Pernilla August
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1958
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Den Goda viljan
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Film & TV
Acting · 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
- The Dance Club — Charlotte2025
- To Cook a Bear — Madam Sjödahl2025
- Midsummer Night — Carina2024
- Jana - Marked For Life — Margaretha Berzelius2024
- Ronja the Robber's Daughter — Valdir2024
- Surprise — Ingrid2023
- Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled — Self2023
- Blackwater — Annie Raft (1991)2023
- The Ape Star — Gorilla (voice)2021
- Young Royals — Queen Kristina2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17
- Total plays
- 416
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars
· 2005 · cited 4,122x
- Imaging brain amyloid in Alzheimer's disease with Pittsburgh Compound‐B
· 2004 · cited 3,690x
- Social class and mental illness: Community study.
· 1958 · cited 3,543x
- Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease
· 2016 · cited 3,180x
- Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia
· 2022 · cited 2,507x
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Key facts
- Born
- Mia Pernilla Hertzman-Ericson , ( 1958-02-13 ) 13 February 1958 (age 68) , Stockholm , Sweden
- Other names
- Pernilla Östergren, Pernilla Wallgren, Pernilla Wallgren-Östergren
- Occupations
- Actress , film director
- Years active
- 1975–present
- Spouses
- Klas Östergren ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1989 ) Bille August ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1997 )
- Children
- 3, including Asta and Alba
- Relatives
- Anders August (former stepson)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 13 February 1958
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pernilla
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Katarina church parish
- Spouse
- Bille August
- Child
- Asta Kamma August
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Swedish
Article
Pernilla August ( Swedish pronunciation: [pæˈɳɪ̂lːa ˈǎʊɡɵst] née: Hertzman-Ericson; born 13 February 1958), also known as Pernilla Östergren, Pernilla Wallgren, and Pernilla Wallgren-Östergren, is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. She was a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman and won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his film The Best Intentions. She is best known internationally for portraying Shmi Skywalker in George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
Early life and education
Gallery (2)
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1958 births20th-century Swedish actresses21st-century Swedish actressesActresses from StockholmBest Actress Guldbagge Award winnersBest Director Guldbagge Award winnersBest Supporting Actress Guldbagge Award winnersCannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winnersEugene O'Neill Award winnersLitteris et Artibus recipientsLiving peopleSwedish film actresses