Pernilla August
February 13, 1958 (67 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
- 2025 · The Dance Club as Charlotte
- 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
- 2019 · Face to Face as Maja
- 2018 · Kursk as Oksana
- 2018 · Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2018 · Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. as Karin Bergman
- 2017 · Law of the Land as Britta
- 2015 · White People as Viktoria
- 2015 · Glitch as Nicola Heysen
- 2014 · The Legacy as
- 2013 · Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2012 · The Last Sentence as Maja Forssman
- 2012 · Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation as Sara Landhag
- 2009 · Kenny Begins as Rektorn
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Shmi (voice)
- 2007 · Women and Bergman as Self
- 2004 · Rancid as
- 2004 · Day and Night as Eva
- 2003 · Daybreak as Agnes
- 2002 · Everyone Loves Alice as
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Shmi Skywalker
- 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 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid as Emilie
- 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
- 1998 · The Glass-Blower's Children as Sofia
- 1997 · Kenny Starfighter as Kennys Memorymatic (voice)
- 1996 · Jerusalem as Karin
- 1995 · Death of a Juror as Vanja Holm
- 1992 · The Best Intentions as Anna Bergman
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Emilie
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Mamma
- 1986 · The Serpent's Way as Eva
- 1985 · Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark as Ofelia
- 1984 · Fanny and Alexander as Maj
- 1983 · Hej du himlen! as
- 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 · 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)
- 2020 · The Last Journey Of The Vikings as Voice
- 2020 · The Last Journey Of The Vikings as Narrator
- 2019 · Bergman Revisited as
- 2019 · Allt jag inte minns as Gunilla
- 2019 · Mästaren as Self
- 2019 · Swoon as Elin Lindgren
- 2019 · Britt-Marie Was Here as Britt-Marie
- 2018 · Bergman's Reliquarium as
- 2018 · Scenes in the Night as Marianne
- 2016 · Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2014 · Gentlemen as Greta
- 2012 · Call Girl as Dagmar Glans
- 2009 · A Rational Solution as Karin
- 2009 · Miss Kicki as Kicki
- 2007 · Those Who Whisper as Anna Gustavsson
- 2007 · Performances as Eva
- 2006 · Løven - Henrik Ibsen as
- 2006 · Search as Madelene
- 2005 · Mouth to Mouth as Leyla
- 2005 · Doxa as Kristina
- 2005 · Manslaughter as Nina
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Lena
- 2004 · Terrorman as (voice)
- 2003 · Håkan Bråkan as Världsrymdens ledare
- 2003 · Details as Ann
- 2003 · Holy Birgitta as Heliga Birgitta
- 2002 · Karlsson on the Roof as Mamma
- 2002 · A Love Affair as Anna
- 2002 · I Am Dina as Hjertrud, Dina's Mother
- 2002 · Karlsson on the Roof as Mamma
- 2001 · Deadline as Beata Ekesjö
- 2000 · Gossip as Molly Fischer
- 2000 · Anna as Anna Terlow
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2000 · The Birthday as Tove
- 1999 · Where The Rainbow Ends as Tove
- 1998 · The Last Contract as Nina Nyman
- 1997 · The Last Yankee as
- 1996 · Private Confessions as Anna
- 1991 · The Best Intentions as Anna Bergman
- 1989 · Vildanden as Gina Ekdahl
- 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 · Mr. Sleeman Is Coming as Anne-Marie
- 1981 · The Rooster as Åsa Eriksson
- 1975 · Giliap as Girl at Summer Hotel