Alicia Vikander Net Worth

Alicia Vikander's Quotes

• I'd love to continue to work in Europe and the US. What I'm looking for is the right film and if that's a big studio film, or a tiny film being shot in a few days in Europe, that's not what I'm thinking about--it's about the project and who I'm going to do it with.
• It's almost a kick that I'm looking for. I like to push myself, find new sides of myself and see how different the characters are that I can create with my craft.
• [on being a brown-eyed, brown-haired, olive-skinned Swede] I always get that question--where are your parents really from? Do you know where your dad's from? [My parents] are both from very small villages, from up north and south of Sweden. I'm [also] a quarter Finnish, but that doesn't really make me much darker.
• I think I'm a big romantic, so being part of those stories, that's such a big part of anyone's life in general, that's such a humane thing.
• Both my mom and my dad have always included me in intelligent conversations about people, about characters, about how people work. My dad and my mom still read all scripts that I find interesting.

Interesting Facts about Alicia Vikander

1. In 2011 she was named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.
2. One of six children.
3. Got the part of Kitty in Anna Karenina (2012) after Saoirse Ronan turned it down, while she got the part of Alice in Seventh Son (2014) after Jennifer Lawrence backed out of the production.
4. Portrayed a humanoid robot in Ex Machina (2014) and a half-human/half-witch in Seventh Son (2014).
5. A trained ballet dancer, she studied ballet at the Royal Swedish Ballet School, but decided to pursue acting instead of ballet, following a few injuries and subsequent foot and back surgeries.
6. One of her favorite experiences from the production of Anna Karenina (2012) was the filming that took place in the countryside outside of St. Petersburg, Russia. The temperatures dipped to -40 °C, and for five days she stayed in a cabin that didn't have hot water and only had benches instead of beds. Russian security guards protected her and co-star Domhnall Gleeson from wolves and bears that dominated the deserted area.
7. The directors she dreams to work with are Lars von Trier, Terrence Malick and Quentin Tarantino.
8. Daughter of Maria Fahl-Vikander and Svante Vikander, a psychiatrist.
9. Was chosen for her part in A Royal Affair (2012) following a long casting process in which the casting directors were unable to find a fitting actress for the role of Queen Caroline Mathilde. In fact, the search produced such few results that the production almost was stalled. However, when they discovered Vikander didn't speak the language, Danish, that she was required to, she was still considered to be perfect for the part. The crew made her take intense language lessons over a period of two months. She succeed in mastering the language and the production was back on track.
10. Before she mastered the Danish language she had to use in A Royal Affair (2012), she was able to practice all of her lines, since they had been recorded on her Iphone by one of her mother's friends.
11. Raised in Göteborg, Sweden.
12. One of two dancers/actresses to play artificial life forms. Summer Glau was a Prima Ballerina who played a cyborg in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008). Alicia was also a ballerina who played an android in Ex Machina (2014).
13. Dropped out of both Assassin's Creed (2016) and The Circle (2017) to do Jason Bourne (2016) instead. She was replaced by Ariane Labed in "Assassin's Creed" and by Emma Watson in "The Circle".
14. Has appeared in two period pieces set in Denmark, the neighbor country of her native Sweden, A Royal Affair (2012) and The Danish Girl (2015).
15. Auditioned for the part of Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). She worked on her English and made tapes of herself playing different characters, hoping to land a part in an American movie. The tapes were sent to casting directors in the UK. After meeting with the casting directors, she was en route to the airport when she received the call she had been waiting for: executives at Universal wanted to send her to Los Angeles to screen-test for the part of Snow White. "I was on the phone crying at a Starbucks," Vikander recalled. "People thought I was having a breakup with my boyfriend! I said, "No, it's good news! I'm going to have a career!'". She didn't get the part, however; it went to Kristen Stewart.
16. Her favorite actresses are Marion Cotillard, Isabelle Huppert and Jennifer Lawrence.
17. Auditioned for the role of Cinderella in Cinderella (2015). Lily James was cast instead.
18. Signed as the new face of Louis Vuitton in February 2015.
19. Appeared in the Swedish musical Kristina From Duvemala, written by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, for three years during the show's original run.
20. Is one of six Swedish actors to be nominated for an Academy Award. The others are Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Ann-Margret, Lena Olin and Max von Sydow.