Who is Alicia Vikander?
Alicia Vikander is a Swedish star known for her character as Gerda Wegener in the 2015 biographical romantic drama movie, ‘The Danish Girl.’ She has also appeared as Gaby Teller in the 2015 black comedy spy movie, ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,’ as Heather Lee in the 2016 American action thriller movie, ‘Jason Bourne’ and as Lara Croft in the 2018 action-adventure film, ‘Tomb Raider.’ Moreover, Alicia Vikander has also been awarded the Academy Award and has been nominated by the BAFTA Awards during her professional acting career.
| Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Alicia Amanda Vikander |
| Date of Birth | October 3, 1988 |
| Birth Place | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Parents | Maria Fahl Vikander Svante Vikander |
| Profession | Actress |
| Spouse | Michael Fassbender |
| Age | 32 years |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in |
| Weight | 53 kg |
| Net Worth | US $8 million |
Bio
Alicia Vikander’s full name is Alicia Amanda Vikander. She was born on 3 October 1988 in Gothenburg, Sweden, to a mother, Maria Fahl Vikander, an actress, father, Svante Vikander, and psychiatrist. Sadly, her parents separated when she was just two months old, and she was raised entirely by her mother. She was the only child to her mother, but she has five half-siblings from her father’s second marriage.
Nationality and Physical Stats
Alicia Vikander holds a Swedish nationality and is of Swedish-Finnish descent. Alicia Vikander is a devoted Christian and practices Christianity as her religion. Besides this, she stands at the height of 5 feet and 5 inches (1.66m/166cms) tall and weighs around 53kgs (117lbs). Furthermore, she has a slim body figure with a pair of dark brown eyes and dark brown hair color. Her body measurements are 34-24-34 inches, respectively.
Education
Alicia Vikander studied in the Royal Swedish Ballet School situated in Gothenburg. She later studied in the ballet’s upper school in Stockholm. She is also said to have studied law in her life but later took acting as her significant interest.
Personal Life
Alicia Vikander used to date Alexander Skarsgard in the year 2012. After splitting with him, she has been in an on-again-off-again relationship with Michael Fassbender from 2014 to date. They got married on 14 October 2017.
Social
Alicia Vikander is not active on social media platforms. According to the actress, social media did not give her any form of joy, so she deleted her social media after using it for about a month.
Career
Film
Alicia Vikander made her debut in the movie industry when she played Alicia’s role in a short film of 2006, ‘Standing Outside Doors.’ She has starred in numerous short movies throughout her career like ‘The Rain’ and ‘Darkness of Truth’ in 2007, ‘My Name is Love’ in 2008, ‘Susan’s Longing’ in 2009, ‘Jeu de chiennes’ in 2011, ‘The Magic Diner’ in 2015 and its sequel, ‘The Magic Diner 2’ in 2018 and ‘I am Easy to Find’ in 2019.
She had also lent her voice in movies like ‘Moomins and the Winter Wonderland’ when she played the voice role of Little My and in ‘Birds Like Us’ when she played the voice role of Huppu in 2017. She has also appeared in movies like ‘A Royal Affair’ (2012), ‘Pure’ (2010), ‘The Crown Jewels’ (2011), ‘Anna Karenina’ (2012), ‘The Fifth Estate’ (2013), ‘Hotell’ (2013), ‘Son of a Gun’ (2014), ‘Seventh Son’ (2014), ‘Testament of Youth’ (2015), ‘Ex Machina’ (2015), ‘Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words’ (2015), ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ (2015), ‘The Danish Girl’ (2015) and ‘Burnt’ (2015).
Moreover, Alicia Vikander is also as Heather Lee in ‘Jason Bourne’ (2016), Isabel Graysmark Sherbourne in ‘The Light Between Oceans’ (2016), Sophia Sandvoort in ‘Tulip Fever’ (2017), Ines in ‘Euphoria’ (2017), Danielle Flinders in ‘Submergence’ (2017), as Lara Croft in ‘Tomb Raider’ (2018) and as Lucy Fly-in ‘Earthquake Bird’ (2019).
Television
Alicia Vikander has also appeared on television alongside her movie career. She appeared in television movies like ‘Min balsamerade mor’ in 2002 and ‘One Red Nose Day and a Wedding’ in 2019. She has also appeared for an episode each in series like ‘The Befallen’ in 2003, ‘Imagine’ in 2018, and ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ in 2019. Moreover, she has starred in series like ‘En decemberdrom’ in 2005 for 13 episodes, ‘Levande foda’ in 2007 for three episodes, Andra Avenyn in 2007-2008 for 39 ‘Hook’ in 2008 for two episodes.
Achievements
Alicia Vikander has won the Academy Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award, Critics’ Choice Movie Awards’ Best Supporting Actress award, Empire Awards’ Best Actress award, and Screen Actors Guild Awards’ Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role award for her performance as Gerda Wegener in ‘The Danish Girl.’
Net Worth
As of 2020, Alicia Vikander has an uncertain net worth of $8 million.
