Alice Haig
Alice Haigis an English actress. 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 is set to take over the role of Vicki Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Life and career
Haig was born in February 1985 in South London, England. 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. before making her screen debut in the BBC television film Scottish Killers as Dinah McNicol, a victim of the serial killer Peter Tobin. 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). She began her stage career at Shakespeare's Globe and has appeared in array of productions including Wasted (2013), Sense and Sensibility (2014), 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (2014), 84 Charing Cross Road (2015), Baby (2015), The Brink (2016), Richard III (2016), Pride and Prejudice (2017), Love from a Stranger (2018) and Unmythable (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. The following year, she portrayed Sophie in the BBC series Rain Dogs. In 2024, she appeared in the spy thriller series The Day of the Jackal. In February 2025, it was announced that Haig would be taking over the role of Vicki Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. 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 "couldn't wait for all the Albert Square drama ahead."
