Alice Krige
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 11.492 |
Birthday | 1954-06-28 |
Place of Birth | Upington, Afrique du Sud |
Also Known As | Alice Maud Krige, |
1996
Star Trek: First Contact
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Lonely Hearts
6/338
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Silent Hill
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2006
The Contract
5.7/497
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Joseph
8.2/196
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1987
Barfly
6.84/337
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2010
Inside The Institute
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The Little Vampire
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Ghost Story
6/144
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1981
Chariots of Fire
6.8/905
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2010
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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The Commissioner
5.8/9
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2009
Solomon Kane
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1995
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
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2007
Persuasion
7.3/268
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Haunted Summer
5/7
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1985
King David
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2007
Ten Inch Hero
7.074/169
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2000
The Calling
4.9/61
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Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
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5.7/15
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2004
Shadow of Fear
5.4/22
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2011
Page Eight
6.564/289
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Sharpe's Honour
6.6/26
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Thor: The Dark World
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1997
Habitat
5/15
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See You in the Morning
5.9/17
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2006
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
6/8
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2001
Superstition
5/8
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1997
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
5/4
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1993
Judgment Day: The John List Story
4.5/2
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1991
Iran: Days of Crisis
6/1
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2002
Reign of Fire
6.2/2213
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1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
5.2/6
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1985
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
3/1
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1986
Second Serve
5.4/5
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1996
Hidden in America
5.9/6
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Arms and the Man
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The Betrayed
5.4/44
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1997
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
5.9/19
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Spies, Inc.
4.3/3
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2003
The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton
4.5/2
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Vergeet My Nie
0/0
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1999
Deep in My Heart
6/3
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The Strauss Dynasty
8.2/4
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2004
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
5.4/8
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Jail Caesar
6.3/3
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Amanda
3.5/2
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1997
Sharpe: The Legend
6/4
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Sharpe: The Legend
2002
Dinotopia
6.5/1
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Dinotopia
1993
Double Deception
10/1
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Double Deception
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A Christmas Prince
6.615/1429
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2017
The Little Vampire 3D
6/157
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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
5.9/14
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2018
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
6.395/920
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2020
A Rose in Winter
6.1/6
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A Rose in Winter
2008
Skin
6.4/45
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Skin
2005
Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure
0/0
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2020
Gretel & Hansel
5.99/1408
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Gretel & Hansel
1995
Donor Unknown
8/1
Type A insurance fraud investigator Nick Stillman has his life extended by a heart transplant, only to be dismayed to discover that his donor was murd...
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1992
Ladykiller
3.5/2
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Ladykiller
2020
The Bay of Silence
4.474/96
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1992
Sleepwalkers
6/532
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Sleepwalkers
2019
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
6.286/540
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A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
1999
In the Company of Spies
2/1
An operative for the CIA is captured and interrogated by Korean officials; his bosses, in order to protect national security, decide to bring an old o...
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In the Company of Spies
2011
Will
6.7/56
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1990
Max and Helen
6/1
In trying to bring a former concentration camp commandant to justice, Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal uncovers the tragic story of two lovers separated b...
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Max and Helen
2001
Falling
0/0
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Falling
2022
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
5.204/1436
After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic influencers who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded wo...
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1997
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
7.2/6
Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies. Features clips from most of...
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Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
2007
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
0/0
Twenty Four year-old Corsican refugee Napoleon Bonaparte is a lowly artillery captain in the French army at the siege of Toulon. Destitute and relying...
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Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
2021
Echoes of the Past
6.7/20
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Echoes of the Past
2001
Attila
7.3/51
A vengeful beauty foils the plans of the bloodthirsty Hun warrior to conquer Rome.
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Attila
2022
She Will
5.4/70
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1988
Baja Oklahoma
7/7
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Baja Oklahoma
2000
The Sandman
6/1
One of several collaborative dance films by the Brothers Quay & (dancer, choreographer) William Tuckett. Little enough info around on line, but there'...
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The Sandman
1980
The Happy Autumn Fields
0/0
Time is playing tricks on Mary. Around her the walls are crumbling- all the houses are being pulled down. Why does she insist on staying, caught in a...
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