Alicia Vikander made her first screen appearance in the 2002 television film ‘Min balsamerade mor’ where she played the role of ‘Ebba Du Rietz.’ She next appeared in television series like ‘The Befallen’ (2003), ‘En decemberdröm’ (2005), and ‘Levande föda’ (2007). In 2007, she joined the cast of the Swedish drama series ‘Andra Avenyn’ created by Peter Emanuel Falck and Christian Wikander. She played the role of ‘Jossan Tegebrandt Björn’ and remained a part of the show until 2008. Vikander made her big-screen debut in the 2010 Swedish drama film ‘Pure’ directed by Lisa Langseth. Her performance in the film earned her the ‘Guldbagge Award’ for ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role.’ She continued to star in films like ‘The Crown Jewels’ (2011), ‘A Royal Affair’ (2012), ‘Anna Karenina’ (2012), ‘The Fifth Estate’ (2013), ‘Hotell’ (2013), ‘Testament of Youth’ (2014), ‘Ex Machina’ (2014), and ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ (2015). Vikander became a recipient of the ‘Academy Award’ for her portrayal of ‘Gerda Wegener’ in the 2015 biographical romantic drama film ‘The Danish Girl’ directed by Tom Hooper. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed over $64.2 million on a budget of $15 million. That same year, she was also seen in the American drama film ‘Burnt’ directed by John Wells. The film received a lukewarm response from critics. She was next seen in films like ‘Jason Bourne’ (2016), ‘The Light Between Oceans’ (2016), ‘Birds Like Us’ (2017), ‘Tulip Fever’ (2017), ‘Euphoria’ (2017), ‘Submergence’ (2017), and ‘Moomins and the Winter Wonderland’ (2017).
In 2018, she played the role of ‘Lara Croft’ in the action-adventure film ‘Tomb Raider’ directed by Roar Uthaug. The film received a mixed response from critics and grossed over $274.7 million on a budget of $106 million. She next starred in films like ‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’ (2018), ‘I Am Easy to Find’ (2019), ‘Earthquake Bird’ (2019), ‘The Glorias’ (2020), ‘Blue Bayou’ (2021), ‘The Green Knight’ (2021), and ‘Beckett’ (2021). She was last seen playing the role of ‘Mira Harberg’ in the American-French comedy-drama miniseries ‘Irma Vep’ in 2022.
Following a programmer who is asked to administer the Turing test to an intelligent humanoid robot, the film Ex Machina explores the psychological dilemma faced by the man as he realizes that he is developing feelings for the robot. The movie was recognized as one of the ten best independent films of 2014.
This Danish historical drama film, tells the story of a young queen, married to an insane king. She falls in love with her physician, and the two eventually start a revolution that leads to the nation changing.
In 1963, CIA agent Napoleon Solo successfully rescues Gaby Teller from East Berlin despite being pursued by KGB operative Illya Kuryakin. Soon Solo and Kuryakin, reluctantly, have to come together to prevent a criminal organisation from building nuclear weapon. Their only lead is Gaby, whose father is the scientist building the weapon.
Tom Sherbourne, a traumatized WWI-veteran, takes up job as lighthouse keeper on a remote Australian island and marries local girl, Isabel. When they find an infant girl afloat in a rowboat, childless Isabel convinces Tom to raise the baby as their own. Later, as they realize that the girl’s mother is looking for her, the future of four lives rests on the couple’s decision.
Based on a war memoir by Vera Brittain, it features upper-class, independent-minded young Vera who is set to attend Oxford University. When WWI commences, her brother Edward and fiancé Roland join army. As war casualties escalate, Vera leaves her studies to become a nurse for the Voluntary Aid Detachment. Even after losing all men closest to her, she continues to serve the mankind.
The heartbreaking tale is based on the true story of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. When Gerda asks her husband Einar Wegener to pose as a woman, it triggers his dormant gender identity as a woman. Einar adopts the name Lili and undergoes the world’s first gender reassignment surgery but sadly dies of complications.
In this fifth film of Bourne series, the former CIA operative Jason Bourne, now recovered from his amnesia, attempts to find the truth behind his father’s death. He works with Nicky Parson who hacks CIA systems for program information, inviting attention of CIA cyber division’s head, Heather Lee. Alerted by Lee, CIA Director Dewey gives orders to hunt down Parson and Bourne.
The Green Knight is an adventure fantasy drama film which tells the story of Gawain, King Arthur’s headstrong nephew, who sets out on a daring quest after accepting a challenge to confront the Green Knight, a mysterious giant that has appeared at Camelot. He wishes to prove himself to his family, the court and to the King. He meets various characters on the way who might be able to aid him in his task.
A renowned chef with two Michelin stars destroys his career with his addictions. After a self-imposed exile, he returns to London, determined to make a comeback and win three Michelin stars. After few rejections, he gets his second chance and partners with an old associate. But all is not well as yet. He must now overcome the demon within himself if he wants to succeed and win his love.
Aristocratic socialite Anna Karenina, wife of Russian imperial minister Count Alexei Karenin, visits her brother Prince Oblonsky in Moscow, where she meets cavalry officer Count Vronsky. Their mutual attraction soon develops into deep love and Vronsky follows her when she returns home to St. Petersburg. Their affair scandalizes the patrician society of St. Petersburg; as a result, Karenin issues an ultimatum to Anna.
When teenager JR, who is jailed for a minor offence, faces the cruel realities of prison life, notorious criminal Brendan Lynch offers protection, but asks JR to engineer a risky prison break for Lynch’s escape. Later, JR is included in Lynch gang’s plan for a hefty gold heist. However, uncertain of whom he can trust, JR soon drifts away to stand against Lynch.
After her father goes missing, Lara Croft earns her living as a bike courier, not willing to claim her inheritance, believing that her father is still alive. Finally forced to accept her legacy, she gains access to a secret chamber, where she finds pre-recorded message from her father, instructing her to destroy his research works.
The film documents the quest of Julian Assange and his associate Daniel Domscheit-Berg to expose the deceptions and corruptions amidst power-lobbies. With meager resources they create WikiLeak, an anonymous platform for the whistle-blowers to uncover dark secrets hidden in classified government information and corporate data. Then they receive most confidential intelligence documents of some of the powerful governments, raising number of ethical questions.
Tulip Fever is a romantic drama film which revolves around a young orphaned girl, who is married against her wishes to a man who is quite older to her. She eventually falls for an artist who is hired to paint her portrait. Soon, they plan to run away, and build a life together.
Earthquake Bird is a romantic crime drama mystery thriller film which revolves around Lucy Fly, a woman who is working as a translator in Japan, in 1989. She falls for Teiji, a good-looking local photographer, who is dealing with problems of his own. Things start to change when a naïve woman named Lily Bridges, becomes entangled in their lives, and eventually ends up missing and suspected dead.
Becket is an action thriller film which tells the story of an American tourist, who finds himself involved in a dangerous political conspiracy, after a tragic accident in Greece. A manhunt ensues, and he tries to get to the American embassy to get his name cleared.
Centuries ago, the knight Gregory imprisoned the malevolent witch Mother Malkin underground. But she has escaped now and Gregory has only a few days to teach his new apprentice, Tom Ward, everything about magic to defeat Malkin. On their way Tom and the witch Alice fall in love with each other, complicating matters.
Alicia Vikander Awards
| The Danish Girl | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | 2016 |
