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