Alice Krige
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 i
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.
Born
Jun 28, 1954
Upington, South Africa
Known For
Acting
Movies
82 acting
0 crew
Popularity
2.6
Known For
Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Eir
Silent Hill
2006
as Christabella
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
as Morgana le Fay
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Borg Queen
Wildcat
2025
as Mrs. Christina Vine
Reign of Fire
2002
as Karen Abercromby
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2022
as Mrs. Mc.
Solomon Kane
2009
as Katherine Crowthorn
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Sybil Gordon
Sleepwalkers
1992
as Mary Brady
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