Alice Krige
Alice Maud Krige (born June 28, 1954 in Upington, South Africa) is an actress best known for her role in the Star Trek series as the Borg Queen. In 1976 she left South Africa for London.
Initially she had plans to become a clinical psychologist but turned to acting after an experience in an acting class at Rhodes University. She then attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
She made her professional debut on British television in 1979 and appeared in the television movie A Tale of Two Cities. She went on to play Sybil Gordon in Chariots of Fire and Eva Galli/Alma Mobley in Ghost Story (both 1981).
She played Bathsheba in King David (1985) and Mary Shelley in Haunted Summer (1988). She appeared on stage in plays such as Thomas Otway's Venice Preserv'd. She appeared in what she called "tons of TV" in both the U.S. and the UK. This includes made for television movies from Baja Oklahoma (1988) and Ladykiller (1992), to mini-series such as Ellis Island (1984) and The Scarlet and the Black (1993).
In Star Trek: First Contact, she played the Borg Queen, who attempts to assimilate Earth into her Borg collective. She would return to this role in the Star Trek game Star Trek: Armada II, and in the Star Trek: Voyager series finale, "Endgame".
She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1982 (1981 season) for Most Promising Newcomer in the production of Arms of the Man. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 1992 Saturn Awards for her role in Sleepwalkers. In April 2004 she was awarded an honorary Litt.D. degree from Rhodes University.
Krige is married to the writer and director Paul Schoolman.
Filmography
| Title | Year | Special Notes | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| ' | 1979 | TV series | ?? |
| A Tale of Two Cities | 1980 | TV | Lucie Manette |
| Chariots of Fire | 1981 | Sybil Gordon | |
| Ghost Story | 1981 | Eva Galli/Alma Mobley | |
| The Professionals | 1982 | TV series | Diana Molner |
| Ellis Island | 1984 | (mini) TV Series | Bridget O'Donnell |
| Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | 1985 | TV | Baroness Lisl Kemeny |
| King David | 1985 | Bathsheba | |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1985 | TV series | Nita Cochran |
| Dream West | 1986 | (mini) TV Series | Jessie Benton Fremont |
| Second Serve | 1986 | TV | Gwen |
| Barfly | 1987 | Tully Sorenson | |
| Spies Inc. | 1988 | Isabelle | |
| Baja Oklahoma | 1988 | TV | Patsy Cline |
| Haunted Summer | 1988 | Mary Godwin | |
| See You in the Morning | 1989 | Beth Goodwin | |
| Max and Helen | 1990 | TV | Helen Weiss |
| The Strauss Dynasty | 1991 | (mini) TV Series | Olga |
| Amérique en otage, L | 1991 | TV | Parveneh Limbert |
| The Hidden Room | 1991 | TV series | Jennifer |
| Sleepwalkers | 1992 | Mary Brady | |
| Ladykiller | 1992 | TV | May Packard |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | 1992 | TV series | Anne Berrisford |
| Judgement Day: The John List Story | 1993 | TV | Jean Syfert |
| Double Deception | 1993 | TV | Pamela Sparrow |
| The Scarlet and the Black | 1993 | (mini) TV Series | Madame de Renal |
| Jack Reed: Badge of Honour | 1993 | TV | Joan Anatole |
| Sea Beggars | 1994 | Wife | |
| Sharpe's Honour | 1994 | TV | La Marquesa |
| Devil's Advocate | 1995 | TV | Alessandra Locatelli |
| Joseph | 1995 | TV | Rachel |
| Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life | 1995 | Lisa Benjamenta | |
| Donor Unknown | 1995 | TV | Alice Stillman |
| Star Trek: First Contact | 1996 | Borg Queen | |
| Hidden in America | 1996 | TV | Dee |
| Amanda | 1996 | Audrey Farnsworth | |
| Habitat | 1997 | Clarissa Symes | |
| Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | 1997 | Zephyr Eccles | |
| Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | 1997 | TV | Rebecca Daly |
| The Commissioner | 1998 | Isabelle Morton | |
| Close Relations | 1998 | (mini) TV Series | Louise |
| Welome to Paradox | 1998 | TV series | Aura Mendoza |
| Deep in My Heart | 1999 | TV | Annalise Jurgenson |
| Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | 1999 | Mother Marianne Cope | |
| In the Company of Spies | 1999 | TV | Sarah Gold |
| Becker | 1999 | TV series | Sondra Rush |
| The Little Vampire | 2000 | Freda Sackville-Bagg | |
| The Calling | 2000 | Elizabeth Plummer | |
| Attila | 2001 | TV | Placidia |
| Superstition | 2001 | Mirella Cenci | |
| Vallen | 2001 | Monique | |
| Star Trek: Armada II | 2001 | VG (voice) | The Borg Queen |
| Star Trek: Voyager | 2001 | TV series | Borg Queen |
| Dinotopia | 2002 | (mini) TV Series | Rosemary Waldo |
| Six Feet Under | 2002 | TV | Alma |
| Reign of Fire | 2002 | Karen Abercromby | |
| The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton | 2003 | TV | Snubby Eaton |
| Children of Dune | 2003 | (mini) TV Series | Lady Jessica Atreides |
| Threat Matrix | 2003 | TV series | Senator Lilly Randolph |
| Threat Matrix | 2004 | TV series | Senator Lilly Randolph |
| The Mystery of Natalie Wood | 2004 | TV | Maria Gurdin |
| Star Trek: The Experience - Borg Invasion 4D | 2004 | The Borg aka The Borg Queen | |
| Shadow of Fear | 2004 | Margie Henderson | |
| Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure | 2005 | TV | Joan Collins |
| Deadwood | 2004 | TV Series | Maddie (2005-) |
| Silent Hill | 2006 | Christabella | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2006 | TV series | Gillian Booth |
| The Line of Beauty | 2006 | TV | Rachel Fedden |
| The 4400 | 2006 | TV series | Sarah Rutledge |
| Lonely Hearts | 2006 | Janet Fay | |
| The Contract | 2006 | ?? | |
| Ten Inch Hero | 2007 | Zo |