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Alice Krige

Alice Krige

Actor · Born June 28, 1954 · Upington, South Africa

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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.

Acted in 115

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008
  3. 2007

    Heroes & Villains: Napoleon

    Letizia

  4. 2006

    The Line of Beauty

    Rachel Fedden · 3 episodes

  5. 2005

    Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure

    Joan Collins

  6. 2004
  7. The Mystery of Natalie Wood

    Maria Gurdin · 2 episodes

  8. 2003
  9. The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton

    Snubby Eaton

  10. 2002
  11. Dinotopia

    Rosemary

  12. 2001
  13. Superstition

    Mirella Cenci

  14. 2000
  15. The Sandman

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1999

    In the Company of Spies

    Sarah Gold

  2. Deep in My Heart

    Annalise Jurgenson

  3. 1998
  4. Close Relations

    Louise · 5 episodes

  5. The Commissioner

    Isabelle Morton

  6. 1997

    Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan

    Rebecca Daly

  7. Sharpe: The Legend

    La Marquesa

  8. Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

    Zephyr Eccles

  9. 1996

    Hidden in America

    Dee

  10. 1995
  11. Joseph

    Rachel · 2 episodes

  12. 1994

    Sharpe's Honour

    La Marquesa de Casares el Grande y Melida Sadaba

  13. 1993

    Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

    Mrs. Anatole

  14. Scarlet and Black

    Madame de Renal · 3 episodes

  15. Double Deception

    Pamela Sparrow

  16. Judgment Day: The John List Story

    Jean Syfert

  17. 1992

    Ladykiller

    May Packard

  18. Spies, Inc.

    Isabelle

  19. 1991

    The Strauss Dynasty

    Olga · 6 episodes

  20. The Strauss Dynasty

    Olga

  21. 1990
  22. Max and Helen

    Helen Weiss

1980s

  1. 1989

    See You in the Morning

    Beth Goodwin

  2. 1988

    Haunted Summer

    Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin

  3. Baja Oklahoma

    Patsy Cline

  4. 1987
  5. 1986

    Dream West

    Jessie Benton Fremont · 3 episodes

  6. Second Serve

    Gwen

  7. 1985

    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

    Baroness Lisl Kemeny · 2 episodes

  8. 1984

    Ellis Island

    Bridget O'Donnell · 3 episodes

  9. 1981
  10. 1980

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Lucie Manette

  11. The Happy Autumn Fields

    Emily

Appearances5

2020s

  1. 2024

    To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

    Self

2000s

  1. 2006

    Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'

    Self

1990s

  1. 1997

    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    Self - actress

  2. 1993

    Princess Furball

    Narrator