Jessica Haines

Jessica Haines (born 1978)[1] is a South African actress. She is best known for the 2008 film Disgrace in which she acts alongside John Malkovich. She frequently works in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi and Kampala. She is married to Richard Ancrum Walker, they have three children. After living in North Africa, Tunisia, for two years they then moved to Nairobi, Kenya, where they lived for 8 years. They are now based in Kampala, Uganda.[2][3]

Jessica Haines
Born11 December 1978
Umtata, South Africa
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Spouse(s)Richard Walker

Early life and career

Jessica Haines was born in Umtata in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. She went to boarding school at Epworth in Kwa-Zulu Natal in 1990. From a young age she had a love of the stage and did classical ballet and contemporary dance. She featured in a range of school arts programmes and participated as lead roles in musicals such as Brigadoon, Oklahoma and Fame. She won an arts scholarship in 1993 to carry on her studies at Epworth and in 1997 she was the first girl at Epworth to win her cultural honours. In 1998 she left Natal to complete an honours degree at the University of Cape Town where she first studied English Literature, Drama and Social Anthropology. The following year she auditioned for a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance at U.C.T and qualified at the end of 2001. Jessica's professional career started in 2002.

Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
2003"The Triangle" (minisries, A.M.C)
2005Home AffairsKatherine
2008DisgraceLucy
2009The PrisonerNo. 554
2009White WeddingDaisydirected by Jann Turner
2010The Lost FutureNina(BBC film for television)
2010The Bang Bang ClubAllie(film directed by Steven Silver)
2011OutcastsKarina Hoban(miniseries directed by Baraht Naruli for Kudos Films)
2012FynbosMerylDirected by Harry Patramanis
2015Cape TownHanna NortierDirected by Peter Ladkani
2018"The Last Breath" (in production)"Sue Scott"Directed by Sam Benstaed

Theater
  • 2000 Bathezda Moon (Helen Martin) directed by Lara Bye
  • 2001 PAX- (Domesticated woman) Directed by Jaquie Singer
  • 2001 Blood Wedding Directed by Gefforey Hyland
  • 2002 Worked for The Cape Youth Theatre Company
  • 2003 Macbeth Lady Macbeth directed by Litsy Katzs for the On Que Theatre Company
  • 2004 Worked for the On Que Theatre Company.
  • 2007 Wolke (lead role), written by Harry Kalmer and directed by Henriette Gryfenberg

2018 "Beautiful Outlaw" written by Jessica Waines and directed by James Cunningham (pre production)

References
  1. Windsor, Ailsa (17 August 2009). "Jessica Haines makes her début in 'Disgrace'". Going Places. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  2. Rapold, Nicolas (6 September 2009, S. 11). "Tough Terrain To Document : South Africa". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. INTERVIEW: ‘Disgrace’ star Jessica Haines Incontention. 4 December 2009
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