Georgina Haig

{{Infobox person

| name = Georgina Haig

| image = Georgina Haig 2013.jpg

| caption = Haig in 2013

| birth_name = Georgina Haig

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2008–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Josh Mapleston|2014}}

| children = 2

| father = Russell Hagg

| alma mater = Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

}}

Georgina Haig (born 3 August 1985{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/georgina-haig/382085/ |title=Georgina Haig |work=TV Guide |access-date=8 July 2016}}) 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.

Early life and education

Haig was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/reckless/cast/214858/|title=Georgina Haig|access-date=17 April 2018|work=CBS}}

Career

File:Georgina Haig.jpg

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/41751/several-names-under-consideration-wrath-titans |work=Dread Central |title=Several Names Under Consideration for Wrath of the Titans |date=7 January 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/02/09/rosamund-pike-wrath-of-the-titans-superman/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426231446/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/02/09/rosamund-pike-wrath-of-the-titans-superman |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 April 2011 |work=MTV |title=Rosamund Pike Lands 'Wrath Of The Titans' Role, Reportedly Out Of 'Superman' Race |first=Josh |last=Wigler |date=9 February 2011 |access-date=22 April 2012}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/10/glees-dianna-agron-georgina-haig-tangled-in-spidey-love-interest-web-71416/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |title='SPIDER-MAN' UPDATE: Emma Stone To Be Offered Role Of Mary Jane Watson |first=Mike |last=Fleming |date=2 October 2010 |access-date=22 April 2012}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://tvline.com/2012/03/08/georgina-haig-fringe/ |work=TVLine |title=Fringe Exclusive: Aussie Actress Georgina Haig Snags Super-Secret Role |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |author-link=Michael Ausiello |date=8 March 2012 |access-date=22 April 2012 |archive-date=24 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124164136/http://tvline.com/2012/03/08/georgina-haig-fringe/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/03/fringe-georgina-haig-cast-in-secret-role-opposite-henry-ian-cusick.html |work=Zap2it |title='Fringe': Georgina Haig cast in secret role opposite Henry Ian Cusick |first=Jenna |last=Busch |date=8 March 2012 |access-date=22 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414105649/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/03/fringe-georgina-haig-cast-in-secret-role-opposite-henry-ian-cusick.html |archive-date=14 April 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://tvline.com/2012/06/19/fringe-john-noble-season-5-preview-2036-etta/ |title=Fringe Exclusive: Major Final-Season Time Jump Is Planned, Plus (Spoiler) Returns! |work=TVLine |first=Matt Webb |last=Mitovich |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=19 June 2012}} She appeared in Dance Academy and had a guest role in an episode of comedy series A Moody Christmas.

File:Georgina Haig (8674155167).jpg in 2013]]

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.{{cite web |first=Nellie|last=Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2013/03/seth-gabel-joins-abcs-gothica-georgina-haig-kim-wayans-cast-in-cbs-reckless-446428/ |title=Seth Gabel Joins ABC's 'Gothica', Georgina Haig & Kim Wayans Cast In CBS' 'Reckless' |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=5 March 2013 |access-date=8 July 2016}}{{Cite magazine |first=Brian|last=Lowry |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/reviews/tv-review-reckless-1201223508/ |title=TV Review: 'Reckless' |magazine=Variety |date=27 June 2014 |access-date=8 July 2016 |quote=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).}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/03/fringe-alum-cast-as-frozen-s-elsa-on-once-upon-a-time |title=Fringe Alum Cast as Frozen's Elsa on Once Upon a Time |work=IGN |first=Eric |last=Goldman |date=3 July 2014 |access-date=13 October 2014}}{{Cite magazine |author= |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/once-upon-a-time-elsa-georgina-haig-frozen-season-4-1201257693/ |title='Once Upon a Time' Finds Its Elsa in Georgina Haig |magazine=Variety |date=3 July 2014 |access-date=8 July 2016}}

In July 2015, Haig was cast in Syfy futuristic pilot Incorporated,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/georgina-haig-eddie-ramos-incorporated-syfy-pilot-1201483609/ |title=Georgina Haig & Eddie Ramos Join Syfy Pilot Incorporated From Matt Damon & Ben Affleck |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Erik|last=Pedersen |date=22 July 2015 |access-date=26 July 2015}} but the role was later recast with Allison Miller.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/incorporated-allison-miller-recasting-syfy-series-1201707251/ |title=Incorporated Syfy Series Adds Allison Miller As New Regular In Recasting |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Nellie|last=Andreeva |date=22 February 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/11/12/once-upon-a-times-georgina-haig-joins-cbs-limitless |title=Once Upon a Time's Georgina Haig Joins CBS' Limitless |work=IGN |first=Matt |last=Fowler |date=12 November 2015 |access-date=30 December 2015}} She starred as Annabel in Childhood's End,{{Cite magazine |first=Natalie|last=Abrams |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/16/childhoods-end-finale-burning-questions-spoilers |title=Childhood's End boss answers burning finale questions |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=16 December 2015 |access-date=8 July 2016 |quote=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).}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/georgina-haig-female-lead-the-cw-mars-drama-project-neal-bledsoe-1201713912/ |title=Georgina Haig Set As Female Lead In The CW's Mars Drama Project |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Denise|last=Petski |date=3 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/03/georgina-haig-replaces-jessica-marais-on-rafters-revival.html|title=Georgina Haig replaces Jessica Marais on Rafters revival|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|date=4 March 2020|access-date=4 March 2020}}

Personal life

In June 2014, Haig married screenwriter and actor Josh Mapleston.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/once-upon-time-frozen-preview-1087137/|title=Once Upon a Time Gets Frozen When Anna and Elsa Visit Storybrooke|first=Michael|last=Logan|date=18 September 2014|access-date=17 April 2018|work=TV Guide}} In March 2017, their daughter Greta was born.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BYLnIV4ACR0/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BYLnIV4ACR0 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=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....|author=Julian Haig|website=Instagram|date=24 August 2017|access-date=17 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BZL7mKXFe58/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BZL7mKXFe58 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=That was the BEST fun!! Thanks for letting us run a muck! #whitecaps #bcplace #bcchildrenshospital|author=Georgina Haig|website=Instagram|date=18 September 2017|access-date=17 April 2018|quote=From iamseanmaguire: Great to see you and Josh and to meet the newest little princess to join the gang. She's ridiculously adorable.}}{{cbignore}} In February 2024, Haig revealed that she was pregnant with their second child, a boy.{{Cite Instagram|postid=C3JoH0hP0ld|user=georgettehaig|title=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 😍😍😍...|date=February 9, 2024|author=Georgina Haig}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="2" \|2008 \| Iris \| Chloe \| Short film
Lost & Found \| Louisa \| Short film
rowspan="3" \|2010 \| Lest We Forget \| Cheryl \| Short film
Road Kill \| Liz \|
Wasted on the Young \| Simone \|
rowspan="2" \|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

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" |2008

| Iris

| Chloe

| Short film

Lost & Found

| Louisa

| Short film

rowspan="3" |2010

| Lest We Forget

| Cheryl

| Short film

Road Kill

| Liz

Wasted on the Young

| Simone

rowspan="2" |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=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| 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
rowspan="3" \|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
rowspan="3" \|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
rowspan="2" \|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
rowspan="2" \|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
2023-25 \|NCIS: Sydney \|Ana Niemus \|4 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2009–10

| Underbelly

| Georgina Freeman

| Recurring role; 6 episodes

2010

| Rescue: Special Ops

| Emma Griffiths