10 Facts About Alicia Vikander; Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Movie

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Alicia Vikander is chosen from several names, including Saoirse Ronan and Cara Delevingne, for the Lara Croft cast at the latest version of Tomb Raider.

The "Tomb Raider" remake is directed by Roar Uthaug and written by a team consisting of Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Marti Noxon, Evan Daugherty, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.

Here are some facts about Alicia Vikander:

1. Alicia Amanda Vikander was born October 3, 1988, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her mother Maria Fahl Vikander works as a stage actress, while her father Svante Vikander is a psychiatrist.

2. She has five siblings.

3. She played a role in "The Rain".

4. Vikander won a Rising Star Award at the Stockholm Film Festival as well as being honored at the Berlin International Film Festival for her role in the film "Pure".

5. Before taking a role as an actress, Alicia Vikander had studied ballet at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm for nine years.

6. She started her acting career with several short films and television roles in Sweden. Not long after, she became famous in Scandinavia for her role in Andra Avenyn, a popular Swedish TV drama.

7. The Swedish public recognizes her as Jossan Tegebrandt Björn from the soap opera Andra Avenyn.

8. She starred in "A Royal Affair" film, which was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards.

9. Nominated for BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2013.

10. She won the Oscar in 2016 as the best-supporting actress in the "Danish Girl."

The Tomb Raider remake movie has been in theaters since March 7.

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