Alice Krige
Known For
Acting
Born
1954-06-28 in 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.
Most Known For
NCIS
as Maggie Clarke
Midsomer Murders
as Jenny Frazer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Star Trek: Voyager
as The Borg Queen
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Anne Berrisford
Murder, She Wrote
as Nita Cochran
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Gillian Booth
Star Trek: Picard
as The Borg Queen (voice)
Wildcat
as Mrs. Christina Vine
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Borg Queen (voice)
Deadwood
as Maddie
The 4400
as Sarah
Six Feet Under
as Alma
Spooks
as Elena Gavrik
The OA
as Nancy Johnson
Waking the Dead
as Karen Harding
Silent Hill
as Christabella
The Alienist
as Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Carnival Row
as Haruspex Tsimani
Becker
as Dr. Sondra Rush