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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1988-10-03 (36 years old)

Place of Birth

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Alicia Vikander

Biography:

Alicia Amanda Vikander (born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and three British Academy Film Awards.

Born and raised in Gothenburg, Vikander began acting as a child in minor stage productions at the Gothenburg opera house and trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm. She began her acting career in Swedish short films and television series and first gained recognition for her role in the drama series Andra Avenyn (2008–2010). She made her feature film debut in Pure (2010), for which she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress. She gained wider recognition in 2012 for playing Kitty in Joe Wright's adaptation of Anna Karenina and Queen Caroline Mathilde in the Danish film A Royal Affair.

Vikander achieved global recognition for her roles as Vera Brittain in Testament of Youth (2014), a humanoid robot in Ex Machina (2014), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl (2015), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2016, Vikander was listed by Forbes in its 30 Under 30 list. She has since starred in the action film Jason Bourne (2016), the fantasy film The Green Knight (2021), the miniseries Irma Vep (2022), the historical drama Firebrand (2023), the horror comedy Rumours (2024) and the sci-fi thriller The Assessment (2024).

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Known For

Acting

2025

The Assessment as Virginia

2024

Firebrand as Katherine Parr
Rumours as Celestine Sproul

2022

Birds Like Us as Huppu (voice)
Irma Vep as Mira Harberg

2021

Beckett as April Hanson
Blue Bayou as Kathy LeBlanc
The Green Knight as Lady / Essel

2020

The Glorias as Young Gloria Steinem

2019

2018

Tomb Raider as Lara Croft
Euphoria as Ines
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch as Narrator (voice)

2017

Tulip Fever as Sophia Sandvoort
Submergence as Danielle Flinders
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland as Little My / Sorry-oo (Swedish version) (voice)

2016

The Light Between Oceans as Isabel Sherbourne
Jason Bourne as Heather Lee

2015

2014

2013

The Fifth Estate as Anke Domscheit-Berg
Hotel as Erika

2012

Anna Karenina as Kitty
A Royal Affair as Caroline Mathilde

2011

The Crown Jewels as Fragancia Fernandez
Game of Bitches as Alicia

2010

Pure as Katarina
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want as Fredrika (segment "My Name Is Love")

2009

Susan's Longing as Girl in Apartment

2008

My Name Is Love as Fredrika

2007

The Rain as Dancer
Darkness of Truth as Sandra Svensson
Levande föda as Linda
Second Avenue as Josefin Björn-Tegebrandt

2006

2005

2002

My Embalmed Mother as Ebba Du Rietz

1997

Leute heute as Self

1981

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Costume & Make-Up

2007

Darkness of Truth as Costume Design

Production

2022

Irma Vep as Executive Producer

2018

Euphoria as Producer