Pernilla August

Pernilla August

Known for
Acting
Born
February 13, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Stockholm, Sverige

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

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Filmography

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The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands

The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands

Movie

2025
The Dance Club poster

The Dance Club

Movie · as Charlotte

2025
To Cook a Bear poster

To Cook a Bear

TV · as Madam Sjödahl · 6 eps

2025
The Scarab Flies at Dusk poster

The Scarab Flies at Dusk

TV · as Irma · 8 eps

2024
Midsummer Night poster

Midsummer Night

TV · as Carina · 5 eps

2024
Jana - Marked For Life poster

Jana - Marked For Life

TV · as Margaretha Berzelius · 6 eps

2024
Ronja the Robber's Daughter poster

Ronja the Robber's Daughter

TV · as Valdir · 6 eps

2023
Surprise poster

Surprise

Movie · as Ingrid

2023
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled poster

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Blackwater poster

Blackwater

TV · as Annie Raft (1991) · 6 eps

2021
The Ape Star poster

The Ape Star

Movie · as Gorilla (voice)

2021
Young Royals poster

Young Royals

TV · as Queen Kristina · 8 eps

2020
Building Happiness poster

Building Happiness

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020
The Investigation poster

The Investigation

TV · as Ingrid Wall · 6 eps

2020
The Last Journey Of The Vikings poster

The Last Journey Of The Vikings

TV · as Voice, Narrator · 1 ep

2019
Bergman Revisited poster

Bergman Revisited

Movie

2019
Britt-Marie Was Here poster

Britt-Marie Was Here

Movie · as Britt-Marie

2019
Swoon poster

Swoon

Movie · as Elin Lindgren

2019
Allt jag inte minns poster

Allt jag inte minns

TV · as Gunilla · 3 eps

2019
Face to Face poster

Face to Face

TV · as Maja · 8 eps

2019
Mästaren poster

Mästaren

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. poster

Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.

Movie · as Karin Bergman

2018
Bergman's Reliquarium poster

Bergman's Reliquarium

Movie

2018
Scenes in the Night poster

Scenes in the Night

Movie · as Marianne

2018
Filmworker poster

Filmworker

Movie · as Self

2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life poster

Bergman: A Year in a Life

Movie · as Self

2018
Kursk poster

Kursk

Movie · as Oksana

2017
Law of the Land poster

Law of the Land

Movie · as Britta

2016
Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt poster

Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt

Movie · as Self

2015
White People poster

White People

Movie · as Viktoria

2015
Glitch poster

Glitch

TV · as Nicola Heysen · 6 eps

2014
Gentlemen poster

Gentlemen

Movie · as Greta

2014
The Legacy poster

The Legacy

TV · 9 eps

2013
Trespassing Bergman poster

Trespassing Bergman

Movie · as Self

2012
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation poster

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

Movie · as Sara Landhag

2012
Call Girl poster

Call Girl

Movie · as Dagmar Glans

2012
The Last Sentence poster

The Last Sentence

Movie · as Maja Forssman

2009
A Rational Solution poster

A Rational Solution

Movie · as Karin

2009
Miss Kicki poster

Miss Kicki

Movie · as Kicki

2009
Kenny Begins poster

Kenny Begins

Movie · as Rektorn

2009
Skavlan poster

Skavlan

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

TV · as Shmi (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Women and Bergman poster

Women and Bergman

Movie · as Self

2007
Performances poster

Performances

TV · as Eva · 6 eps

2006
Løven - Henrik Ibsen poster

Løven - Henrik Ibsen

Movie

2006
Search poster

Search

Movie · as Madelene

2006
Those Who Whisper poster

Those Who Whisper

TV · as Anna Gustavsson · 2 eps

2005
Manslaughter poster

Manslaughter

Movie · as Nina

2005
Mouth to Mouth poster

Mouth to Mouth

Movie · as Leyla

2005
Doxa poster

Doxa

Movie · as Kristina

2004
Rancid poster

Rancid

Movie

2004
Eiffel Tower poster

Eiffel Tower

Movie · as Lena

2004
Terrorman

Terrorman

Movie · as (voice)

