“MY HOME IS MY HUSBAND AND MY CHILDREN.”ALICIA VIKANDER

Alicia Vikander became internationally known with A Royal Affair and won an Oscar only a few years later for The Danish Girl. Today, the Swedish actress divides her time between filming, family and different countries. In conversation, she speaks about home, vulnerability, female role models and the fear of making the wrong decisions despite her success.

SETTEDONNA: You lead a very international life. You are from Sweden, currently live in Portugal and recently filmed Hope in South Korea. Do you still have a sense of home?

Alicia Vikander: I no longer associate that feeling with Sweden. I haven’t been there for some time, although I try to stay in touch with my friends and family. When I started acting, I was afraid of losing those connections completely. For a while, that did happen, and it was difficult.

I constantly move from one project to another. But in a way, I have found a new home: my husband and my two children. That is why I don’t need one fixed place to feel at home.

SETTEDONNA: Did this lifestyle ever make you feel lonely?

Alicia Vikander: Yes, it did. That is one of the hardest things about filmmaking. Before I had my family, I was often travelling alone. The people I worked with became my closest connections because I would meet the same film crews again on different projects.

Sometimes I invited people over for dinner to build friendships, but after a long day on set, I was often simply too tired to have the energy for it.

TEXT: RÜDIGER STURM

PICTURES: DAVID NIVIÈRES