Alice Haig
{{Short description|English actress (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alice Haig
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1985|2}}
| birth_place = London, United Kingdom
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2007–present
| television = Rain Dogs
EastEnders
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
}}
}}
Alice Haig (born February 1985) is a British actress from London. After graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, she went on to appear in various television and stage roles and a number of short films. Her television credits include This Is Going to Hurt, Rain Dogs and The Day of the Jackal, whilst her stage roles have included Richard III, Pride and Prejudice and Love from a Stranger. In 2025, she took over the role of Vicki Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Life and career
Haig was born in February 1985 in London.{{cite web |title=EastEnders’ Vicki Fowler returns to Walford with a new family |url=https://bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/eastenders-vicki-fowler-returns-walford-new-family |website=BBC Media Centre |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Alice Haig – Stanton Davidson Associates |url=https://stantondavidson.co.uk/ViewProfileX.aspx?id=167 |website=Stanton Davidson Associates |access-date=22 February 2025 |archive-date=17 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117140021/https://stantondavidson.co.uk/ViewProfileX.aspx?id=167 |url-status=live }} She studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama respectively, graduating from the latter in 2007.{{cite web |title=1st Night Photos: Holding Fire! Opens at the Globe |url=https://whatsonstage.com/news/1st-night-photos-holding-fire-opens-at-the-globe_20689/ |website=WhatsOnStage |access-date=22 February 2025 |date=5 August 2007}} before making her screen debut in the BBC television film Scottish Killers as Dinah McNicol, a victim of the serial killer Peter Tobin.{{cite web |title=BBC - SoundStart - The Carleton Hobbs Bursary 2007 |url=https://bbc.com/soundstart/chb_2007.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=22 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=Alice Haig |url=https://app.spotlight.com/0692-0194-0230 |website=Spotlight |access-date=22 February 2025 |archive-date=2 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902111709/https://app.spotlight.com/0692-0194-0230 |url-status=live }} She went on to appear in the films Dark Crossing (2010) and Chillerama (2011), as well as various short films including Salesman (2012), Short Version of Alma (2016) and How to Disappear Completely (2019).{{cite web |title=Alice Haig |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alice_haig |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129153148/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alice_haig |url-status=live }} She began her stage career at Shakespeare's Globe and has appeared in array of productions including Wasted (2013), Sense and Sensibility (2014),{{cite web |title=Theatre review: Sense and Sensibility from Watermill Theatre Company at Watermill Theatre Newbury |url=https://britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/sense-and-sensi-watermill-theat-10033 |website=British Theatre Guide |access-date=22 February 2025 |date=3 April 2014 |archive-date=24 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624101340/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/sense-and-sensi-watermill-theat-10033 |url-status=live }} 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (2014),{{cite web |last1=O'Hanlon |first1=Dom |title=Full Casting Announced for 'Tis Pity She's a Whore |url=https://londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/full-casting-announced-for-tis-pity-shes-a-whore |website=London Theatre |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en |date=8 June 2016}} 84 Charing Cross Road (2015),{{cite web |title=Theatre review: 84, Charing Cross Road from Salisbury Playhouse at Salisbury Playhouse |url=https://britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/84-charing-cro-salisbury-playh-11177 |website=British Theatre Guide |access-date=22 February 2025 |date=5 February 2015 |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620213837/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/84-charing-cro-salisbury-playh-11177 |url-status=live }} Baby (2015), The Brink (2016),{{cite web |last1=Everett |first1=Lucinda |title=The Brink: a searingly astute parable on life in Generation Y |url=https://telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/the-brink-a-searingly-astute-parable-on-life-in-generation-y/ |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=22 February 2025 |date=18 May 2016 |archive-date=8 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208093817/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/the-brink-a-searingly-astute-parable-on-life-in-generation-y/ |url-status=live }} Richard III (2016),{{cite web |last1=Cristi |first1=A. A. |title=Photos: Notre Dame Presents RICHARD III |url=https://broadwayworld.com/south-bend/article/Photo-Flash-Notre-Dame-Presents-RICHARD-III-20160922 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en}} Pride and Prejudice (2017),{{cite web |title=Review: Pride and Prejudice at Nottingham Playhouse {{!}} |url=https://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/review-pride-prejudice-nottingham-playhouse/ |website=Exeunt |access-date=22 February 2025 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203140900/http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/review-pride-prejudice-nottingham-playhouse/ |url-status=live }} Love from a Stranger (2018){{cite web |last1=NN1 1DP |first1=Northampton |title=Love From A Stranger |url=https://royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/love-from-a-stranger/ |website=Royal & Derngate |access-date=22 February 2025 |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203222920/https://www.royalandderngate.co.uk/whats-on/love-from-a-stranger/ |url-status=live }} and Unmythable (2019).{{cite web |title=Unmythable review: For an exciting night out at the theatre Unmythable lives up to its pun |url=https://edp24.co.uk/news/20741926.unmythable-review-exciting-night-theatre-unmythable-lives-pun/ |website=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en |date=10 February 2019}} Haig also went on to voice several characters in the audio series Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles between 2014 and 2015.
