Alice Krige
Acting
- Born:
- 1954-06-28
- Place of birth:
- Upington, South Africa
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
Filmography
The Restoration at Grayson Manor
Wildcat
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
The Rig
She Will
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Echoes of the Past
The Bay of Silence
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Gretel & Hansel
Star Trek: Picard
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
Carnival Row
A Rose in Winter
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
The Alienist
A Christmas Prince
The Little Vampire 3D
The OA
Partners in Crime
Tyrant
Thor: The Dark World
Jail Caesar
The Syndicate
Will
Page Eight
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Inside The Institute
Solomon Kane
Skin
The Betrayed
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
Dirty Sexy Money
Ten Inch Hero
Persuasion
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
The Line of Beauty
Lonely Hearts
Silent Hill
The Contract
Stay Alive
Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure
Shadow of Fear
The 4400
Deadwood
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
NCIS
Threat Matrix
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton
Reign of Fire
Spooks
Dinotopia
Discovering Dinotopia
Dinotopia
Falling
Superstition
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Waking the Dead
Six Feet Under
Attila
Attila
The Calling
Frank Herbert's Dune
The Sandman
The Little Vampire
In the Company of Spies
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Deep in My Heart
Becker
Close Relations
The Commissioner
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Sharpe: The Legend
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Habitat
Midsomer Murders
Hidden in America
Star Trek: First Contact
Amanda
Donor Unknown
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Joseph
Joseph
Star Trek: Voyager
Devil's Advocate
Sharpe's Honour
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Scarlet and Black
Double Deception
Sharpe
Judgment Day: The John List Story
Princess Furball
Ladykiller
Spies, Inc.
Sleepwalkers
The Strauss Dynasty
Iran: Days of Crisis
The Hidden Room
The Strauss Dynasty
Beverly Hills, 90210
Max and Helen
See You in the Morning
Haunted Summer
Baja Oklahoma
Barfly
Dream West
Second Serve
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
King David
Ellis Island
Murder, She Wrote
Arms and the Man
Ghost Story
Chariots of Fire
A Tale of Two Cities
The Happy Autumn Fields
The Professionals
Vergeet My Nie
Playhouse
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson