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
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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 · Blackwater as Annie Raft (1991)
- 2021 · Young Royals as Queen Kristina
- 2021 · The Ape Star as Gorilla (voice)
- 2020 · The Investigation as Ingrid Wall
- 2019 · Face to Face as Maja
- 2019 · Allt jag inte minns as Gunilla
- 2019 · Swoon as Elin Lindgren
- 2018 · Kursk as Oksana
- 2018 · Filmworker as Self
- 2018 · Bergman's Reliquarium as
- 2017 · Law of the Land as Britta
- 2015 · White People as Viktoria
- 2015 · Glitch as Nicola Heysen
- 2014 · Gentlemen as Greta
- 2014 · The Legacy as
- 2013 · Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2012 · Call Girl as Dagmar Glans
- 2009 · Miss Kicki as Kicki
- 2009 · Kenny Begins as Rektorn
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Shmi (voice)
- 2006 · Search as Madelene
- 2005 · Doxa as Kristina
- 2004 · Rancid as
- 2004 · Day and Night as Eva
- 2003 · Daybreak as Agnes
- 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 · Deadline as Beata Ekesjö
- 2000 · Anna as Anna Terlow
- 1999 · Mary, Mother of Jesus as Mary of Nazareth
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Shmi Skywalker
- 1998 · The Last Contract as Nina Nyman
- 1997 · Kenny Starfighter as Kennys Memorymatic (voice)
- 1996 · Private Confessions as Anna
- 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
- 1984 · Fanny and Alexander as Maj
- 1982 · Fanny and Alexander as Maj
- 1981 · The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Best Actress winner
- 1981 · The Rooster as Åsa Eriksson
- 1975 · Giliap as Girl at Summer Hotel
- 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
- 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 · Mästaren as Self
- 2019 · Britt-Marie Was Here as Britt-Marie
- 2018 · Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
- 2018 · Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. as Karin Bergman
- 2018 · Scenes in the Night as Marianne
- 2016 · Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt as Self
- 2012 · The Last Sentence as Maja Forssman
- 2012 · Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation as Sara Landhag
- 2009 · A Rational Solution as Karin
- 2007 · Women and Bergman as Self
- 2007 · Those Who Whisper as Anna Gustavsson
- 2007 · Performances as Eva
- 2006 · Løven - Henrik Ibsen as
- 2005 · Mouth to Mouth as Leyla
- 2005 · Manslaughter as Nina
- 2004 · Eiffel Tower as Lena
- 2004 · Terrorman as (voice)
- 2003 · Håkan Bråkan as Världsrymdens ledare
- 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 · 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
- 1999 · Where The Rainbow Ends as Tove
- 1998 · In the Presence of a Clown as Karin Bergman
- 1998 · The Glass-Blower's Children as Sofia
- 1997 · The Last Yankee as
- 1991 · The Best Intentions as Anna Bergman
- 1989 · Vildanden as Gina Ekdahl
- 1989 · Den döende dandyn as Thora Dardel
- 1987 · The Egg as
- 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