Born:
October 03, 1988
in
Gothenburg, Sweden
Best Known For:
Playing Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl.
Early-life:
Alicia Amanda Vikander was born in Gothenburg, Sweden on October 3, 1988 to stage actor Maria Fahl Vikander and psychiatrist Svante Vikander. Her parents separated when she was two months old. When she was seven years of age, she started her acting career with parts in minor stage productions at The Goteborg Opera. Alicia trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm and the School of American Ballet in New York but chose to pursue acting instead.
Career:
Vikander's professional acting career began with appearances in Swedish short films and TV series. She first gained recognition across Northern Europe for playing Josefin Bjorn-Tegebrandt in TV drama Second Avenue. Her feature film debut was in Pure (2009) and she went on to appear in Anna Karenina (2012), A Royal Affair (2012), The Fifth Estate (2013) and others. She received global recognition following her performances in Testament of Youth (2014) and Ex Machina (2014). Her performance in The Danish Girl (2015) earned her the Academy Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Quote:
"I love when I am outside my comfort zone."
Trivia:
She was the first Swede to win an Oscar since Ingrid Bergman in 1975.