Alice Krige
Acting

Alice Krige

June 28, 1954 (71 years old) Upington, South Africa

Also known as: Alice Maud Krige, آلیس کریج

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

NCIS

NCIS

2003 • TV

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • TV

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • TV

Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager

1995 • TV

Silent Hill

Silent Hill

2006 • Movie

Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World

2013 • Movie

Movie Credits (50)

Acting

2006

Silent Hill

as Christabella

2013

Thor: The Dark World

as Eir

1995

Joseph

as Rahel

2009

Solomon Kane

as Katherine Crowthorn

1988

Haunted Summer

as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin

1998

The Commissioner

as Isabelle Morton

1993

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

as Joan Anatole

2006

Lonely Hearts

as Janet Long

2010

Inside The Institute

2010

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

as Morgana le Fay

1997

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

as Zephyr Eccles

1997

Sharpe: The Legend

as La Marquesa

1987

Barfly

as Tully Sorenson

1996

Star Trek: First Contact

as Borg Queen

2002

Reign of Fire

as Karen Abercromby

1997

Habitat

as Clarissa Symes

1991

Iran: Days of Crisis

as Parveneh Limbert

1981

Chariots of Fire

as Sybil Gordon

2006

The Contract

as Miles

1991

The Strauss Dynasty

as Olga

TV Credits (40)

Acting

2003

NCIS

as Maggie Clarke

1 episodes

1997

Midsomer Murders

as Jenny Frazer

1 episodes

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1 episodes

1995

Star Trek: Voyager

as The Borg Queen

1 episodes

1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Nita Cochran

1 episodes

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Gillian Booth

1 episodes

1990

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Anne Berrisford

1 episodes

2001

Six Feet Under

as Alma

2 episodes

2020

Star Trek: Picard

as The Borg Queen (voice)

2 episodes

2002

Spooks

as Elena Gavrik

6 episodes

2004

Deadwood

as Maddie

6 episodes

2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks

as Borg Queen (voice)

1 episodes

2001

Waking the Dead

as Karen Harding

2 episodes

2004

The 4400

as Sarah

2 episodes

2019

Carnival Row

as Haruspex Tsimani

9 episodes

2016

The OA

as Nancy Johnson

9 episodes

1977

The Professionals

as Diana Molner

1 episodes

1998

Becker

as Dr. Sondra Rush

1 episodes

1974

Playhouse

as Emily

1 episodes

2018

The Alienist

as Elizabeth Cady Stanton

2 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
June 28, 1954 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Upington, South Africa
Popularity
2.3

Career Stats

50
Movies
40
TV Shows