Alice Krige

Alice Maud Krige (Afrikaans: [ˈkriχə]; born 28 June , 1954) is a South African actress. Her big break came in 1981, when she starred as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon in the British historical film Chariots of Fire, and as Eva Galli / Alma Mobley in the American supernatural horror film Ghost Story. She received a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in the West End theatre production of Arms and the Man (1981) and later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Quotes I have always measured my success in terms of how far I fell short of or accomplished what I imagined the character to be. This has been and is a constant. Doing too much is one of my great failures – one with which I always wrestle. I really hesitate to offer anyone advice, each individual’s experience is so specific to them. What I can say for myself is that I have never taken anything for granted. The privilege of working [and] of doing this work in particular [is] the joy of the exchange that happens between the members of the whole company if you’re open to it [and] my responsibility as a member of a creative team [and] my responsibility to the audience. Career Longevity: An Interview with Alice Krige Spotlight (retrieved 12 November 2025) I have been immensely privileged to have the opportunity to creatively stand in another human’s psyche. It’s wonderful to commit to the journey of an actor, to live inside someone else’s head and heart space, to get as close as you can to how they are physically operating in this world. I have an extraordinary level of gratitude, to have been fortunate enough to have had an astonishing range of work, especially since I’m not one of those actors who can necessarily choose what role to play. I personally suffer if I spend too long in the city because I live remotely. In “She Will”, Alice Krige Exposes the Trauma of a Forgotten Movie Star Golden Globes (20 November 2022) External links Category:Living people Category:1954 births Category:Actresses from South Africa Category:Women born in the 1950s