Alicia Vikander Golden Globes: Facts You Didn't Know About The Swedish Actress [VIDEO]
The name Alicia Vikander is suddenly all over the entertainment news, for her latest Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress, for playing the part of Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl.
This is not the first time she has been nominated for the prestigious award, the actress also picked up a nomination last year for playing the part of Al in Ex Machina.
Kate Winslet won the award in the category of Best Supporting Actress, but the nomination has been a great start for Vikander, bringing her to our notice. Vikander is also dating Michael Fassbender. This starlet is definitely one to watch out for and Enstars is here to help you get to know her better.
Here are five facts you probably didn't know about the Swedish actress:
Acting Runs in the Blood
Vikander is not the first in her family to have been bitten by the acting bug. Her mother, Maria Fahl Vikander, is a stage actress, although she has mostly worked in Swedish theater.
Vikander Has Got the Right Moves
Vikander has training in ballet, which must have greatly contributed to her physical presence on screen. This skill also got her jobs in musicals at the Gothenburg Opera, like The Sound of Music and Les Miserables.
This Isn't Her First Break
Although Ex Machina and The Danish Girl have brought great attention to Vikander in Hollywood, the actress earned her first laurels with her big-screen debut, Pure (2009), for which she won the Rising Star Award at the Stockholm Film Festival and also got special honor at the Berlin Film Festival that year.
She's No Stranger to Awards Seasons
Vikander seems to have been on some kind of winning streak ever since, her next project The Royal Affair (2012) for which she painstakingly learned Dutch also picked up a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2013 Academy Awards.
She's Got More Upcoming Projects
We will be seeing a lot more of Vikander in the near future. She is playing the female lead in Tulip Fever (2016) and The Light Between Oceans (2016) in which she will co-star with Fassbender.
