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Alice Krige

Born and raised in South Africa, Alice attended Rhodes University where she trained as a clinical psychologist.

While studying, she joined the drama class, where she discovered she wanted to act and so went to The Central School of Speech and Drama. She made her acting debut in the television movie A Tale of Two Cities in 1980, which was followed by roles in the popular British film Chariots of Fire and Ghost Story. She played Bathsheba in King David and Mary in Haunted Summer. In the eighth Star Trek movie: Star Trek: First Contact she plays the Borg Queen, on a mission to assimilate earth into the Borg collective.

She has appeared on stage in plays such as the production of Thomas Otway's Venice Preserved and has appeared in what she calls Tons of TV in both America and the UK. This ranges from the series Scarlett & Black to Beverly Hills 90210.


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Alice Krige Facts

OccupationActress
BirthdayJune 28, 1954 (55)
SignCancer
BirthplaceUpington, South Africa

Selected Filmography

Persuasion
Chariots of Fire
Reign of Fire
The Betrayed
Joseph
Star Trek
Dinotopia
The Contract
King David
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