Alice Haig (born February 1985) is an English 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. Her father is the actor David Haig.
Early life and education Haig was born in February 1985 in London. 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.
Career Haigh made 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 could not "wait for all the Albert Square drama ahead."
Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Scottish Killers Dinah McNicol Television film 2014 Beautality Cheryl Television film 2015 Deadly Sins Amanda Hayes Episode: "Don't Make Me Kill You" Above the Line Charlie Hughes Television film 2017 Jaded Dana Television film 2018 The Kominsky Method Woman #2 Episode: "Chapter 4: A Kegel Squeaks" 2019 Jett Model #2 Episode: "Frank Sweeney" 2022 This Is Going to Hurt Outpatients Nurse Guest role Andor Wife Episode: "The Eye" 2023 Rain Dogs Sophie Episode: "Scenes from a Crucifixion" 2024 The Day of the Jackal TV Director Guest role 2025–present EastEnders Vicki Fowler Regular role
Audio 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
Stage Year Title Role Venue 2007 Holding Fire! Various Globe Theatre 2008 What Cheryl Did Next Cheryl Theatre503 The Children's Hour Evelyn Munn Royal Exchange, Manchester Greek Tragedy Mrytle Theatre503 2009 When Cheryl Was Brassic Cheryl Nabakov Theatre Curse of the Starving Class Emma Tate Royal Lyceum Theatre 2010 Hay Fever Sorrel Bliss Leeds Playhouse As You Like It Celia Leeds Playhouse 2010, 2012 The Fairy-Queen Hermia Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2011 Table for 6 Kate TenFour Theatre Even Stillness Her Theatre503 2012 Hard Shoulders Jade Christie The Pleasance 2013 Wasted Charlotte Paines Plough tour I Didn't Always Live Here Ellen Finborough Theatre Descent Chloey Southwark Playhouse 2014 Sense and Sensibility Margaret Dashwood / Lucy Steele The Watermill Center 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore Philotis Globe Theatre 2015 Baby Persephone Hope Theatre 84, Charing Cross Road Cecily Farr Salisbury Playhouse 2016 The Brink Jo Orange Tree Theatre Richard III Lady Anne U.S. tour 2017 Pride and Prejudice Kitty Bennett / Charlotte Lucas Nottingham Playhouse / York Theatre Royal 2018 Love from a Stranger Mavis Wilson Royal & Derngate 2019 Unmythable Gamma Out of Chaos
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