Georgina Haig

Georgina Haig
Haig in 2013
Born	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. 2014)

Georgina Haig (born 3 August 1985) 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 and Once Upon a Time.

Early life and education

Haig grew up on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. Her father Russell Hagg is an Australian script writer and film maker, whose credits include BMX Bandits, The Cup, Cash and Company and Blue Heelers. She has one younger sibling, 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. A year after returning to Melbourne to pursue her studies Haig was accepted in the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts to study acting. She graduated in 2008 at age 23.

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.^[1][2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4][5][6] 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 in the CBS legal drama Reckless, where she played a corrupt cop at the Charleston Police Department. 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 Disney's Queen Elsa in the fourth season of Once Upon a Time.^[7]

In July 2015, Haig was cast in Syfy futuristic pilot Incorporated, but the role was later recast with Allison Miller.^[8][9] In November 2015, it was announced that Haig would have a recurring role along side Bradley Cooper and Jake McDorman in the first season of CBS' crime drama Limitless.^[10] She starred as Annabel in Childhood's End, 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.^[11]

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

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	Main 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

References

1. "Several Names Under Consideration for Wrath of the Titans". Dread Central. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
2. Wigler, Josh (9 February 2011). "Rosamund Pike Lands 'Wrath Of The Titans' Role, Reportedly Out Of 'Superman' Race". MTV. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
3. Fleming, Mike (2 October 2010). "‘SPIDER-MAN’ UPDATE: Emma Stone To Be Offered Role Of Mary Jane Watson". Deadline.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
4. Ausiello, Michael (8 March 2012). "Fringe Exclusive: Aussie Actress Georgina Haig Snags Super-Secret Role". TV Line. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
5. Busch, Jenna (8 March 2012). "'Fringe': Georgina Haig cast in secret role opposite Henry Ian Cusick". Zatp2it. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
6. Mitovich, Matt Webb (19 June 2012). "Fringe Exclusive: Major Final-Season Time Jump Is Planned, Plus (Spoiler) Returns!". TVLine. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
7. Goldman, Eric (3 July 2014). "Fringe Alum Cast as Frozen's Elsa on Once Upon a Time". IGN. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
8. Pedersen, Erik (22 July 2015). "Georgina Haig & Eddie Ramos Join Syfy Pilot Incorporated From Matt Damon & Ben Affleck". Deadline.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
9. Andreeva, Nellie (22 February 2016). "Incorporated Syfy Series Adds Allison Miller As New Regular In Recasting". Deadline.com. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
10. Fowler, Matt (12 November 2015). "Once Upon a Time's Georgina Haig Joins CBS' Limitless". IGN. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
11. Petski, Denise (3 March 2016). "Georgina Haig Set As Female Lead In The CW’s Mars Drama Project". Deadline.com. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

External links

• Georgina Haig at the Internet Movie Database