Pernilla August
Pernilla August is a Swedish actress and director known for her versatile performances in both film and television. She is widely recognized for her roles in 'The Best Intentions' and 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'. With a strong presence and emotive acting... Read More
Known for
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge...
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy...
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |
To Cook a BearIn Northern Sweden, 1852, a new pastor and his family arrive in Kengis, a village riddled with disorder. |
Madam Sjödahl | |
| 2025 |
The Dance ClubJohannes, an eccentric psychology student, takes us on a twisted journey. Together with performance artist Rakel, he forms an unconventional... |
Charlotte | |
| 2024 |
Jana - Marked For LifeDuring an investigation into the murder of a high-ranking official at the Swedish Migration Agency, the main suspect is also... |
Margaretha Berzelius | |
| 2024 |
Midsummer NightCarina brings her family together for a traditional Swedish midsummer, but the happy occasion goes awry when long-held secrets start... |
Carina | |
| 2024 |
Ronja the Robber's DaughterLoving, loyal and unafraid, the daughter of a wanted robber chief makes a secret friend in her father's magical and... |
Valdir | |
| 2023 |
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less TravelledThe life of a Norwegian icon, a world-renowned artist and a dedicated humanitarian: actress Liv Ullmann. |
Self | |
| 2023 |
SurpriseAs the successful actor Ingrid arrives at her daughter's 35th birthday party, her unexpected return is not as well received... |
Ingrid | |
| 2023 |
BlackwaterSet in the 1970s, Blackwater tells the story of how four random people's lives converge after two tourists are found... |
Annie Raft (1991) | |
| 2021 |
Young RoyalsPrince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than... |
Queen Kristina | |
| 2021 |
The Ape StarThe orphan Jonna is longing for a mother. One day, an old car stops outside the orphanage and out steps... |
Gorilla (voice) | |
| 2020 |
The InvestigationCopenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. |
Ingrid Wall | |
| 2020 |
Building HappinessThe Scandinavian countries are consistently at the top of the World Happiness Report, which is published each year by the... |
Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2020 |
The Last Journey Of The VikingsNearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe - giving their name to Normandy along the... |
Narrator | |
| 2020 |
The Last Journey Of The VikingsNearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe - giving their name to Normandy along the... |
Voice | |
| 2019 |
Bergman RevisitedAs we celebrate Ingmar Bergman, one of the greatest directors of all time, we asked how his legacy has affected... |
Unknown character | |
| 2019 |
Face to FaceBjørn investigates the killing of his daughter. People around him believe she might have committed suicide, but he doesn't accept... |
Maja | |
| 2019 |
Allt jag inte minnsSamuel dies in a car crash. His mother searches for truths in the memories of those closest to him. Based... |
Gunilla | |
| 2019 | Self | ||
| 2019 |
SwoonJohn and Ninni – both heirs to their own individual amusement parks – fall in love amidst the whirling world... |
Elin Lindgren | |
| 2019 |
Britt-Marie Was HereBritt-Marie, a woman in her sixties, decides to leave her husband and start anew. Having been a housewife for most... |
Britt-Marie | |
| 2018 |
KurskBarents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine... |
Oksana | |
| 2018 |
Bergman: A Year in a LifeThe year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released... |
Self | |
| 2018 |
FilmworkerThe story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man. |
Self | |
| 2018 |
Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.Documentary relating Ingmar Bergman's life, from his high school graduation up until he became an established filmmaker in the latter... |
Karin Bergman | |
| 2018 |
Bergman's ReliquariumA visual association play into Ingmar Bergman's deepest secrets. A pop video attempting to connect Bergman's various works by borrowing,... |
Unknown character | |
| 2018 |
Scenes in the NightHenrik lies in his death bed and his wife Marianne is there with him. For the first time she get... |
Marianne | |
| 2017 |
