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
Credits
- 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 · Blackwater as Annie Raft (1991)
- 2021 · Young Royals as Queen Kristina
- 2020 · The Investigation as Ingrid Wall
- 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 · Mästaren as Self
- 2019 · Swoon as Elin Lindgren
- 2018 · Kursk as Oksana
- 2018 · Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2015 · Glitch as Nicola Heysen
- 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 · Miss Kicki as Kicki
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Shmi (voice)
- 2007 · Performances as Eva
- 2005 · Manslaughter as Nina
- 2004 · Rancid as
- 2003 · Håkan Bråkan as Världsrymdens ledare
- 2003 · Details as Ann
- 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
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2000 · Anna as Anna Terlow
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid as Emilie
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 1999 · Mary, Mother of Jesus as Mary of Nazareth
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence as Mamma
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Shmi Skywalker
- 1998 · In the Presence of a Clown as Karin Bergman
- 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
- 1989 · Vildanden as Gina Ekdahl
- 1986 · The Serpent's Way as Eva
- 1985 · Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Ofelia
- 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
- 2025 · Tordyveln flyger i skymningen as mormor Irma
- 2023 · Surprise as Ingrid
- 2021 · The Ape Star as Gorilla (voice)
- 2020 · Building Happiness as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Bergman Revisited as
- 2019 · Allt jag inte minns as Gunilla
- 2019 · Britt-Marie Was Here as Britt-Marie
- 2018 · Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. as Karin Bergman
- 2018 · Bergman's Reliquarium as
- 2018 · Scenes in the Night as Marianne
- 2017 · Law of the Land as Britta
- 2016 · Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2015 · White People as Viktoria
- 2014 · Gentlemen as Greta
- 2012 · The Last Sentence as Maja Forssman
- 2009 · A Rational Solution as Karin
- 2009 · Kenny Begins as Rektorn
- 2007 · Women and Bergman as Self
- 2007 · Those Who Whisper as Anna Gustavsson
- 2006 · Løven - Henrik Ibsen as
- 2006 · Search as Madelene
- 2005 · Mouth to Mouth as Leyla
- 2005 · Doxa as Kristina
- 2004 · Day and Night as Eva
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Lena
- 2004 · Terrorman as (voice)
- 2003 · Daybreak as Agnes
- 2003 · Holy Birgitta as Heliga Birgitta
- 2002 · Everyone Loves Alice as
- 2002 · Karlsson on the Roof as Mamma
- 2002 · A Love Affair as Anna
- 2001 · Deadline as Beata Ekesjö
- 2001 · You Do the Best You Can as Self
- 2001 · Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety as
- 2000 · Gossip as Molly Fischer
- 2000 · The Birthday as Tove
- 1999 · Where The Rainbow Ends as Tove
- 1998 · The Last Contract as Nina Nyman
- 1998 · The Glass-Blower's Children as Sofia
- 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 · Den döende dandyn as Thora Dardel
- 1987 · The Egg as
- 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
- 1975 · Giliap as Girl at Summer Hotel