Alice Krige

Known for ActingBorn 1954-06-28 (age 71)Upington, South Africa

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Falling

Iran: Days of Crisis

Double Deception

The Strauss Dynasty

Dinotopia

Joseph

Deadwood

Six Feet Under

The Mystery of Natalie Wood

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

Sharpe

Carnival Row

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Star Trek: Voyager

Spooks

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

The Alienist

The OA

NCIS

The Syndicate

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Midsomer Murders

Donor Unknown

Star Trek: Picard

Murder, She Wrote

Persuasion

Attila

Joseph

The Professionals

Waking the Dead

Star Trek: First Contact

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

The Restoration at Grayson Manor

Partners in Crime

The 4400

Beverly Hills, 90210

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Becker

Ten Inch Hero

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune

The Little Vampire

Max and Helen

The Rig

Tyrant

Echoes of the Past

Frank Herbert's Dune

A Christmas Prince

Barfly