Alice Krige
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Alice Krige (born June 28, 1954 in Upington, South Africa) is an actress best known for her role in the Star Trek series as the Borg Queen. She grew up without television, as South Africa didn't start getting TV until 1976, the year she left for London.
Initially she had plans to become a clinical psychologist but turned to acting after an experience in an acting class at Rhodes University. She then attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She made her professional debut on British television in 1979 and appeared in the televsion movie A Tale of Two Cities. She went on to play Sybil Gordon in Chariots of Fire and Eva Galli in Ghost Story (both 1981).
She had played Bathsheba in King David (1985) and Mary Shelley in Haunted Summer (1988). She had appeared on stage in plays such as the productiion of Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved". Alice had appeared in what she called "Tons of TV" in both the U.S. and the U.K. This includes made for television movies from Baja Oklahoma (1988) and Ladykiller (1992), to miniseries from Ellis Island (1984) and The Scarlett and the Black (1993).
In Star Trek: First Contact, she played the Borg Queen, who is on a mission to assimilate Earth into the Borg collective.
She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1982 (1981 season) for Most Promising Newcomer in the production of Arms of the Man. She was nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" at the 1992 Saturn Award for her role in Sleepwalkers. On April 2004 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Rhodes University.
Alice Krige is married to writer and director Paul Schoolman.
| Title | Year | Special Notes | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Tale of Two Cities | 1980 | TV | Lucie Manette |
| Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Sybil Gordon | |
| Ghost Story | 1981 | Eva Galli/Alma Mobley | |
| "Ellis Island" | 1984 | (mini) TV Series | Bridget O'Donnell |
| Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | 1985 | TV | Baroness Lisl Kemeny |
| King David | 1985 | Bathsheba | |
| "Dream West" | 1986 | (mini) TV Series | Jessie Benton Fremont |
| Second Serve | 1986 | TV | Gwen |
| Barfly | 1987 | Tully Sorenson | |
| Spies Inc. | 1988 | Isabelle | |
| Baja Oklahoma | 1988 | TV | Patsy Cline |
| Haunted Summer | 1988 | Mary Godwin | |
| See You in the Morning | 1989 | Beth Goodwin | |
| Max and Helen | 1990 | TV | Helen Weiss |
| "The Strauss Dynasty" | 1991 | (mini) TV Series | Olga |
| Amérique en otage, L' | 1991 | TV | Parveneh Limbert |
| Sleepwalkers | 1992 | Mary Brady | |
| Ladykiller | 1992 | TV | May Packard |
| Judgment Day: The John List Story | 1993 | TV | Jean Syfert |
| Double Deception | 1993 | TV | Pamela Sparrow |
| "The Scarlet and the Black" | 1993 | (mini) TV Series | Madame de Renal |
| Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | 1993 | TV | Joan Anatole |
| Sea Beggars | 1994 | Wife | |
| Sharpe's Honour | 1994 | TV | La Marquesa |
| Devil's Advocate | 1995 | TV | Alessandra Locatelli |
| Joseph | 1995 | TV | Rachel |
| Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life | 1995 | Lisa Benjamenta | |
| Donor Unknown | 1995 | TV | Alice Stillman |
| Star Trek: First Contact | 1996 | Borg Queen | |
| Hidden in America | 1996 | TV | Dee |
| Habitat | 1997 | Clarissa Symes | |
| Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | 1997 | Zephyr Eccles | |
| Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | 1997 | TV | Rebecca Daly |
| The Commissioner | 1998 | Isabelle Morton | |
| "Close Relations" | 1998 | (mini) TV Series | Louise |
| Deep in My Heart | 1999 | TV | Annalise Jurgenson |
| Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | 1999 | Mother Marianne Cope | |
| In the Company of Spies | 1999 | TV | Sarah Gold |
| The Little Vampire | 2000 | Freda Sackville-Bagg | |
| The Calling | 2000 | Elizabeth Plummer | |
| Attila | 2001 | TV | Placidia |
| Superstition | 2001 | Mirella Cenci | |
| Vallen | 2001 | Monique | |
| Star Trek: Armada II | 2001 | VG (voice) | The Borg Queen |
| "Dinotopia" | 2002 | (mini) TV Series | Rosemary Waldo |
| Reign of Fire | 2002 | Karen Abercromby | |
| The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton | 2003 | TV | Snubby Eaton |
| "Children of Dune" | 2003 | (mini) TV Series | Lady Jessica Atreides |
| The Mystery of Natalie Wood | 2004 | TV | Maria Gurdin |
| Star Trek: The Experience - Borg Invasion 4D | 2004 | The Borg aka The Borg Queen | |
| Shadow of Fear | 2004 | Margie Henderson | |
| Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure | 2005 | TV | Joan Collins |
| "Deadwood" | 2004 | TV Series | Maddie (2005-) |