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Alice Krige

Born
June 28, 1954
Alice Maud Krige is a South African actress and producer. Her first feature film role was as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon in the 1981 Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire. Since then, she has played a variety of roles in a number of genres. Krige first played the role of the Borg Queen in the motion picture Star Trek: First Contact and reprised the role for the final episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager. A year after the series ended, she reprised the role in "Borg Invasion 4-D" at Star Trek: The Experience. She attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown where she pursued an undergraduate degree in psychology and literature, but quickly turned to acting, earning an honors degree in drama from Rhodes, before a moving to London to pursue a new career path. Once in England, she studied drama at the London Central School of Speech and Drama before making her acting performance debut in the 1979 BBC Play for Today.   After achieving critical acclaim for her role in Chariot's of Fire, and continued to star and support in both film and stage theater throughout the 1980s.  This eclectic trend continued into the 1990s before turning to television for both starring and reoccurring minor roles in prominent television series.  In addition, she continued to make sporadic convention appearances and was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in literature from Rhodes University. Alice Krige is married to writer/director, Paul Schoolman, and lives what she describes as an "itinerant" lifestyle. Although she and her husband maintain a permanent home in the United States, they spend much of their time living and working abroad.
Known For
Sleepwalkers
(1992)
Mary Brady
Thor: The Dark World
(2013)
Eir
Silent Hill
(2006)
Christabella
Star Trek: First Contact
(1996)
Borg Queen
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
(2010)
Morgana le Fay
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(2022)
Mrs. Mc.
Joseph
(1995)
Rahel
Solomon Kane
(2009)
Katherine Crowthorn
Page Eight
(2011)
Emma Baron
Reign of Fire
(2002)
Karen Abercromby
Gretel & Hansel
(2020)
Witch
Chariots of Fire
(1981)
Sybil Gordon
Ghost Story
(1981)
Eva Galli / Alma Mobley
Barfly
(1987)
Tully Sorenson
Persuasion
(2007)
Lady Russell
The Little Vampire
(2000)
Freda Sackville-Bagg
Full Filmography
Acting
Vergeet My Nie
(1976)
Welma de Villiers
A Tale of Two Cities
(1980)
Lucie Manette
Ghost Story
(1981)
Eva Galli / Alma Mobley
Chariots of Fire
(1981)
Sybil Gordon
Arms and the Man
(1983)
Raina
King David
(1985)
Bathsheba
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
(1985)
Baroness Lisl Kemeny
Second Serve
(1986)
Gwen
Barfly
(1987)
Tully Sorenson
Baja Oklahoma
(1988)
Patsy Cline
Haunted Summer
(1988)
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
See You in the Morning
(1989)
Beth Goodwin
Max and Helen
(1990)
Helen Weiss
The Strauss Dynasty
(1991)
Olga
Spies, Inc.
(1992)
Isabelle
Sleepwalkers
(1992)
Mary Brady
Ladykiller
(1992)
May Packard
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
(1993)
Joan Anatole
Judgment Day: The John List Story
(1993)
Jean Syfert
Double Deception
(1993)
Pamela Sparrow
Sharpe's Honour
(1994)
La Marquesa
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
(1995)
Lisa Benjamenta
Donor Unknown
(1995)
Alice Stillman
Joseph
(1995)
Rahel
Amanda
(1996)
Audrey Farnsworth
Hidden in America
(1996)
Dee
Star Trek: First Contact
(1996)
Borg Queen
Habitat
(1997)
Clarissa Symes
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
(1997)
Self - actress
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
(1997)
Zephyr Eccles
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
(1997)
Rebecca Daly
The Commissioner
(1998)
Isabelle Morton
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
(1999)
Mother Marianne
Deep in My Heart
(1999)
Annalise Jurgenson
In the Company of Spies
(1999)
Sarah Gold
The Calling
(2000)
Elizabeth Plummer
The Sandman
(2000)
The Little Vampire
(2000)
Freda Sackville-Bagg
Attila
(2001)
Placida
Superstition
(2001)
Mirella Cenci
Falling
(2001)
Monique
Reign of Fire
(2002)
Karen Abercromby
The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton
(2003)
Snubby Eaton
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
(2004)
Maria Gurdin
Shadow of Fear
(2004)
Margie Henderson
Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure
(2005)
Joan Collins
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
(2006)
Self
The Contract
(2006)
Miles
Silent Hill
(2006)
Christabella
Lonely Hearts
(2006)
Janet Long
Ten Inch Hero
(2007)
Zo
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
(2007)
Letizia
Persuasion
(2007)
Lady Russell
The Betrayed
(2008)
Falco
Skin
(2008)
Sannie Lang
Solomon Kane
(2009)
Katherine Crowthorn
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
(2010)
Morgana le Fay
Inside The Institute
(2010)
Page Eight
(2011)
Emma Baron
Will
(2011)
Sister Carmel
Jail Caesar
(2012)
Thor: The Dark World
(2013)
Eir
The Little Vampire 3D
(2017)
Freda Sackville-Bagg (voice)
A Christmas Prince
(2017)
Queen Helena
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
(2018)
Queen Helena
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
(2019)
Queen Helena
Gretel & Hansel
(2020)
Witch
The Bay of Silence
(2020)
Vivian
A Rose in Winter
(2020)
Anna Reinach
Echoes of the Past
(2021)
Andrea Foss
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(2022)
Mrs. Mc.
She Will
(2022)
Veronica
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
(2023)
Borg Queen (voice)
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