Ladies Of Character Character Actresses
Alice Krige
Sleepwalkers/ Mary Brady
Star Trek: First Contact/ Borg Queen
Silent Hill/ Christabella
Chariots Of Fire/ Sybil Gordon
Per Quinlan's Character Stars:
Light haired South African actress whose delicate features ( but incisive voice) have taken her all the way from the flirtatious actress of Chariots Of Fire to the Borg Queen in Star Trek First Contact. As if encouraged by success in horror, she has also attempted werecats and vampires.
Alice Krige was born at Upington, South Africa in 1954, the daughter of a physician and a psychologist.
She grew up in Port Elizabeth and attended Rhodes University in Grahamston, South Africa.
Ms. Krige planned to become a clinical psychologist but did not complete her studies.
She moved to London where she turned to acting after taking an acting class at Rhodes. She attended the Central School of Speech And Drama in London for three years.
Her television debut came in 1979 in a small role on British television and her film debut came in 1976 in the film Vergeet My Nie.
Some of the film roles of Alice Krige were:
Vergeet My Nie (1976) as Welma de Villiere
A Tale Of Two Cities (1980-TV) as Lucie Mariette
Chariots Of Fire (1981) asm Sybil Gordon
Ghost Story (1981) as Eva Galli/ Alma Mobley
Arms And The Man (1983-TV) as Raina
Ellis Island (1984-TV) as Bridget O'Donnell
King David (1985) as Bathsheba
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985-TV) as Baroness Lisi Kemeny
Dream West (1986-TV) as Jessie Benton Fremont
Second Serve (1986-TV) as Gwen
Barfly (1987) as Tully
Baja Oklahoma (1988) as Patsy Cline
Haunted Summer (1988) as Mary Wollstoncraft Godwin
See You In The Morning (1989) as Beth Goodwin
Max And Helen (1990-TV) as Helen Weiss
The Strauss Dynasty (1991-TV Miniseries) as Olga
Iran: Days Of Crisis ( 1991-TV) as Parveneth Limbert
Sleepwalkers (1992) as Mary Brady
Lady Killer (1992-TV) as May Packard
Spies, Inc. (1992) as Isabelle
Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993-TV) as Jean Syfert
Double Deception (1993-TV) as Pamela Sparrow
Jack Reed; Badge Of Honor (1993-TV) as Joan Anatole
The Scarlet And The Black (1993-TV Miniseries) as Madame de Renal
Sharpe's Honor (1994-TV) as La marquesa
Joseph In Egypt (1995-TV) as Rachel
Donor Unknown (1995-TV) as Alice Stillman
Devil's Advocate (1995-TV) as Allesandra Locatelli
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) as Borg Queen
Hidden In America (1996-TV) as Dee
Amanda (1996) as Audrey Farnsworth
Habitat (1997) as Clarissa Symes
Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs (1997) as Zephyr/Eccles
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (1997-TV) as Rebecca Daly
The Commissioner (1998) as Isabelle Morton
Close Relations (1998-TV Miniseries) as Louise
Deep In My Heart (1999-TV) as Annalisa Jurgenson
Molokai (1999) as Mother Marianne Cope
In The Company Of Spies (1999-TV) as Sarah Gold
The Little Vampire (200) as Freda Sackville-Bagg
The Calling (2000) as Elizabeth Plummer
Attila (2001-TV Miniseries) as Placida
Superstitious (2001) as Mirella Cenci
Falling (2001) as Monique
Dinotopia (2002-TV Miniseries) as Rosemary waldo
Reign Of Fire (2002) as Karen Abercromby
Children Of Dune (2003-TV Miniseries) as Lady Jessica Atreides
The Death And Life Of Nancy Eaton (2003-TV) as Snubby Eaton
The Mystery Of Natalie Wood (2004-TV) as Maria Gurdin
Shadow Of Fear (2004) as Margie Henderson
Dynasty: The Making Of A Guilty Pleasure (2005-TV) as Joan Collins
Stay Alive (2006) as The Author
Silent Hill (2006) as Christabella
Lonely Hearts (2006) as janet Long
The Line Of Beauty (2006-TV Miniseries) as Rachel Fadden
The Contact (2006) as Miles
Persuasion (2007-TV) as Lady Russell
Ten Inch Hero (2007) as Zo
Skin (2008) as Sannie Laing
The Betrayed (2008) as Falco
Solomon Kane (2009) as Katherine Crowthorn
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) as Morgana
Page Eight (2011-TV) as Emma Baron
Will (2011) as Sister Carmal
Jail Caesar (2012) as Pirate Captain
Thor: The Dark World (2013) as Eir
She won Best Supporting Actress Award at the Saturn Awards for her role as The Borg Queen in Star Trek - First Contact. She returned to that role on the TV series Star Trek Voyager and her science fiction career has expanded further on television with prominent roles in the miniseries adaptations of Dinotopia and Frank Herbert's Children Of Dune.
Ms. Krige has appeared on television in such series as BBC2 Playhouse, The Hidden Room, Beverly Hills 90210, Welcome To Paradox, Becker, Star Trek Voyager, Six Feet Under, Threat Matrix, Deadwood, Law & Order Criminal Intent, The 4400, Dirty Sexy Money, Midsummer Murders, Waking The Dead, MI-5, NCIS, The Syndicate, Agatha Christie's Partners In Crime and Tyrant.
In April 2004 Ms. Krige was awarded an honorary Litt.D degree from Rhodes University.
She has been married since 1988 to writer and director Paul Schoolman.
I enjoyed Ms. Krige in the films Sleepwalkers, Star Trek First Contact, Silent Hill, Chariots Of Fire, Ghost Story, Haunted Summer and Shadow Of Fear.
Louie The Movie Buff
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