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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.
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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
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Murder, She Wrote
The Professionals
Midsomer Murders
Beverly Hills, 90210
NCIS
Spooks
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Picard
Waking the Dead
Becker
Carnival Row
Six Feet Under
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Dirty Sexy Money
Threat Matrix
The 4400
Deadwood
Sharpe: The Legend
Stay Alive
Partners in Crime
Thor: The Dark World
Reign of Fire
The Syndicate
Page Eight
The OA
Tyrant
The Rig
Ellis Island
Star Trek: First Contact
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Silent Hill
Close Relations
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Ten Inch Hero
Attila
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
The Bay of Silence
Attila
Hidden in America
King David
Chariots of Fire
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
The Contract
Devil's Advocate
Sharpe
Solomon Kane
Sleepwalkers
Deep in My Heart
A Christmas Prince
Gretel & Hansel
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
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