Swedish actress, Oscar winner. Alicia was born into a family of theatre actress Maria Fahl and psychiatrist Svante Vikander, which broke up when she was just 5 months old. Alicia danced ballet for 9 years and took part in various productions before she was forced to give up her plans to become a dancer when she had to undergo an operation due to an injury she sustained.
Her first roles were in short films and television. Her first recognition came after her role in the Swedish television drama Andra Avenyn, popular throughout Scandinavia from 2008 to 2011.
In 2010, Alicia received critical praise for her debut role in the film Till det som är vackert, and won the Best Emerging Actress Award at the Stockholm Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival. She came to international attention in 2012 for her co-starring role with Keira Knightley and Jude Law in the historical drama Anna Karenina. In the same year, she portrayed Queen Mathilde in the Danish film En kongelig affære, which was presented at the Berlin Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
In 2013, The Fifth Estate was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and in 2014 Alicia starred in Son of a Gun, an Australian-made action film, with Ewan McGregor.
With her growing popularity, 8 films starring Alicia are scheduled for 2015 alone: "Testament of Youth" with Emily Watson, "Seventh Son" with Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore, and the fantasy film "Ex Machina", for which she earned an Empire Award nomination, to name a few.
Her role in the drama "The Danish Girl" earned her the 2016 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.