Helena Bergström
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden
Biography
Helena Bergström (born 5 February 1964 in Kortedala, Gothenburg) is a Swedish actress. The granddaughter of legendary Swedish actor Olof Widgren and the daughter of Hans Bergström (director) and Kerstin Widgren (actress). Bergström is married to Colin Nutley and is known for playing the female lead in many of his films. Being one of Sweden’s most highly acclaimed stage actresses she has played the lead part in plays like ”Miss Julie”, ”Twelfth Night”, ”Pygmalion”, ”Piaf”, "A Dolls House", the part of Hamlet in “Hamlet”, “Medea” and Blanche in “A Streetcar Named Desire”. In the autumn of 2008 she will play the part of Sally Bowles in Stockholm City Theatre’s production of “Cabaret”. Despite being born into a theatrical family, Bergström's childhood dream was to work with animals. Aged 15, she travelled to Mississippi in the US as an exchange student and lived there for a year. During this time, she became fascinated with the theatre and decided that the stage was her calling. Back in Sweden, she won a part in a TV series but failed in her first attempt to achieve a place at stage school. Thanks to tuition from Margreth Weivers, she succeeded on her third attempt in 1985. On graduating from the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 1988, she worked at both the Dramaten Theatre and the Stockholm City Theatre. Her breakthrough came with the film 1939 in 1989. Colin Nutley spotted her on a poster for the film "Women on the roof" Kvinnorna på taket (1989) and gave her the leading role in his film Blackjack (1990). She was also the obvious choice for his film Änglagård (1992) as well as its sequel ”House of Angels – the Second Summer”. In 1998 she played the part of Astrid in the English production ”Still Crazy” which was to be followed by Colin Nutley’s Oscar-nominated ”Under the Sun” - a film that also received the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival "for the quality of its acting". Winner of several awards including Best Actress at the Swedish Film Awards, the Montreal Film Festival and the 1995 Istanbul Film Festival for her performance in Nutley’s ”The Last Dance”. In 2007 she made her directorial debut with “Mind the Gap” (Se upp för dårarna). Has two children, a son and a daughter, with Nutley.
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Filmography
Out of Fashion
Movie
Leksaksmannen
Movie
Resan till Piemonte
Movie · as Eva
Malou möter Helena Bergström
Movie · as Self
The Pirate Bay
TV · as Monique Wadsted · 6 eps
Ture Sventon och jakten på ungdomens källa
TV · as Matilda Jansson · 10 eps
Codename: Annika
TV · as Agatha Torstensson · 6 eps
BIANCA
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Vilket liv!
TV · as Herself - Huvudgäst, Herself - Gäst · 1 ep
Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen
Movie · as Grace Öhrn
The Land of the Cyclops
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Carina Bergfeldt
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Bäckström
TV · as Tussan Carlsson · 10 eps
Luuk & Hallberg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms
TV · 8 eps
Ture Sventon and the Secrets of The Bermuda Triangle
TV · as Fröken Jansson · 6 eps
The Cake General
Movie · as Dyr-Gunilla
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
TV · as Herself · 1 ep
Missing
TV · as Maja Silver · 4 eps
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Springfloden
TV · as Linn Magnusson · 7 eps
A Holy Mess
Movie · as Carina
Renées brygga
TV · as Herself · 1 ep
Fest hos Bindefeld
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Medicine
Movie · as Johanna
The Fourth Man
TV · as Stein · 3 eps
Rise Above - Filmen om Anton Hysén
Movie · as Self
Bergs bärbara talkshow
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Min sanning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Somewhere Else
Movie · as Annell
Tack för musiken
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Plura's Kitchen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
Movie · as Fanny Zander
Hellenius Hörna
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Herself · 1 ep
Skavlan
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Angel
Movie · as Angelica “Angel” Holst
Ernst-Hugo
Movie · as Self
Selma
TV · as Selma Lagerlöf · 2 eps
Sweden's Got Talent
TV · as Jury member · 11 eps
Heartbreak Hotel
Movie · as Elisabeth Staf
Robins
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Stjärnorna på slottet
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Doobidoo
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Movie · as Nancy Ackerman / Emily Bradley
Paradiset
Movie · as Annika Bengtzon
Mrs Klein
Movie · as Melitta Klein
Deadline
Movie · as Annika Bengtzon
Se mig!
Movie · as Self
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
Movie · as Self
Once in a Lifetime
Movie · as Mona Berglund
Gossip
Movie · as Stella Lindberg
Still Crazy
Movie · as Astrid Simms
Under the Sun
Movie · as Ellen Lind
Så ska det låta
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Hunters
Movie · as Anna Sivertsson
Such Is Life
Movie · as Tin-Tin Matsson
House of Angels: The Second Summer
Movie · as Fanny Zander
The Last Dance
Movie · as Tove Särlefalk
Pariserhjulet
Movie · as Kickan
House of Angels
Movie · as Fanny Zander
BlackJack
Movie · as Ingrid Forsberg
The Women on the Roof
Movie · as Anna
1939
Movie · as Berit
Ängel
Movie · as Åsa
Husbonden
Movie · as Dora
VD
Movie · as Anna
Rat Winter
Movie
Friends
Movie · as Bonnie
The Guldbagge Awards
TV · as Self, Self - Best Actress winner · 1 ep
Tolvslaget på Skansen
TV · as Self - Poem Reader · 1 ep
Melodifestivalen
TV · as Self · 6 eps