She Will’s Alice Krige Shares Her Feelings About Playing Star Trek’s ‘Elemental’ Borg Queen

Even years after she first played the role, Krige is still excited to talk about the Borg Queen, but she’s also quick to point out that she couldn’t have done it on her own. “I describe and believe that the Borg Queen was the ultimate collaboration,” Krige noted. “Think about it: you can’t think of her apart from her looks. I couldn’t have stood up and been the borg queen, me. [Makeup artist] Scott Wheeler gave me a gift of such magnitude, and Todd Masters made the suit and was instrumental in its design, so I was given so much.

“It took me eight hours to put together,” added Krige, “but once it was on I felt like the Borg Queen had appeared. did her thing, checked out.”