Whoever said you can’t have too much of a good thing is clearly unfamiliar with Alicia Vikander’s filmography. The Swedish actress first broke onto the scene as Kitty, the beautiful yet overlooked Shcherbatsky sister in Anna Karenina. She followed that with a chilling performance as Ava—the seductive A.I.-Judas figure—in Ex Machina, before earning an Academy Award and a host of other accolades for her portrayal of artist and painter Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl, opposite Eddie Redmayne. Now, in The Wizard of the Kremlin, Vikander plays a moral counterweight (Da!) to the corrupt world inhabited by Paul Dano’s political adviser and Jude Law’s Vladimir Putin (Nyet!). To celebrate the film’s release, the actress shares her key components to the good life. —Carolina de Armas
Airline: The one with the most comfortable seats. I’m all about sleeping on flights.
Airport: Silent ones.
Alibi: “Fell asleep whilst putting my kids down.”
App: Google Maps—where I have saved favorite restaurants and places to go worldwide for over 15 years. My personal black book.
Bag: A small one that magically fits all.
