nashville, and Swift dedicated an acoustic version of “Fifteen” to her “beautiful, redheaded high school best friend,” per Billboard. After the lyric, “We both cried,” Swift added, “And that’s alright.” In one TikTok video, Anderson can be seen enthusiastically singing along with Swift from the VIP tent.
A few days before the show, Anderson posted a photo of her and Swift giggling. In the caption, she referenced the song’s chorus, writing, “Cause when you’re … 33.”
She appears in Miss Americana and several of Swift’s music videos
In Swift’s 2019 documentary Miss Americana, Anderson makes a special appearance. As the pair catch up over dinner and drinks, they chat about a mutual friend who recently had a baby. Anderson tells Swift, “I think you’d be an excellent mother. No questions.”
Anderson also appears in several of Swift’s music videos, including “Picture to Burn,” “I’m Only Me When I’m with You,” “New Romantics” and, of course, “Fifteen.” Anderson plays herself in the “Fifteen” video, in which she and Swift laugh together beside a blackboard during the verse about their first encounter.
She was Swift’s date to the 2015 Grammys
Swift attended the 57th Grammy Awards with her longtime friend by her side. Anderson wore a sparkly brown dress with a thigh-high slit, while Swift opted for a turquoise gown.
Anderson shared several photos on Instagram from the night, including shots of the pair posing on the red carpet and sitting in the audience.
“When your red carpet poses are completely on point,” she joked about a silly red carpet picture. Anderson captioned other photos with “Glammys” and “This is our ‘we’re smiling on the inside’ smile.”
They love to celebrate each other
The best friends hype each other up whenever one of them has a big life event. When Anderson turned 25 in April 2015, Swift threw her friend a huge party complete with cowboy hats and fake mustaches for a photo booth as well as celebrity guests like Lily Aldridge and Hayley Williams.
Swift even surprised Anderson with a special serenade by Chris Carrabba, the lead singer of her favorite band, Dashboard Confessional, per Alternative Press magazine. In a since-deleted Instagram video, Swift says, “I’m just asking a random question: Do we have anyone here named Chris Carrabba?” Carrabba led a singalong of his band’s song “Hands Down.”
In July 2020, Anderson celebrated Swift’s Folklore release in an Instagram post. She captioned a photo of her wearing the Folklore cardigan and wrote: “Taylor. Swift. What an absolute wonder you are. Your lyrical ability to move us is seismic.”
She added, “Much like this beautiful gifted cardigan, this album is a dream. I’ve never been more appreciative of your art. This one did something to me.”
Who is Abigail Anderson married to?
Abigail Anderson is currently married to Charles “Charlie” Berard. They got married in tied the knot in September 2022 after meeting in 2019 at a Charity event in Nashville through a mutual friend.
Her husband is the chief technology officer at Celero Commerce.
On Feb. 14, 2023, Anderson posted a series of wedding photos, including a black-and-white shot of the couple sharing a kiss.
“My husband,” she captioned the post. “My best friend. My forever Valentine. I’d marry you every single day if I could.”
Swift was a bridesmaid at her first wedding
Before Charles Berard, Anderson was married to Matt Lucier in September 2017. He is a photographer who worked for World War II Foundation.
They met in 2013, got engaged in 2016 and a year later they walked down the aisle.
Swift was a bridesmaid at her wedding. The singer wore an elegant burgundy gown and carried the bride’s train into the Old Whaling Church in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
The pair later separated in 2021, as Anderson shared on her Instagram Story.
What does Abigail Anderson do for a living?
Anderson works at Celero Commerce, a payment technology company, as the chief of staff for corporate development. According to the company’s website, Anderson manages mergers and acquisitions and “supports transaction planning and diligence execution.”
Anderson previously worked at Patriot Angels, a nonprofit that provides pension assistance for veterans and military spouses. In 2014, Swift told Entertainment Tonight that passion was an important quality in a friend.
“Abigail works with making sure that veterans from World War II get their compensation,” she said. “It couldn’t be more different from my career or Lena [Dunham]’s career, but the fact that she is so passionate about what she does allows her to be able to relate to me on that level.”
What is Abigail Anderson’s net worth?
Taylor Swift’s best friend Abigail Anderson is a millionaire. She reportedly has an estimated net worth of at least 1 million.
Currently living in her own house in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband, she amassed her fortune from her works as a PR Specialist and as the chief of staff for the credit card company, Celero Commerce.