Jessica Haines (born 1978) is a South African actress. She is best known for the 2008 film ''

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'' in which she acts alongside

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. 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.INTERVIEW: ‘Disgrace’ star Jessica Haines
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Early life and career

Jessica Haines was born in

Umtata Mthatha , formerly Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known as the K. D. Matanzi ...

in the

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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

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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

2021 "Reyke" (T.V. Series) "Beth Tyrone" Directed by Zee Nthuli and Catherine Cooke

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)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haines, Jessica 1978 births Living people People from Mthatha South African people of British descent South African film actresses University of Cape Town alumni 21st-century South African actresses