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Alice Maud Krige is a South African actress and producer. 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 a variety of roles in a number of genres. Krige first played 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. A year after the series ended, she reprised the role in "Borg Invasion 4-D" at Star Trek: The Experience. She attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown where she pursued an undergraduate degree in psychology and literature, but quickly turned to acting, earning an honors degree in drama from Rhodes, before a moving to London to pursue a new career path. Once in England, she studied drama at the London Central School of Speech and Drama before making her acting performance debut in the 1979 BBC Play for Today.   After achieving critical acclaim for her role in Chariot's of Fire, and continued to star and support in both film and stage theater throughout the 1980s.  This eclectic trend continued into the 1990s before turning to television for both starring and reoccurring minor roles in prominent television series.  In addition, she continued to make sporadic convention appearances and was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in literature from Rhodes University. Alice Krige is married to writer/director, Paul Schoolman, and lives what she describes as an "itinerant" lifestyle. Although she and her husband maintain a permanent home in the United States, they spend much of their time living and working abroad.
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Alice Maud Krige is a South African actress and producer. 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 a variety of roles in a number of genres. Krige first played 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. A year after the series ended, she reprised the role in "Borg Invasion 4-D" at Star Trek: The Experience. She attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown where she pursued an undergraduate degree in psychology and literature, but quickly turned to acting, earning an honors degree in drama from Rhodes, before a moving to London to pursue a new career path. Once in England, she studied drama at the London Central School of Speech and Drama before making her acting performance debut in the 1979 BBC Play for Today.   After achieving critical acclaim for her role in Chariot's of Fire, and continued to star and support in both film and stage theater throughout the 1980s.  This eclectic trend continued into the 1990s before turning to television for both starring and reoccurring minor roles in prominent television series.  In addition, she continued to make sporadic convention appearances and was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in literature from Rhodes University. Alice Krige is married to writer/director, Paul Schoolman, and lives what she describes as an "itinerant" lifestyle. Although she and her husband maintain a permanent home in the United States, they spend much of their time living and working abroad.
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Murder, She Wrote
The Professionals
Midsomer Murders
Beverly Hills, 90210
NCIS
Spooks
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Picard
Waking the Dead
Becker
Carnival Row
Six Feet Under
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Dirty Sexy Money
Threat Matrix
The 4400
Deadwood
Sharpe: The Legend
Stay Alive
Partners in Crime
Thor: The Dark World
Page Eight
Reign of Fire
The Syndicate
The OA
Tyrant
Ellis Island
Star Trek: First Contact
The Rig
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Close Relations
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Silent Hill
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
Attila
Ten Inch Hero
The Bay of Silence
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
Attila
Hidden in America
King David
Chariots of Fire
Sleepwalkers
A Christmas Prince
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Devil's Advocate
Deep in My Heart
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
Solomon Kane
Sharpe
Gretel & Hansel
The Contract
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