Georgina Haig

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Georgina Haig
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Haig in 2013
Born
Georgina Haig

(1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 38)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
Spouse
(m. 2014)
Children1
Parent

Georgina Haig (born 3 August 1985 [1] ) is an Australian film and television actress, known for her roles in the Australian children's television series The Elephant Princess , as well as the American television series Fringe , Limitless , and Once Upon a Time .

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Early life and education

Haig was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, [1] to Gillian Haig, a fine artist, and Russell Hagg, an Australian script writer and film maker, whose credits include BMX Bandits, The Cup, Cash and Company and Blue Heelers . She grew up on the Mornington Peninsula. She has one younger brother, actor/model Julian Haig.

Throughout her early youth she studied ballet, obtaining Grade 8 with the Royal Academy of Dance. Haig attended Red Hill Consolidated School and then Toorak College for her high school education. She was a head prefect and completed her Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award. She was accepted into the University of Melbourne to study Arts but deferred for one year to teach English in Vietnam at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology with Lattitude Global Volunteering. She then returned to Melbourne to pursue her studies and was accepted in the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts to study acting. She graduated in 2008 at age 23. [2]

Career

In her first year out of drama school Haig landed roles in two Australian feature films, Wasted on the Young and Road Train . She secured a recurring guest role in two seasons of the crime drama Underbelly . From 2009 to 2010 she also starred in the children's television series The Elephant Princess .

In 2010 she won a Best Actress Scream Festival award for her performance in thriller Crawl . She was considered for the role of Andromeda in the film Wrath of the Titans alongside several other actresses. The part ultimately went to Rosamund Pike. [3] [4] Haig was also considered for the role of Gwen Stacy in the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man , but lost the part to Emma Stone. [5]

In 2012, she appeared in the internationally acclaimed Australian film The Sapphires , and made several guest appearances on the American FOX science-fiction series Fringe , as Henrietta "Etta" Bishop. [6] [7] [8] She appeared in Dance Academy and had a guest role in an episode of comedy series A Moody Christmas .

Haig started 2013 with work on the sketch comedy show The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting , playing a variety of characters. She then secured the lead role of Lee Anne Marcus in the CBS legal drama Reckless , where she played a police officer caught up in corruption at the Charleston, South Carolina Police Department. [9] [10] During that year she played the rock journalist Paula Yates in the miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart , and defense lawyer Jasmine in the black comedy The Mule .

She worked with Australian comedian Lawrence Leung and husband Josh Mapleston on ABC Australia's farcical kung-fu comedy Maximum Choppage in 2014. Later that year she secured the much coveted role of Queen Elsa in the fourth season of Once Upon a Time . [11] [12]

In July 2015, Haig was cast in Syfy futuristic pilot Incorporated , [13] but the role was later recast with Allison Miller. [14] In November 2015, it was announced that Haig would have a recurring role alongside Bradley Cooper and Jake McDorman in the first season of CBS' crime drama Limitless . [15] She starred as Annabel in Childhood's End , [16] a Syfy three-part miniseries, based on a story by Arthur C. Clarke. In March 2016, she was cast as the female lead in The CW's Untitled Mars Project pilot. [17]

In March 2020, it was announced Haig will replace Jessica Marais as Rachel Rafter in the upcoming series, Back to the Rafters , a sequel series to Packed to the Rafters . [18]

Personal life

In June 2014, Haig married screenwriter and actor Josh Mapleston. [19] In March 2017, their daughter Greta was born. [20] [21] In February 2024, Haig revealed that she was pregnant with their second child, a boy. [22]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008IrisChloeShort film
Lost & FoundLouisaShort film
2010Lest We ForgetCherylShort film
Road Kill Liz
Wasted on the Young Simone
2011Recon 6ChristineShort film
Crawl Marilyn Burns
2012 The Sapphires Glynnis
2013 Nerve Grace
2014 The Mule Jasmine Griffiths
2019Where We DisappearAnastasia
2023 Late Night with the Devil Madeleine Delroy
2023AshesFrancesShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009–10 Underbelly Georgina FreemanRecurring role; 6 episodes
2010 Rescue: Special Ops Emma GriffithsRecurring role; 3 episodes
2011 The Elephant Princess ZamiraRegular role; 26 episodes
2012 Dance Academy MistiiRecurring role; 3 episodes
Fringe Henrietta "Etta" Bishop Recurring role; 6 episodes
A Moody Christmas PatienceEpisode: "Water Under the Bridge"
2013 The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting Various charactersMain role; 6 episodes
2014 INXS: Never Tear Us Apart Paula Yates Miniseries
Reckless Lee Anne MarcusMain role; 13 episodes
Once Upon a Time Elsa Recurring role; 12 episodes
2015 Maximum Choppage ElleMain role; 6 episodes
Childhood's End Annabel StormgrenMiniseries
2016 Limitless Piper BairdRecurring role; 4 episodes
2018 The Crossing Dr. Sophie ForbinMain role; 9 episodes
2018Radio SilenceJill PetermanTV movie
2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business OliviaMiniseries
2021 Snowpiercer EmiliaRecurring role; 4 episodes
Back to the Rafters Rachel RafterMain role; 6 episodes
2022 Archive 81 Iris VosRecurring role; 3 episodes
2023 NCIS: Sydney Ana Niemus3 episodes

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  20. Julian Haig (24 August 2017). "It's been amazing having my sister @georgettehaig in Vancouver and working on her strength and overall fitness. She started two weeks ago from next to no training and she had a baby 5 months ago so her core in particular was very weak as to be expected. It's amazing how far she's come in just two weeks..." Instagram . Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  21. Georgina Haig (18 September 2017). "That was the BEST fun!! Thanks for letting us run a muck! #whitecaps #bcplace #bcchildrenshospital". Instagram . Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2018. From iamseanmaguire: Great to see you and Josh and to meet the newest little princess to join the gang. She's ridiculously adorable.
  22. Georgina Haig [@georgettehaig] (9 February 2024). "What a fantastic night at the industry @aacta awards!! Thank you so much for having us and the @ashes_short_film team we were honoured to be there amongst stellar company. And there was an ice cream stand. Our son's first red carpet 😍😍😍..." via Instagram.