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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 13, 1958
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Sverige
Also Known As
- Pernilla Östergren
- Mia Pernilla Hertzman-Ericson
- Pernilla Wallgren
- Пернилла Аугуст
Pernilla August
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.8
Madam Sjödahl
To Cook a Bear
2025
6.3
Charlotte
The Dance Club
2025
6.0
mormor Irma
Tordyveln flyger i skymningen
2025
6.4
Margaretha Berzelius
Jana - Marked For Life
2024
6.1
Carina
Midsummer Night
2024
6.6
Valdir
Ronja the Robber's Daughter
2024
7.7
Self
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
0.0
Ingrid
Surprise
2023
6.1
Annie Raft (1991)
Blackwater
2023
8.5
Queen Kristina
Young Royals
2021
Credits
To Cook a Bear
as Madam Sjödahl
2025
7.8
The Dance Club
as Charlotte
2025
6.3
Tordyveln flyger i skymningen
as mormor Irma
2025
6.0
Jana - Marked For Life
as Margaretha Berzelius
2024
6.4
Midsummer Night
as Carina
2024
6.1
Ronja the Robber's Daughter
as Valdir
2024
6.6
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self
2023
7.7
Surprise
as Ingrid
2023
0.0
Blackwater
as Annie Raft (1991)
2023
6.1
Young Royals
as Queen Kristina
2021
8.5
The Ape Star
as Gorilla (voice)
2021
5.7
The Investigation
as Ingrid Wall
2020
7.1
Building Happiness
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
0.0
The Last Journey Of The Vikings
as Voice
2020
7.4
The Last Journey Of The Vikings
as Narrator
2020
7.4
Bergman Revisited
2019
0.0
Face to Face
as Maja
2019
6.0
Allt jag inte minns
as Gunilla
2019
0.0
Mästaren
as Self
2019
0.0
Swoon
as Elin Lindgren
2019
6.1
Britt-Marie Was Here
as Britt-Marie
2019
5.2
Kursk
as Oksana
2018
6.6
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018
7.4
Filmworker
as Self
2018
7.1
Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.
as Karin Bergman
2018
7.0
Bergman's Reliquarium
2018
6.5
Scenes in the Night
as Marianne
2018
5.7
Law of the Land
as Britta
2017
6.6
Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt
as Self
2016
8.0
White People
as Viktoria
2015
3.7
Glitch
as Nicola Heysen
2015
6.7
Gentlemen
as Greta
2014
6.2
The Legacy
2014
7.4
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
2013
6.6
The Last Sentence
as Maja Forssman
2012
6.1
Call Girl
as Dagmar Glans
2012
6.3
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
as Sara Landhag
2012
6.1
A Rational Solution
as Karin
2009
5.7
Miss Kicki
as Kicki
2009
5.5
Kenny Begins
as Rektorn
2009
5.9
Skavlan
as Self - Guest
2009
5.0
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Shmi (voice)
2008
8.5
Women and Bergman
as Self
2007
0.0
🎬
Those Who Whisper
as Anna Gustavsson
2007
0.0
Performances
as Eva
2007
7.3
Løven - Henrik Ibsen
2006
0.0
Search
as Madelene
2006
3.3
Mouth to Mouth
as Leyla
2005
4.6
Doxa
as Kristina
2005
4.0
Manslaughter
as Nina
2005
5.6
Rancid
2004
4.8
Day and Night
as Eva
2004
6.3
Eiffel Tower
as Lena
2004
0.0
🎬
Terrorman
as (voice)
2004
0.0
Håkan Bråkan
as Världsrymdens ledare
2003
0.0
Daybreak
as Agnes
2003
6.0
Details
as Ann
2003
4.3
🎬
Holy Birgitta
as Heliga Birgitta
2003
0.0
Everyone Loves Alice
2002
5.3
Karlsson on the Roof
as Mamma
2002
3.9
🎬
A Love Affair
as Anna
2002
0.0
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Shmi Skywalker
2002
6.6
I Am Dina
as Hjertrud, Dina's Mother
2002
5.5
Karlsson on the Roof
as Mamma
2002
10.0
Deadline
as Beata Ekesjö
2001
4.6
The Beginning: Making Episode I
as Self
2001
7.1
You Do the Best You Can
as Self
2001
0.0
Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety
2001
3.0
Gossip
as Molly Fischer
2000
3.2
Anna
as Anna Terlow
2000
4.5
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
as Emilie
2000
5.7
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
2000
7.8
The Birthday
as Tove
2000
2.8
Mary, Mother of Jesus
as Mary of Nazareth
1999
4.0
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
as Mamma
1999
5.6
Where The Rainbow Ends
as Tove
1999
3.5
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Shmi Skywalker
1999
6.6
In the Presence of a Clown
as Karin Bergman
1998
7.0
The Last Contract
as Nina Nyman
1998
5.6
The Glass-Blower's Children
as Sofia
1998
5.2
Kenny Starfighter
as Kennys Memorymatic (voice)
1997
7.5
🎬
The Last Yankee
1997
1.0
Private Confessions
as Anna
1996
5.8
Jerusalem
as Karin
1996
7.2
Death of a Juror
as Vanja Holm
1995
1.0
The Best Intentions
as Anna Bergman
1992
7.0
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Emilie
1992
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Mamma
1992
6.5
The Best Intentions
as Anna Bergman
1991
7.0
Vildanden
as Gina Ekdahl
1989
6.0
Den döende dandyn
as Thora Dardel
1989
4.5
🎬
The Egg
1987
0.0
The Serpent's Way
as Eva
1986
5.6
Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark
as Ofelia
1985
7.5
Fanny and Alexander
as Maj
1984
8.2
Hur ska det gå för Pettersson?
as Ingrid
1984
0.0
Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite
1983
0.0
Hej du himlen!
1983
0.0
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
as Anne-Marie
1983
0.0
Fanny and Alexander
as Maj
1982
7.8
🎬
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Actress winner
1981
5.5
The Rooster
as Åsa Eriksson
1981
5.4
Giliap
as Girl at Summer Hotel
1975
5.3
🎬
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands
N/A
0.0