ALICE KRIGE

'Alice Maud Krige' (born June 28, 1954) is an actress best known for introducing the role of the Borg Queen in the ''Star Trek'' motion picture, ''First Contact.'' She reprised her role for the final episode of ''Star Trek Voyager.''

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Biography

Filmography

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Biography

Krige was born in Upington, South Africa, but left for London in 1976. 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 '', 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 '', and in the '' series finale, "Endgame" in 2001 (Susanna Thompson would play the Borg Queen in 4 episodes of the series between 1999-2000).
She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1982 (1981 season) for Most Promising Newcomer in the production of ''Arms and 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
''	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
''	1993	TV	Jean Syfert
''Double Deception''	1993	TV	Pamela Sparrow
''The Scarlet and the Black''	1993	(mini) TV Series	Madame de Renal
''	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
''	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
''	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
''	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
''	2001	VG (voice)	The Borg Queen
''	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
''	2004		The Borg aka The Borg Queen
''Shadow of Fear''	2004		Margie Henderson
''	2005	TV	Joan Collins
''Deadwood''	2004	TV Series	Maddie (2005-)
''Silent Hill''	2006		Christabella
''	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		Miles
''Ten Inch Hero''	2007		Zo
''Persuasion''	2007		Lady Russell

External links

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★ Alice Krige interview at www.sci-fi-online.com