2004
Day and Night poster

Day and Night

Movie · as Eva

2003
Daybreak poster

Daybreak

Movie · as Agnes

2003
Details poster

Details

Movie · as Ann

2003
Håkan Bråkan poster

Håkan Bråkan

TV · as Världsrymdens ledare · 24 eps

2003
Heliga Birgitta 1303 - 1373 poster

Heliga Birgitta 1303 - 1373

TV · as Heliga Birgitta · 3 eps

2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones poster

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Movie · as Shmi Skywalker

2002
Karlsson on the Roof poster

Karlsson on the Roof

Movie · as Mamma

2002
I Am Dina poster

I Am Dina

Movie · as Hjertrud, Dina's Mother

2002
A Love Affair poster

A Love Affair

Movie · as Anna

2002
Everyone Loves Alice poster

Everyone Loves Alice

Movie

2002
Jan Malmsjö poster

Jan Malmsjö

Movie · as Self

2002
Karlsson on the Roof poster

Karlsson on the Roof

TV · as Mamma · 26 eps

2001
You Do the Best You Can poster

You Do the Best You Can

Movie · as Self

2001
Deadline poster

Deadline

Movie · as Beata Ekesjö

2001
Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety poster

Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety

Movie

2001
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I poster

The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I

Movie · as Self

2000
Light Keeps Me Company poster

Light Keeps Me Company

Movie · as Self

2000
Gossip poster

Gossip

Movie · as Molly Fischer

2000
The Birthday poster

The Birthday

Movie · as Tove

2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

Movie · as Emilie

2000
Anna poster

Anna

Movie · as Anna Terlow

1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace poster

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Movie · as Shmi Skywalker

1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus poster

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Movie · as Mary of Nazareth

1999
Where The Rainbow Ends poster

Where The Rainbow Ends

Movie · as Tove

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

Movie · as Mamma

1998
In the Presence of a Clown poster

In the Presence of a Clown

Movie · as Karin Bergman

1998
The Last Contract poster

The Last Contract

Movie · as Nina Nyman

1998
The Glass-Blower's Children poster

The Glass-Blower's Children

Movie · as Sofia

1997
The Last Yankee

The Last Yankee

Movie

1997
Kenny Starfighter poster

Kenny Starfighter

TV · as Kennys Memorymatic (voice) · 7 eps

1996
Private Confessions poster

Private Confessions

Movie · as Anna

1996
Jerusalem poster

Jerusalem

Movie · as Karin

1995
Death of a Juror poster

Death of a Juror

Movie · as Vanja Holm

1995
En nämndemans död poster

En nämndemans död

TV · as Vanja Holm · 3 eps

1992
The Best Intentions poster

The Best Intentions

Movie · as Anna Bergman

1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles poster

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

TV · as Emilie, Mamma · 1 ep

1991
The Best Intentions poster

The Best Intentions

TV · as Anna Bergman · 4 eps

1989
Den döende dandyn poster

Den döende dandyn

Movie · as Thora Dardel

1989
Vildanden poster

Vildanden

TV · as Gina Ekdahl · 3 eps

1987
The Egg poster

The Egg

Movie

1986
The Serpent's Way poster

The Serpent's Way

Movie · as Eva

1985
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Ofelia

1985
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark poster

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

TV · as Ofelia · 2 eps

1984
Fanny and Alexander poster

Fanny and Alexander

TV · as Maj · 1 ep

1984
Hur ska det gå för Pettersson? poster

Hur ska det gå för Pettersson?

TV · as Ingrid · 3 eps

1983
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming poster

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

Movie · as Anne-Marie

1983
Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite poster

Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite

Movie

1983
Hej du himlen!

Hej du himlen!

Movie

1982
Fanny and Alexander poster

Fanny and Alexander

Movie · as Maj

1981
The Rooster poster

The Rooster

Movie · as Åsa Eriksson

1981
The Guldbagge Awards poster

The Guldbagge Awards

TV · as Self - Best Actress winner · 1 ep

1979
Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet poster

Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet

Movie · as Abigail

1977
Tolvslaget på Skansen poster

Tolvslaget på Skansen

TV · as Self - Poem Reader · 1 ep

1975
Giliap poster

Giliap

Movie · as Girl at Summer Hotel