Alice Krige

Alice Krige is an actress who played the Borg Queen in and the seventh season episode .
She also provided the voice of the Borg Queen in the third season episodes and and voiced a hologram of the Borg Queen in the second season episode .
She can also be heard in the video game Star Trek: Armada II and at Star Trek: The Experience.
An undersuit worn by Krige in First Contact was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. The name tag misspelled her name as Alice Creed. 
In an interview with , writers Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens revealed that they had pitched a story to Krige for an episode of Enterprise. The episode would have featured the birth of the Borg Queen, with Krige portraying a Starfleet medical technician who made contact with the Borg from , which would assimilate her thus transforming her into the Queen. However, Enterprise was canceled before the episode could be further developed. 
== Early life and career ==
Krige was born in Upington, South Africa. She was preparing for a career in psychology until she attended an acting class at Rhodes University. In 1976, she moved to London to pursue an acting career. She began appearing on British television in 1979. One of her earliest roles was Charles Dickens' (1980, starring guest actor Chris Sarandon). Also appeared in "The Professionals" episode "Operation Suzie" filmed in 1980.
== Film work ==
Krige attracted much more attention in 1981 when she made a colorful feature film debut in , which went on to win the for Best Picture. In this film, Krige portrayed the wife of the lead character, Jewish athlete Harold Abrahams, who was played by Ben Cross. guest star Dennis Christopher also had a role in the film.
Since then, she has played supporting roles in a number of other films, including Ghost Story (1981, with Craig Wasson, Robin Curtis, and Jacqueline Brookes), Barfly (1987), Haunted Summer (1988, co-starring Philip Anglim), See You in the Morning (1989, with George Hearn and Theodore Bikel), (1992, with Mädchen Amick, Ron Perlman, and Frank Novak), Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997, with Frank Gorshin), and (2000). Krige has worked with David Warner on two films: the 1988 comedy Spies Inc. and Superstition (2001).
Krige also had a small role in (2002, with Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig). In 2006, Krige was seen in the horror films Stay Alive and Silent Hill, as well as . In 2008, Krige was cast in the film Solomon Kane, based on the pulp magazine character created by Robert E. Howard. Krige was seen in (2010, co-written by Lawrence Konner and with Ethan Peck). She appeared in (2013), starring Chris Hemsworth and Idris Elba). 
== Television work ==
Krige's earliest American television work was CBS' (1984, featured Ben Vereen). In 1986, Krige was a part of the cast of the TV mini-series Dream West, as were her First Contact co-stars Jonathan Frakes and James Cromwell. F. Murray Abraham, Anthony Zerbe, Fritz Weaver, Lee Bergere, Michael Ensign, Matt McCoy, Noble Willingham, and Glenn Morshower also had roles in the series. 
Krige has guest-starred on such television drama series as (with George Murdock), , and . In 1999, she played a rare comedy role as the ex-wife of Dr. John Becker (played by Ted Danson) in one episode of , on which Terry Farrell was a regular. In 2002, Krige made two appearances on : one episode with Julianna McCarthy and another with David Andrews, Michael Bofshever, Joel Brooks, Graham Jarvis, Kristopher Logan, Nan Martin and Amy Wheaton. 
Krige portrayed Lady Jessica Atreides in the Sci-Fi Channel's (2003, co-starred Alec Newman and Steven Berkoff. She later played actress Joan Collins in the 2005 TV movie Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure. In 2005, she was a regular on the acclaimed HBO series Deadwood, which co-starred Jim Beaver, Brad Dourif, Paula Malcomson, and Leon Rippy. In 2006, she appeared in a two-part episode on René Echevarria's .
Other television projects include (1991, with John Rhys-Davies). In 1994 she starred as 'La Marquesa' in (1994) and the films Second Serve (1986, with Jeff Corey and Louise Fletcher), Baja Oklahoma (1988, with Anthony Zerbe), Ladykiller (1992, with Bob Gunton and Bert Remsen), Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993, with Neal McDonough, William Sadler, Bruce French, and Bill Bolender), Donor Unknown (1995, with Clancy Brown and Steven Culp), and Hidden in America (1996, with Bruce Davison). She was most recently seen in an episode of Dirty Sexy Money in 2008, along with series regular Zoe McLellan.
== Star Trek interview ==
*"Queen Bee", Ian Spelling, , issue 236, March 1996, pp. 75-78
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