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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| Born | Georgina Haig 3 August 1985 |
| Alma mater | Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Russell Hagg |
Early life and education
editHaig 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
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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
editIn 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
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Iris | Chloe | Short film |
| Lost & Found | Louisa | Short film | |
| 2010 | Lest We Forget | Cheryl | Short film |
| Road Kill | Liz | ||
| Wasted on the Young | Simone | ||
| 2011 | Recon 6 | Christine | Short film |
| Crawl | Marilyn Burns | ||
| 2012 | The Sapphires | Glynnis | |
| 2013 | Nerve | Grace | |
| 2014 | The Mule | Jasmine Griffiths | |
| 2019 | Where We Disappear | Anastasia | |
| 2023 | Late Night with the Devil | Madeleine Delroy | |
| 2023 | Ashes | Frances | Short |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Underbelly | Georgina Freeman | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2010 | Rescue: Special Ops | Emma Griffiths | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2011 | The Elephant Princess | Zamira | Regular role; 26 episodes |
| 2012 | Dance Academy | Mistii | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| Fringe | Henrietta "Etta" Bishop | Recurring role; 6 episodes | |
| A Moody Christmas | Patience | Episode: "Water Under the Bridge" | |
| 2013 | The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting | Various characters | Main role; 6 episodes |
| 2014 | INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | Paula Yates | Miniseries |
| Reckless | Lee Anne Marcus | Main role; 13 episodes | |
| Once Upon a Time | Elsa | Recurring role; 12 episodes | |
| 2015 | Maximum Choppage | Elle | Main role; 6 episodes |
| Childhood's End | Annabel Stormgren | Miniseries | |
| 2016 | Limitless | Piper Baird | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2018 | The Crossing | Dr. Sophie Forbin | Main role; 9 episodes |
| 2018 | Radio Silence | Jill Peterman | TV movie |
| 2019 | Secret Bridesmaids' Business | Olivia | Miniseries |
| 2021 | Snowpiercer | Emilia | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| Back to the Rafters | Rachel Rafter | Main role; 6 episodes | |
| 2022 | Archive 81 | Iris Vos | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2023 | NCIS: Sydney | Ana Niemus | 3 episodes |
References
edit- ^ a b "Georgina Haig". TV Guide. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Georgina Haig". CBS. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Several Names Under Consideration for Wrath of the Titans". Dread Central. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fleming, Mike (2 October 2010). "'SPIDER-MAN' UPDATE: Emma Stone To Be Offered Role Of Mary Jane Watson". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (19 June 2012). "Fringe Exclusive: Major Final-Season Time Jump Is Planned, Plus (Spoiler) Returns!". TVLine. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (27 June 2014). "TV Review: 'Reckless'". Variety. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
The rivalry quickly heats up in the context of a case that becomes the show's ongoing spine: the dismissal of a female cop, Lee Anne (Georgina Haig), who was having sex with one of her co-workers, dirty detective Terry McCandless (Shawn Hatosy, like fellow "Southland" alum Ben McKenzie, still walking the beat in his follow-up show).
- ^ Goldman, Eric (3 July 2014). "Fringe Alum Cast as Frozen's Elsa on Once Upon a Time". IGN. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "'Once Upon a Time' Finds Its Elsa in Georgina Haig". Variety. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (22 July 2015). "Georgina Haig & Eddie Ramos Join Syfy Pilot Incorporated From Matt Damon & Ben Affleck". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (22 February 2016). "Incorporated Syfy Series Adds Allison Miller As New Regular In Recasting". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Fowler, Matt (12 November 2015). "Once Upon a Time's Georgina Haig Joins CBS' Limitless". IGN. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Petski, Denise (3 March 2016). "Georgina Haig Set As Female Lead In The CW's Mars Drama Project". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Knox, David (4 March 2020). "Georgina Haig replaces Jessica Marais on Rafters revival". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Logan, Michael (18 September 2014). "Once Upon a Time Gets Frozen When Anna and Elsa Visit Storybrooke". TV Guide. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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