Alicia Vikander

'Alicia Vikander' (qv) is a Swedish actress, dancer and producer. She was born and raised in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, to 'Maria Fahl-Vikander' (qv), an actress of stage and screen, and Svante Vikander, a psychiatrist. Through her mother, she is one quarter Finnish, and had a maternal great aunt who moved from Finland to Sweden to escape World War 2. Alicia began acting as a child in minor stage productions at The Göteborg Opera, and trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm, and the School of American Ballet in New York. She began her professional acting career by appearing in Swedish short films and television series, and first gained recognition in Northern Europe for her role as Josefin Björn-Tegebrandt in the TV drama _Second Avenue (2007)_ (qv). Vikander made her feature film debut in _Pure (2009)_ (qv), for which she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress. She attracted widespread recognition in 2012 for portraying Princess Ekaterina "Kitty" Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya in Joe Wright's film adaptation of _Anna Karenina (2012)_ (qv), and Queen Caroline Mathilde in the acclaimed Danish film _A Royal Affair (2012)_ (qv), receiving a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination for her breakthrough. She went on to star in the 2013 Swedish drama film _Hotell (2013)_ (qv)and appeared in the 'Julian Assange' (qv) biopic _The Fifth Estate (2013)_ (qv) that same year. In 2014 and 2015, Vikander achieved global recognition and acclaim for her roles as activist Vera Brittain in _Testament of Youth (2014)_ (qv), an AI in _Ex Machina (2014)_ (qv), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, and painter Gerda Wegener in _The Danish Girl (2015)_ (qv), for which she received the Academy Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress.::doctoracula-32567 and another IMDB user