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See How the Cast of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Compares to the Real-Life Characters

Samantha Robinson as Abigail Folger

On the night of August 8, 1969, the heiress to the Folger Coffee fortune, Abigail Folger, dined at the famous El Coyote restaurant in Los Angeles with Sharon Tate and her boyfriend, Wojciech Frykowski. Folger used to be a social worker and a friend to the Polanskis.

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Source: Left: IMDb/ Right: All That’s Interesting

Folger and Frykowski were housesitting while Polanski and Tate were in Europe, but continued to stay at the house once Tate returned. It turned out to be a bad decision because that was her last night. Folger is portrayed by lesser-known actress Samantha Robinson, who played in ‘ The Love Witch’ and ‘Cam .’