Alice Krige
Biography
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
Borg Queen
Star Trek: First Contact
Janet Long
Lonely Hearts
Christabella
Silent Hill
Miles
The Contract
Rahel
Joseph
Tully Sorenson
Barfly
Inside The Institute
Freda Sackville-Bagg
The Little Vampire
Eva Galli / Alma Mobley
Ghost Story
Sybil Gordon
Chariots of Fire
Morgana le Fay
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Isabelle Morton
The Commissioner
Katherine Crowthorn
Solomon Kane
Lisa Benjamenta
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Lady Russell
Persuasion
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Haunted Summer
Bathsheba
King David
Zo
Ten Inch Hero
Elizabeth Plummer
The Calling
Borg Queen (voice)
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Lucie Manette
A Tale of Two Cities
Margie Henderson
Shadow of Fear
Emma Baron
Page Eight
La Marquesa
Sharpe's Honour
Eir
Thor: The Dark World
Clarissa Symes
Habitat
Beth Goodwin
See You in the Morning
Self
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
Mirella Cenci
Superstition
Rebecca Daly
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Jean Syfert
Judgment Day: The John List Story
Parveneh Limbert
L'Amérique en otage
Karen Abercromby
Reign of Fire
Joan Anatole
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Gwen
Second Serve
Dee
Hidden in America
Raina
Arms and the Man
Falco
The Betrayed
Zephyr Eccles
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Isabelle
Spies, Inc.
Snubby Eaton
The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton
Welma de Villiers
Vergeet My Nie
Annalise Jurgenson
Deep in My Heart
Olga
The Strauss Dynasty
Maria Gurdin
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
Jail Caesar
Audrey Farnsworth
Amanda
La Marquesa
Sharpe: The Legend
Rosemary
Dinotopia
Pamela Sparrow
Double Deception
Queen Helena
A Christmas Prince
Freda Sackville-Bagg (voice)
The Little Vampire 3D
Mother Marianne
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Queen Helena
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
Anna Reinach
A Rose in Winter
Sannie Lang
Skin
Joan Collins
Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure
Witch
Gretel & Hansel
Alice Stillman
Donor Unknown
May Packard
Ladykiller
Vivian
The Bay of Silence
Mary Brady
Sleepwalkers
Queen Helena
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
Sarah Gold
In the Company of Spies
Sister Carmel
Will
Helen Weiss
Max and Helen
Monique
Vallen
Mrs. Mc.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Self - actress
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Letizia
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
Andrea Foss
Καλάβρυτα 1943
Placida
Attila
Veronica
She Will
Patsy Cline
Baja Oklahoma
The Sandman
Emily
The Happy Autumn Fields
Rosemary
Discovering Dinotopia
The Author (uncredited)
Stay Alive
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
78
Gender
Female
Birthday
1954-06-28
Place of Birth
Upington, South Africa
Also Known As
Alice Maud Krige