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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…
Known for
- Wildcat — Mrs. Christina Vine2025
- The Restoration at Grayson Manor — Jacqueline Grayson2025
- To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager — Self2024
- Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event — Borg Queen (voice)2023
- The Rig — Lennox2023
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre — Mrs. Mc.2022
- She Will — Veronica2022
- Echoes of the Past — Andrea Foss2021
- Gretel & Hansel — Witch2020
- The Bay of Silence — Vivian2020
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Key facts
- Born
- Alice Maud Krige , ( 1954-06-28 ) 28 June 1954 (age 71) , Upington , Northern Cape , South Africa
- Education
- Rhodes University Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Spouse
- Paul Schoolman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maud
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Upington
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Educated at
- Rhodes University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- 2008 10 10 Alice Krige 01.jpg
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- Alice Krige
- date of birth
- 1954-06-28
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- start time
- 1981-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Alice Maud Krige ( Afrikaans: [ˈkriχə]; born 28 June 1954) is a South African actress. Her big break came in 1981, when she starred as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon in the British historical film Chariots of Fire, and as Eva Galli / Alma Mobley in the American supernatural horror film Ghost Story. She received a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in the West End theatre production of Arms and the Man (1981) and later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Krige starred in various British, South African, European, and American films throughout her career. She starred in King David (1985), Barfly (1987), Haunted Summer (1988), See You in the Morning (1989), Sleepwalkers (1992), and Institute Benjamenta (1995). She played the role of the Borg Queen in the science fiction film Star Trek: First Contact (1996), for which she received a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, and reprised the role in Star Trek: Voyager (2001), Star Trek: The Experience: Borg Invasion 4-D (2004), Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021), and Star Trek: Picard (2023). Subsequent notable film appearances include The Little Vampire (2000), Silent Hill (2006), Skin (2008), Solomon Kane (2009), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), Thor: The Dark World (2013), A Christmas Prince (2017) and its two sequels, and Gretel & Hansel (2020). She played Veronica Ghent in the psychological horror drama film She Will (2021).
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