In 2022, she appeared as a nurse in an episode of This Is Going to Hurt.{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Danni |title=Inside BBC EastEnders' new Vicki Fowler star Alice Haig's life off-screen |url=https://mylondon.news/news/tv/eastenders-vicki-fowler-actress-life-31059297 |website=MyLondon |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en |date=22 February 2025}} The following year, she portrayed Sophie in the BBC series Rain Dogs.{{cite web |last1=Guide |first1=British Comedy |title=Rain Dogs: Series 1, Episode 2 - Scenes From A Crucifixion |url=https://comedy.co.uk/tv/rain-dogs/episodes/1/2/ |website=British Comedy Guide |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109183600/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/rain-dogs/episodes/1/2/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Danni |title=EastEnders' new Vicki Fowler actress' life and where fans have seen her before |url=https://ok.co.uk/tv/eastenders-vicki-fowler-actress-alice-34729497 |website=OK! |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=en |date=22 February 2025}} In 2024, she appeared in the spy thriller series The Day of the Jackal.{{cite web |title=Alice Haig |url=https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/person/alice-haig-3 |website=Plex.tv |access-date=22 February 2025}} In February 2025, it was announced that Haig would be taking over the role of Vicki Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.{{cite web |title=EastEnders confirms Vicki Fowler return for the first time in 20 years |url=https://radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/eastenders-confirms-vicki-fowler-return-newsupdate/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=22 February 2025}} The character last appeared 21 years prior, then played by Scarlett Alice Johnson. Upon joining the show, Haig said she was "so excited" and that she had "always watched EastEnders", adding that it was "so cool to be playing a character like Vicki" and that she could not "wait for all the Albert Square drama ahead."{{cite web |title=Vicki Fowler to return to EastEnders for her uncle Martin’s funeral |url=https://pa.media/blogs/pa-uplifting/vicki-fowler-to-return-to-eastenders-for-her-uncle-martins-funeral/ |website=PA Media |access-date=22 February 2025 |date=22 February 2025}}
Stage
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue |
| 2007
| Various |
| 2008
| What Cheryl Did Next | Cheryl |
| 2008
| Evelyn Munn |
| 2008
| Mrytle | Theatre503 |
| 2009
| When Cheryl Was Brassic | Cheryl | Nabakov Theatre |
| 2009
| Emma Tate |
| 2010, 2012
| Hermia |
| 2010
| Sorrel Bliss |
| 2010
| Celia | Leeds Playhouse |
| 2011
| Table for 6 | Kate | TenFour Theatre |
| 2011
| Even Stillness | Her | Theatre503 |
| 2012
| Hard Shoulders | Jade Christie |
| 2013
| Wasted | Charlotte | Paines Plough tour |
| 2013
| I Didn't Always Live Here | Ellen |
| 2013
| Descent | Chloey |
| 2014
| Margaret Dashwood / Lucy Steele |
| 2014
| Philotis | Globe Theatre |
| 2015
| Baby | Persephone |
| 2015
| Cecily Farr |
| 2016
| The Brink | Jo |
| 2016
| U.S. tour |
| 2017
| Kitty Bennett / Charlotte Lucas |
| 2018
| Mavis Wilson |
| 2019
| Unmythable | Gamma | Out of Chaos |
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2010
| Dark Crossing | Sally Garcia | Film |
| 2011
| Hottie on Train | Film |
| 2012
| Plastic Films | Amy | Film |
| 2012
| Salesman | Stripper | Short film |
| 2013
| The Dawn of Aquarius | | Film |
| 2013
| Donna | Danny's Mom | Short film |
| 2016
| 1508 | Mysterious Woman | Short film |
| 2016
| Short Version of Alma | Tatiana Jones | Short film |
| 2017
| Snowbound | Katrina | Film |
| 2019
| How to Disappear Completely | Marie | Short film |
| 2019
| Verotika | Drukija | Film |
| 2020
| Reboot Camp | Alice | Film |
| 2021
| When the Chips are Down | Frankie Unger | Short film |
| 2021
| Blue Call | Charlotte | Film |
| 2021
| Uploaded | Donna | Film |
| 2021
| Death Link | Sarah | Film |
| 2023
| Georgina Bauer | Film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2010
| Scottish Killers | Dinah McNicol | Television film |
| 2014
| Beautality | Cheryl | Television film |
| 2015
| Amanda Hayes | Episode: "Don't Make Me Kill You" |
| 2015
| Above the Line | Charlie Hughes | Television film |
| 2017
| Leggy Model | Episode: "The World Needs Its Hero" |
| 2017
| Jaded | Dana | Television film |
| 2018
| Woman #2 | Episode: "Chapter 4: A Kegel Squeaks" |
| 2019
| Jett | Model #2 | Episode: "Frank Sweeney" |
| 2022
| Outpatients Nurse | Guest role |
| 2022
| Andor | Wife | Episode: "The Eye" |
| 2023
| Sophie | Episode: "Scenes from a Crucifixion" |
| 2024
| TV Director | Guest role |
| 2025–present
| Regular role |
=Audio=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2014–2015
| Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles | Sida | Recurring role |
| 2015
| The Avengers | Stella Creighton | |
| 2016–2017
| Blood and Milk | Annie Riley | Main role |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|15075817}}
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Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Actresses from London
Category:Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Category:Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:British film actresses
Category:English Shakespearean actresses
Category:British soap opera actresses