The primary Borg Queen to grace the screens was Alice Krige, who performed the function in 1996’s “Star Trek: First Contact” and returned within the “Star Trek: Voyager” Season 7 episode “Endgame.” As a result of her vital function in “First Contact,” she’s seemingly the primary individual folks suppose on the subject of the Borg Queen. She’s additionally voiced the character in numerous different “Star Trek”-adjacent initiatives, together with “Star Trek: Picard,” the place she supplies the voice of the Borg Queen in two episodes whereas others bodily painting her.
Aside from her “Star Trek” work, Krige has amassed a wealth of performing credit. Eagle-eyed followers might have noticed her as Eyr in “Thor: The Darkish World,” Christabella in 2006’s “Silent Hill,” and Karen Abercromby within the 2002 Christian Bale-Matthew McConaughey fantasy movie “Kingdom of Fireplace.” On the small display screen, you’ll have seen her as Maddie on “Deadwood,” Nancy Johnson on “The OA,” and Haruspex Tsimani on “Carnival Row.”
The second and extra outstanding Borg Queen of “Star Trek: Voyager” is Susanna Thompson, who portrayed the character in her different three appearances on the present. The Borg Queen marks Thompson’s third look within the franchise, seeing as she already had two one-episode “Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology” components below her belt earlier than becoming a member of “Voyager.” Thompson is a well-known face for followers of “Arrow” as Moira Queen, the mom of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell). She additionally performed Jeanne within the 2021 horror film “Malignant,” and starred reverse Aidan Quinn on NBC’s “The Ebook of Daniel.” Outdoors style fare, followers may have seen her as Karen Sammler on ABC’s “As soon as and Once more” and Hollis Mann on “NCIS.”