Pernilla August
February 13, 1958 (68 years old) in Stockholm, Sverige
Pernilla August (born February 13, 1958) is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his “The Best Intentions”. She is also known for her role of Shmi Skywalker in the “Star Wars” franchise.
Known For
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- 2025 · To Cook a Bear as Madam Sjödahl
- 2024 · Jana - Marked For Life as Margaretha Berzelius
- 2024 · Midsummer Night as Carina
- 2024 · Ronja the Robber's Daughter as Valdir
- 2023 · Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled as Self
- 2023 · Surprise as Ingrid
- 2023 · Blackwater as Annie Raft (1991)
- 2021 · Young Royals as Queen Kristina
- 2020 · The Investigation as Ingrid Wall
- 2020 · Building Happiness as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Last Journey Of The Vikings as Voice
- 2020 · The Last Journey Of The Vikings as Narrator
- 2019 · Face to Face as Maja
- 2019 · Allt jag inte minns as Gunilla
- 2019 · Mästaren as Self
- 2018 · Kursk as Oksana
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2018 · Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. as Karin Bergman
- 2018 · Bergman's Reliquarium as
- 2018 · Scenes in the Night as Marianne
- 2015 · Glitch as Nicola Heysen
- 2014 · Gentlemen as Greta
- 2014 · The Legacy as
- 2013 · Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2012 · Call Girl as Dagmar Glans
- 2012 · Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation as Sara Landhag
- 2009 · A Rational Solution as Karin
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Shmi (voice)
- 2007 · Women and Bergman as Self
- 2006 · Search as Madelene
- 2005 · Manslaughter as Nina
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Lena
- 2003 · Håkan Bråkan as Världsrymdens ledare
- 2002 · Karlsson on the Roof as Mamma
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Shmi Skywalker
- 2002 · I Am Dina as Hjertrud, Dina's Mother
- 2002 · Karlsson on the Roof as Mamma
- 2000 · Anna as Anna Terlow
- 1999 · Mary, Mother of Jesus as Mary of Nazareth
- 1999 · Where The Rainbow Ends as Tove
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Shmi Skywalker
- 1998 · The Glass-Blower's Children as Sofia
- 1997 · Kenny Starfighter as Kennys Memorymatic (voice)
- 1992 · The Best Intentions as Anna Bergman
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Emilie
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Mamma
- 1991 · The Best Intentions as Anna Bergman
- 1987 · The Egg as
- 1984 · Fanny and Alexander as Maj
- 1982 · Fanny and Alexander as Maj
- 1981 · The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actress winner
- Future · The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands as
- 2025 · The Dance Club as Charlotte
- 2021 · The Ape Star as Gorilla (voice)
- 2019 · Bergman Revisited as
- 2019 · Swoon as Elin Lindgren
- 2019 · Britt-Marie Was Here as Britt-Marie
- 2018 · Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
- 2017 · Law of the Land as Britta
- 2016 · Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2015 · White People as Viktoria
- 2012 · The Last Sentence as Maja Forssman
- 2009 · Miss Kicki as Kicki
- 2009 · Kenny Begins as Rektorn
- 2007 · Those Who Whisper as Anna Gustavsson
- 2007 · Performances as Eva
- 2006 · Løven - Henrik Ibsen as
- 2005 · Mouth to Mouth as Leyla
- 2005 · Doxa as Kristina
- 2004 · Rancid as
- 2004 · Day and Night as Eva
- 2004 · Terrorman as (voice)
- 2003 · Daybreak as Agnes
- 2003 · Details as Ann
- 2003 · Holy Birgitta as Heliga Birgitta
- 2002 · Everyone Loves Alice as
- 2002 · A Love Affair as Anna
- 2001 · Deadline as Beata Ekesjö
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2001 · You Do the Best You Can as Self
- 2001 · Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety as
- 2000 · Gossip as Molly Fischer
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid as Emilie
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2000 · The Birthday as Tove
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence as Mamma
- 1998 · In the Presence of a Clown as Karin Bergman
- 1998 · The Last Contract as Nina Nyman
- 1997 · The Last Yankee as
- 1996 · Private Confessions as Anna
- 1996 · Jerusalem as Karin
- 1995 · En nämndemans död as Vanja Holm
- 1995 · Death of a Juror as Vanja Holm
- 1989 · Vildanden as Gina Ekdahl
- 1989 · Den döende dandyn as Thora Dardel
- 1986 · The Serpent's Way as Eva
- 1985 · Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Ofelia
- 1984 · Hur ska det gå för Pettersson? as Ingrid
- 1983 · Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite as
- 1983 · Hej du himlen! as
- 1983 · Mr. Sleeman Is Coming as Anne-Marie
- 1981 · The Rooster as Åsa Eriksson
- 1979 · Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet as Abigail
- 1975 · Giliap as Girl at Summer Hotel