Georgina Haig
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Haig in 2013
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Michelle Georgina Haig 3 August 1985 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Alma mater | Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Spouse(s) | Josh Mapleston (m. 2014) |
Michelle 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.
Haig was born in Melbourne, and 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.
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.
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