She is best known globally for playing the British heroine Lara Croft in the reboot Tomb Raider. Born and raised in Gothenburg , Vikander began acting as a child in minor stage productions at the Gothenburg opera house and trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm.
She began her acting career in Swedish short films and television series and first gained recognition for her role in the drama series Andra Avenyn β She made her feature film debut in Pure , for which she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress. In , Vikander was listed by Forbes in its 30 Under 30 list. She has since starred in the action film Jason Bourne , the fantasy film The Green Knight , and the miniseries Irma Vep Alicia Amanda Vikander was born on 3 October in Gothenburg [2] to Maria Fahl , [3] a stage actress, and Svante Vikander, a psychiatrist.
Her parents are from small villages in the north and south of Sweden, respectively. She has five half-siblings [10] on her father's side. Vikander has said she had the best of both worlds growing up, being an only child to her mother and being surrounded by a large family when she went to her father's house every second week.
Vikander started her acting career at seven years old, on stage and on television. At 15, Vikander moved from Gothenburg to train at the ballet's upper school in Stockholm , living on her own.
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At age 16, she almost left school to commit fully to the television series she worked on with director Tomas Alfredson , realising her passion for acting. She began appearing in a number of short films and television roles in her native Sweden. Vikander received critical acclaim for her feature film debut, playing the leading role of Katarina in the Swedish film Pure The film tells the story of the troubled secretary Katarina, who desperately tries to escape her life.
