Georgina Haig

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Georgina Haig
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Haig in 2013
Born (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 40)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts [1]
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
Spouse
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(m. 2014)​
Children2
Father Russell Hagg [2]

Georgina Haig (born 3 August 1985 [3] ) is an Australian actress, known for her roles in American television series Once Upon a Time, Fringe, Limitless, Snowpiercer and Archive 81 and Australian films Late Night with the Devil , The Mule, Wasted on the Young and The Sapphires.

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Early life and education

Haig was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, [4] to Gillian Haig, a fine artist, and Russell Hagg, an Australian script writer and film maker, [2] whose credits include BMX Bandits, The Cup, Cash and Company and Blue Heelers . Her father was 47 when she was born. Her younger brother is actor, model and singer-songwriter Julian Haig. [5] [6] She grew up on the Mornington Peninsula, in the suburb of Red Hill and her parents separated when she was a teenager. [7]

Haig frequented theatre productions with her father, piqueing her interest in acting. [7] Throughout her early youth she also studied ballet, obtaining Grade 8 with the Royal Academy of Dance in 2001. [8] Haig attended Red Hill Consolidated School and then Toorak College for her high school education. [1] Her drama teacher in years 11 and 12, introduced her to Chekhov and Lecoq, instilling in her a great respect for drama. [5]

Haig studied a summer course at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) at the age of 17, on recommendation from actress Bridie Carter. [7] 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, from which she graduated in 2008. [1]

Career

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Haig in 2013

In her first year out of drama school, Haig scored her debut role in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities , the second season of crime drama Underbelly . [1] [8] She also starred in the second season of children's television series The Elephant Princess , playing the role of Zamira. [1] In 2010, she also landed lead roles in two Australian feature films, Wasted on the Young and Road Train . [1]

In 2011, Haig starred in noir thriller film Crawl , in the lead role of barmaid Marilyn Burns. [9] She won a Best Actress award at LA's Screamfest Horror Film Festival for her performance. [10] [8] 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. [11] [12] 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. [13]

In 2012, she appeared as Glynnis in internationally acclaimed Australian film The Sapphires , an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name. [14] The same year, she made her US acting debut on the FOX science-fiction legal drama Fringe , as Henrietta 'Etta' Bishop. [15] [16] [17] [8] She appeared in Dance Academy as Mistii [18] and had a guest role as Patience in an episode of comedy series A Moody Christmas . [19] [20]

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Haig at the premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013

Haig began 2013 with work on the sketch comedy show The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting , [21] playing a variety of characters. [22] 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. [23] [24] During that year she played the rock journalist Paula Yates in the miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart , [25] and defence lawyer Jasmine Griffiths in the black comedy The Mule , alongside Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell and Noni Hazlehurst. [26]

She worked with Australian comedian Lawrence Leung and husband Josh Mapleston on ABC Australia's farcical kung-fu comedy Maximum Choppage in 2014, playing the role of mayor's daughter Elle. [27] [28] Later that year she secured the much coveted role of Queen Elsa in the fourth season of Once Upon a Time . [29] [30]

In July 2015, Haig was cast in Syfy futuristic pilot Incorporated , [31] but the role was later recast with Allison Miller. [32] 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 . [33] She starred as Annabel in Childhood's End , [34] 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. [35]

In 2019, Haig played winemaker Olivia in drama miniseries Secret Bridesmaids' Business . [7] In March 2020, it was announced Haig would replace Jessica Marais as Rachel Rafter in Back to the Rafters , a sequel series to Packed to the Rafters . [36] She played seamstress Emilia on Netflix's Snowpiercer [37] opposite Sean Bean, but was unable to complete her story due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, Haig played wealthy socialite Iris Vos in Netflix series Archive 81 [38] and appeared alongside David Dastmalchian in Colin and Cameran Cairns' documentary-style horror film Late Night with the Devil as the late Madeline Delroy, lead character Jack’s wife. [39]

Haig's debut short film Ashes was made in 2023, in which she starred as Frances and was also writer, director and producer on the project. [40] The film was honoured with an AACTA nomination for Best Short Film in 2024. [41]

Personal life

Haig met her husband, screenwriter and actor Josh Mapleston, in her first year out of drama school, at the age of 24, when they were both living in Sydney. [5] In June 2014, they were married, [42] and in March 2017, their daughter Greta was born. [43] [44]

After having lived in Sydney and overseas in Los Angeles for work, [37] Haig relocated to the Mornington Peninsula in 2021, with her husband and daughter while filming Packed to the Rafters , moving in with her mother in Dromana. [7] She then bought a house in the area. [37]

After Haig's father died in 2022, she wrote, directed and starred in short film Ashes, inspired by her relationship with him. [45]

In February 2024, Haig revealed that she was pregnant with her second child – a boy – together with Mapleston. [46]

