Alice Krige Movies and Career Information

Alice Maud Krige (pronounced KREE-guh; born 28 June 1954) is a South African actress. 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 an enormous variety of roles in a wide number of genres. Krige introduced 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. Krige was born in Upington, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, the daughter of Pat, a psychologist, and Louis Krige, a physician. She left for London, England, 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. Krige is married to the writer and director Paul Schoolman. Krige 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 in 1981. She received a Plays and Players Award,