Alice Krige
Birthday: 1954-06-28 | Place of Birth: Upington, South AfricaAlice 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
Acting
Role
as Mrs. Mc.
as Veronica
as Andrea Foss
as Anna Reinach
as Vivian
as Witch
as Queen Helena
as Queen Helena
as Freda Sackville-Bagg (voice)
as Queen Helena
as Sister Carmel
as Morgana le Fay
as Katherine Crowthorn
as Falco
as Sannie Lang
as Lady Russell
as Zo
as Christabella
as Janet Long
as Miles
as Rachel Fedden
as Margie Henderson
as Lady Jessica Atreides
as Snubby Eaton
as Mirella Cenci
as Placida
as Placida