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
AshesFrancesShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009–2010 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
Radio 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
2023–2025 NCIS: Sydney Ana Niemus4 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Elephant Princess: cast". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Inside Actress Georgina Haig's Dreamy Coastal Home". www.kipandco.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 3-9". Associated Press. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Georgina Haig". TV Guide . Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Rocca, Jane (12 September 2021). "The person who helps actor Georgina Haig land 'half' her roles". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Julian Haig". Supanova . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Rocca, Jane (16 September 2021). "Georgina Haig: Back with the family". www.domain.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Inside Actress Georgina Haig". www.mn2s.com. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Foster, Simon (1 January 2009). "Crawl Review". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  10. ↑ Purdon, Fiona (22 November 2011). "Georgina's fear not an act". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Several Names Under Consideration for Wrath of the Titans". Dread Central . 7 January 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  12. ↑ Wigler, Josh (9 February 2011). "Rosamund Pike Lands 'Wrath Of The Titans' Role, Reportedly Out Of 'Superman' Race". MTV . Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  13. ↑ Fleming, Mike (2 October 2010). "'SPIDER-MAN' UPDATE: Emma Stone To Be Offered Role of Mary Jane Watson". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  14. ↑ Lum, Troy. "The Sapphires". www.creativespirits.info. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  15. ↑ Ausiello, Michael (8 March 2012). "Fringe Exclusive: Aussie Actress Georgina Haig Snags Super-Secret Role". TVLine . Archived from the original on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  16. ↑ Busch, Jenna (8 March 2012). "'Fringe': Georgina Haig cast in secret role opposite Henry Ian Cusick". Zap2it . Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  17. ↑ Mitovich, Matt Webb (19 June 2012). "Fringe Exclusive: Major Final-Season Time Jump Is Planned, Plus (Spoiler) Returns!". TVLine . Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  18. ↑ "Dance Academy: episode guide". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  19. ↑ "Georgina Haig". Supanova . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "A Moody Christmas" (PDF). www.clpr.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  21. ↑ "The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting 2013". Screen Australia . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  22. ↑ "The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting – Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  23. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (5 March 2013). "Seth Gabel Joins ABC's 'Gothica', Georgina Haig & Kim Wayans Cast In CBS' 'Reckless'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  24. ↑ Lowry, Brian (27 June 2014). "TV Review: 'Reckless'". Variety . Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  25. ↑ "Casting of key female roles for Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold" (PDF). www.sevenwestmedia.com.au. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  26. ↑ Richards, Ruth (10 November 2014). "Review: The Mule (2014)". www.reelgood.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  27. ↑ "Maximum Choppage 2014". Screen Australia . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  28. ↑ Lewis, Rod (9 July 2015). "DVD Review: Maximum Choppage". www.glamadelaide.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  29. ↑ Goldman, Eric (3 July 2014). "Fringe Alum Cast as Frozen's Elsa on Once Upon a Time". IGN . Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  30. ↑ "'Once Upon a Time' Finds Its Elsa in Georgina Haig". Variety . 3 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  31. ↑ Pedersen, Erik (22 July 2015). "Georgina Haig & Eddie Ramos Join Syfy Pilot Incorporated From Matt Damon & Ben Affleck". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  32. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (22 February 2016). "Incorporated Syfy Series Adds Allison Miller As New Regular In Recasting". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  33. ↑ Fowler, Matt (12 November 2015). "Once Upon a Time's Georgina Haig Joins CBS' Limitless". IGN . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  34. ↑ Abrams, Natalie (16 December 2015). "Childhood's End boss answers burning finale questions". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 8 July 2016. Actually, Karellen offers Ricky a happy ending; he offers him a chance to just live in this dream state in this hotel room and be with Annabelle[sic] (Georgina Haig).
  35. ↑ Petski, Denise (3 March 2016). "Georgina Haig Set As Female Lead In The CW's Mars Drama Project". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  36. ↑ Knox, David (4 March 2020). "Georgina Haig replaces Jessica Marais on Rafters revival". TV Tonight . Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  37. 1 2 3 Valentish, Jenny (23 August 2021). "Actress Georgina Haig's Guide to Dromana and Red Hill". www.broadsheet.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  38. ↑ Thomas, Scott (2 February 2022). "The Characters of Archive 81, Ranked". www.slashfilm.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  39. ↑ Stephens, Myshelle (4 December 2024). "Fame: A "Late Night with the Devil" Review". www.thecorchronicle.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  40. ↑ "Ashes: About". www.ashesshortfilm.com. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  41. ↑ "Nominees anounced for the 2024 AACTA Award for Best Short Film". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  42. ↑ Logan, Michael (18 September 2014). "Once Upon a Time Gets Frozen When Anna and Elsa Visit Storybrooke". TV Guide. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  43. ↑ 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.
  44. ↑ 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.
  45. ↑ Kornits, Dov (15 January 2013). "Georgina Haig: Dying is Easy, Directing Comedy is Hard". FilmInk .
  46. ↑ 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.
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