Alicia Vikander has been tearing it up in dramas, sci-fi thrillers and romances, keeping things hot last year with her turns in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ex Machina and Burnt and earning a Best Supporting Actress nomination for The Danish Girl. This year, Hollywood's It Girl had July's Jason Bourne with Matt Damon and the new romantic drama The Light Between Oceans, costarring with Michael Fassbender as a couple who discovers a baby adrift in a boat, which opens September 2.

Let's toast this Swedish actress by counting down the ways she's got us crushing hard.

10. The girl is a glamour goddess.

Her looks on the red carpet are always enviable yet seem effortless. This pleated Louis Vuitton gown she wore to the 2016 Golden Globes won raves all around.

9. She never shies away from a challenge.

To portray Queen Caroline Mathilde in the 2012 period piece A Royal Affair, the Swedish-speaking actress had to learn Danish almost from scratch. The Oscar nomination this pic won tells you she managed that obstacle with aplomb.

8. Even more endearing is how she recounts that critical audition.

Vikander fought hard for the role that would launch her. But when director Nikolaj Arcel gave her the good news, it was lost in translation!

7. We'll never tire of watching her fall in love.

As the pretty Kitty in Anna Karenina, she was picture perfect. But it's her beatific blocks scene that will forever make our hearts flutter.

6. We even like it when she scares us.

Playing an angel-faced android with hidden machinery, Vikander won critical praise and deepened our crush with her brilliant and mind-bending turn in the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina.

5. She's a part of one of the hottest couples in Hollywood.

Yeah, she's dating Oceans costar Michael Fassbender. We're working an appropriately cool combo name. Vikbender? Fasskander? What do you think?

Watch the trailer for their new movie -- but make sure you have the tissues handy. You've been warned.

 

4. She's always game for goofiness…

 

 

Whether it's posing for silly behind-the-scenes shots, or playing "Bang, Marry, Kill" with her costars:

3. Vikander eased our Game of Thrones withdrawal.

Just as season five was drawing to a close, Testament of Youth saved us with its gorgeous--but bittersweet--romance between a strong-minded rebel (Vikander) and a noble soldier (Kit Harington, aka Jon Snow).

2. She makes mod look crazy sexy cool.

In Guy Ritchie's action-comedy The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the actress rocked Audrey Hepburn realness with a fab slate of color-blocked, miniskirted fashions so killer we found ourselves swooning over them rather than paying attention to the movie.

1. She's petite but tough.

For proof you need go no further than this snippet from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.