Georgina Haig

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.

Georgina Haig
Haig in 2013
Born	Georgina Haig (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater	Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present
Spouse(s)	Josh Mapleston ( m. after 2014)
Children	1
Parent(s)	Russell Hagg (father)

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 childhood and into adolescence 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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Iris	Chloe	Short film
2008	Lost & Found	Louisa	Short film
2010	Lest We Forget	Cheryl	Short film
2010	Road Kill	Liz
2010	Wasted on the Young	Simone
2011	Recon 6	Christine	Short film
2011	Crawl	Marilyn Burns
2012	The Sapphires	Glynnis
2013	Nerve	Grace
2014	The Mule	Jasmine Griffiths
2019	Where We Disappear	Anastasia
2020	Radio Silence	Dr. Jill

Television

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
2012	Fringe	Henrietta "Etta" Bishop	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2012	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
2014	Reckless	Lee Anne Marcus	Main role; 13 episodes
2014	Once Upon a Time	Elsa	Recurring role; 12 episodes
2015	Maximum Choppage	Elle	Main role; 6 episodes
2015	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
TBA	Back to the Rafters	Rachel Rafter

References

1. "Georgina Haig". TV Guide. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
2. "Georgina Haig". CBS. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
3. "Several Names Under Consideration for Wrath of the Titans". Dread Central. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
4. Wigler, Josh (9 February 2011). "Rosamund Pike Lands 'Wrath Of The Titans' Role, Reportedly Out Of 'Superman' Race". MTV. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
5. Fleming, Mike (2 October 2010). "'SPIDER-MAN' UPDATE: Emma Stone To Be Offered Role Of Mary Jane Watson". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
6. Ausiello, Michael (8 March 2012). "Fringe Exclusive: Aussie Actress Georgina Haig Snags Super-Secret Role". TVLine. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
7. 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.
8. Mitovich, Matt Webb (19 June 2012). "Fringe Exclusive: Major Final-Season Time Jump Is Planned, Plus (Spoiler) Returns!". TVLine. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
9. 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.
10. 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).
11. Goldman, Eric (3 July 2014). "Fringe Alum Cast as Frozen's Elsa on Once Upon a Time". IGN. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
12. "'Once Upon a Time' Finds Its Elsa in Georgina Haig". Variety. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
13. Pedersen, Erik (22 July 2015). "Georgina Haig & Eddie Ramos Join Syfy Pilot Incorporated From Matt Damon & Ben Affleck". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
14. Andreeva, Nellie (22 February 2016). "Incorporated Syfy Series Adds Allison Miller As New Regular In Recasting". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
15. Fowler, Matt (12 November 2015). "Once Upon a Time's Georgina Haig Joins CBS' Limitless". IGN. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
16. 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).
17. Petski, Denise (3 March 2016). "Georgina Haig Set As Female Lead In The CW's Mars Drama Project". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
18. Knox, David (4 March 2020). "Georgina Haig replaces Jessica Marais on Rafters revival". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
19. Logan, Michael (18 September 2014). "Once Upon a Time Gets Frozen When Anna and Elsa Visit Storybrooke". TV Guide. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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. 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. 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.

External links

• Georgina Haig on IMDb