Law of the LandA retiring policeman gets caught up in between two younger men trying to kill each other. A modern borderline western... |
Britta | |
| 2016 | Self | ||
| 2015 |
White PeopleThe story follows a group of people who are kidnapped from the street and held hostage in an underground prison... |
Viktoria | |
| 2015 |
GlitchA police officer and a doctor face an emotionally charged mystery when seven local residents inexplicably return from the dead... |
Nicola Heysen | |
| 2014 |
GentlemenBeaten up, bruised, and scared, a young writer hides in a Stockholm apartment, writing the story of its disappeared inhabitants:... |
Greta | |
| 2014 |
The LegacyThe death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family... |
Unknown character | |
| 2013 |
Trespassing BergmanIn the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the... |
Self | |
| 2012 |
The Last SentenceRenowned journalist Torgny Segerstedt declares war against Hitler as he criticizes Swedish politicians who tried to look away from the... |
Maja Forssman | |
| 2012 |
Call GirlStockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs,... |
Dagmar Glans | |
| 2012 |
Hamilton: In the Interest of the NationCarl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected... |
Sara Landhag | |
| 2009 |
A Rational SolutionFour of Sweden's top actors anchor Jörgen Bergmark's tragi-comedy about a couple, both marriage counsellors, who find themselves in deep... |
Karin | |
| 2009 |
Miss KickiKicki has after several years abroad returned to Sweden. Her 17-year old son has been brought up by his grandmother... |
Kicki | |
| 2009 |
Kenny BeginsKenny Starfighter is probably the most hopeless student the Hero academics of the galaxy has ever had. But in his... |
Rektorn | |
| 2009 |
SkavlanSkavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television... |
Self - Guest | |
| 2008 |
Star Wars: The Clone WarsYoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu and other Jedi Knights lead the Grand Army of the Republic against the... |
Shmi (voice) | |
| 2007 |
Women and BergmanA roundtable conversation was recorded for television in 2007 at the Stockholm International Film Festival. |
Self | |
| 2007 |
Those Who WhisperAnna a teacher with alcohol related problems wakes up one morning in her house and finds a dead 16-year old... |
Anna Gustavsson | |
| 2007 |
PerformancesThe series is in six sections. Each section is based on one of the 6 main characters' experiences , and... |
Eva | |
| 2006 |
Løven - Henrik IbsenWe follow Henrik Ibsen throughout his life. From early shame over his father's bankruptcy, via bitterness over the then conservative... |
Unknown character | |
| 2006 |
SearchWoman, 38, no children no husband! Lisa wants a change of life. She starts internetdating, but it turns out that... |
Madelene | |
| 2005 |
Mouth to MouthThe teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home, and is now living with a middle-aged drug... |
Leyla | |
| 2005 |
DoxaSanna has broken up with her boyfriend Jon. Because her father is in the hospital, she moved into her father's... |
Kristina | |
| 2005 |
ManslaughterA college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of... |
Nina | |
| 2004 |
RancidOnce a promising writer, John Hayson now gets by on the odd writing job. Hayson tries to right old wrongs... |
Unknown character | |
| 2004 |
Day and NightThomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife,... |
Eva | |
| 2004 |
Eiffel TowerA man tells his wife about a dream he had last night, he was in Paris and the Eiffel Tower... |
Lena | |
| 2004 |
TerrormanSatirical animation about Terrorman. |
(voice) | |
| 2003 |
Håkan BråkanWhen Håkan's mother Karin, who usually does most of the work in the family, becomes so stressed at the beginning... |
Världsrymdens ledare | |
| 2003 |
DaybreakSweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance... |
Agnes | |
| 2003 |
DetailsEmma, a young author, goes to see Erik, the publishing editor whom she's sent her debut novel. Their meeting leads... |
Ann | |
| 2003 |
Holy BirgittaSaint Birgitta is probably the strangest woman in Swedish history - mother of eight, prophet, politician and the only Swede... |
Heliga Birgitta | |
| 2002 |
Everyone Loves AliceA love triangle between a man, two women and three children. When love suddenly explodes in these people's everyday lives,... |
Unknown character | |
| 2002 |
