Alice Krige
Alice Krige was born in Upington, Northern Cape Province, South Africa on June 28th, 1954 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 69, Alice Krige biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Alice Maud Krige (born 28 June 1954) is a South African actress and producer.
Sybil Gordon, the Gilbert and Sullivan singer, appeared in Chariots of Fire (1981) for her first feature film role.
Eva Galli/Alma Mobley in Ghost Story and the Borg Queen in the Star Trek franchise, beginning with the film Star Trek: First Contact.
Early life and education
Krige was born in Upington, Cape Province (now Northern Cape), South Africa, the niece of Patricia, a psychology researcher, and Louis Krige, a doctor. The Kriges then moved to Port Elizabeth, where Alice grew up in what she has described as a "very happy family" with two brothers, one of whom became a physician and the other a Professor of Surgery.
Krige completed Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, with the intention of becoming a clinical psychologist. She began studying acting at Rhodes, received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a BA Hons degree in drama with distinction. She went to London to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Personal life
In 1988, Krige married writer and director Paul Schoolman.
Career
Krige made her television debut in 1979 and appeared as Lucie Manette in the television series A Tale of Two Cities. She continued to act in Chariots of Fire and Eva Galli/Alma Mobley in Ghost Story, both 1981. After appearing in a 1981 West End theatre performance of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, she received a Plays and Players Award, as well as a Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing Cordelia in King Lear and Lear Bond's The Taming of the Shrew and Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac. At the Almeida Theatre in London and Toyer at the Arts Theatre in the West End, she appeared in scripts including Thomas Otway's Venice Preserv'd.
In Haunted Summer (1985), Krige appeared in horror films like Ghost Story, Sleepwalkers, Silent Hill, and Gretel & Hansel.
Krige, the Borg queen, who is attempting to assimila Earth into the Borg group, appeared in Star Trek: First Contact. At the 1997 Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She portrayed herself in the Star Trek: Armada II and in the Star Trek: Voyager series finale "Endgame" in 2001. She reprised her role as the Borg Queen in 2021, but in 2021, she appeared only for the animated film Star Trek: Lower Decks. With prominent appearances in Dinotopia and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, her science fiction career has widened into television. "The Institute Benjamenta, or This Is Life That People Call Life," and "The Sun Nymphs" by Guy Maddin.
Krige was given an honorary Litt.D. in April 2004. Rhodes University conferred a degree.
Krige appeared in several made-for-television movies and miniseries. She appeared in the television films Baja Oklahoma (1988) and Ladykiller (1992) as well as the miniseries Ellis Island (1984) and Scarlet and Black (1993). In The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004), she appeared as Joan Collins in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure. She appeared on Deadwood, and she appeared on Six Feet Under: Law and Order: Criminal Intent, the 4400 and Dirty Sexy Money.
In Skin's biography about Sandra Laing, she had a leading role as Sannie Laing, Sandra's mother. During Apartheid, the girl was branded "coloured" by the South African authorities, but her parents were white. Krige appeared in the BBC's last season of Spooks in 2011, portraying Russian double agent Elena Gavrik. Krige appeared in the final season of BBC drama Waking the Dead in 2011. Krige appeared in films Solomon Kane, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Thor: The Dark World in recent years. She appeared in the first and second series of Tyrant for F/X, and she has recently worked with the BBC on the topic The Syndicate and Partners in Crime. She appeared on Netflix's mystery show The OA in 2016.
Krige produced the award-winning film Jail Caesar, an investigation into Julius Caesar's little-known adolescence, filming in three working prisons with hundreds of serving prisoners and an assembly of actors including Derek Jacobi and John Kani. Paul Schoolman wrote and directed Jail Caesar.
Krige received the Special Jury Award at the International Film Festival in Jakarta in 2015, along with Andy Garcia and Jimmy Carter for her role in the film Shingetsu, in which she plays a war-traumatized surgeon of Doctors Without Borders opposite Gunter Singer.