The Hunger (1983)
The film looks extraordinary. The Hunger earns its 6.5 the way a fashion shoot earns a magazine cover.
Alice Krige played the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact, and the choice to play the character as seductive instead of mechanical is entirely hers and reshaped how the Borg were written afterward.
Ghost Story and Chariots of Fire are the earlier film credits, and Sleepwalkers gave her a strange horror lead.
She is South African, trained in London, and has worked extensively on stage. She returned to the Borg Queen role in later Star Trek productions decades on.
Alice KrigeThe film looks extraordinary. The Hunger earns its 6.5 the way a fashion shoot earns a magazine cover.
Alice KrigeHugh Hudson's 1981 British Olympic drama. Two 1924 runners, one Christian one Jewish.
Alice KrigeFirst Contact is the best Star Trek film after Wrath of Khan, and that's a significant statement given how many entries the franchise has produced. What separates it from the rest is a structural decision that most franchise filmmaking refuses…
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