Alicia Vikander, the Swedish actor and Academy Award winner, continues to move between large studio projects and smaller European productions, a balance that has defined much of her career.
She won an Oscar for her supporting role in The Danish Girl, and has since taken on parts ranging from action franchises to auteur driven dramas.
Trained originally as a ballet dancer, Vikander shifted to acting and broke through in Swedish and international films before establishing herself in Hollywood.
Her trajectory mirrors that of several Swedish performers who have used early local work as a springboard to global careers.
