“ | Katie, if you don't sing, I'm gonna find a way for that savings your dad left you to disappear. That means you can forget college, forget moving out, you're stuck here with me. | „ |
~ Gail blackmailing Katie. |
Abigail Van Ravensway is the main antagonist in A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song.
She was portrayed by Missi Pyle, who also played Ashley Sanderson in Bringing Down the House, Vera Murchins in Home Alone 4, Nadia Vole in Strombreaker, and Carol in Unseen.
Biography[]
Gail Van Ravensway is the stepmother of Katie and biological mother of Beverly and Victor, she treats Katie as her servant since her biological parents passed away. She wants the best for her children especially Beverly who she knows has no talent. So, she tried her best to help her, by refusing to let Katie to go to ball. She goes disguised in order to be ensured that she will not be recognized by her stepsister or her stepmother, Katie tells Angela to distract Gail by having a dance off against her so that she can go talk to Luke Morgan unscathed.
But when the clock stroke midnight, Katie thought she arrived home in time, but she was busted by Gail who arrived before and discovered that she disobeyed her. When Luke's father, Guy calls her and makes her listen to Katie's song, she lies to Luke's father and gave the credit to her daughter Beverly, she blackmails Katie into giving her voice to her daughter and told her to obey her if she wanted her friend Angela to get in to Julliard, otherwise she will be expelled from the academy, thus ruining her chances to get in to Julliard School.
She let aside her son Victor, the night of the contest Victor and Ravi then sabotaged the plan, when Guy finally sees that it was Katie who was the real singer all along, he fired her for her fraud and dishonesty. Gail’s children turned on her. She returned to her old farm to sing but she gets booed off the stage with fruits and vegetables thrown at her.
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