Alice Krige

Krige originated the role of the Borg Queen in the film Star Trek - Der erste Kontakt (1996), but chose not to reprise her portrayal on Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager (1995). Actress Susanna Thompson played the Borg Queen four times on Voyager, but she was unavailable during the filming of the series' final episode (she was not confident into her shooting schedule for Noch mal mit Gefühl (1999)), so Krige resumed the role for the finale.

[on people's reaction to the Borg] I became aware, one day on the set, that whenever a Borg moved up to the coffee table, whoever was there would sort of slowly retreat. So the Borg were not only in pain, but they were kind of ostracized. Everyone just uncomfortable in their presence. Which was terribly interesting for me, but I did feel heartbroken for my minions.