Karlsson on the RoofA beautiful, wise and fairly fat man at his best age — that’s Karlsson on the Roof. And he isn’t... |
Mamma | |
| 2002 |
A Love AffairA short Swedish drama feature. |
Anna | |
| 2002 |
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesFollowing an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into... |
Shmi Skywalker | |
| 2002 |
I Am DinaIn Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her... |
Hjertrud, Dina's Mother | |
| 2002 |
Karlsson on the RoofKarlsson's grandmother is the world's best racing driver and Karlsson is not so bad either. Kaxige Kirre challenges Karlsson in... |
Mamma | |
| 2001 |
DeadlineThe Victoriastadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies... |
Beata Ekesjö | |
| 2001 |
The Beginning: Making Episode IThe entire process of making Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) is shown here in this documentary.... |
Self | |
| 2001 |
You Do the Best You CanFollows Roy Andersson around different film festivals as he tries to launch his new film "Songs from the Second Floor"... |
Self | |
| 2001 | Unknown character | ||
| 2000 |
GossipA Hollywood producer auditions ten Swedish actresses for the title role in a big-budget remake of Greta Garbo's classic Queen... |
Molly Fischer | |
| 2000 |
AnnaA woman helps a prisoner free at Rome's airport and then falls in love with him. |
Anna Terlow | |
| 2000 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of CupidFirst love - or first infatuation - overwhelms Indy in Vienna, where he is smitten with the daughter of Archduke... |
Emilie | |
| 2000 |
Light Keeps Me CompanyCarl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator.... |
Self | |
| 2000 |
The BirthdayMichael has a secret that he intends to announce during his birthday party. He has finally decided to propose to... |
Tove | |
| 1999 |
Mary, Mother of JesusMary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of... |
Mary of Nazareth | |
| 1999 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of InnocenceIn Italy, Indy's espionage work takes him behind enemy lines where he embarks on an important propaganda assignment that he... |
Mamma | |
| 1999 |
Where The Rainbow Ends"Where The Rainbow Ends" - Mikael Persson is about to realize his dream, a great musical with some of Sweden's... |
Tove | |
| 1999 |
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceAnakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting... |
Shmi Skywalker | |
| 1998 |
In the Presence of a ClownIn 1925, eccentric inventor and Franz Schubert devotee Carl Åkerblom is confined to a psychiatric ward in Uppsala after attempting... |
Karin Bergman | |
| 1998 |
The Last ContractYoung police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to... |
Nina Nyman | |
| 1998 |
The Glass-Blower's ChildrenBased on the novel by Maria Gripe, this is the story of two children, Klas and Klara, growing up in... |
Sofia | |
| 1997 |
Kenny StarfighterKenny Starfighter fights against the evil lord Dr. Deo. |
Kennys Memorymatic (voice) | |
| 1997 |
The Last Yankee"All people with a tiny bit of sense get depressed in this country", says Patricia in "The Last Yankee". Two... |
Unknown character | |
| 1996 |
Private ConfessionsFive conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla... |
Anna | |
| 1996 |
JerusalemMembers of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine. |
Karin | |
| 1995 | Vanja Holm | ||
| 1995 |
Death of a JurorA young woman is found murdered in a small village. Police inspector Sandor Gross leads the investigation. Gross' wife died... |
Vanja Holm | |
| 1992 |
The Best IntentionsIn this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet... |
Anna Bergman | |
| 1992 |
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesAt the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family expeditions as a 9-year-old to... |
Mamma | |
| 1992 |
The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesAt the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family expeditions as a 9-year-old to... |
Emilie | |
| 1991 |
The Best IntentionsThe story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. How they fell in love, married against the wishes of their families, and had... |
Anna Bergman | |
| 1989 |
VildandenThe family happiness of the Ekdahls is driven towards a tragic disintegration. |
Gina Ekdahl | |
| 1989 |
Den döende dandynA movie about the volatile marriage between artist Nils Dardel and Thora Klinckowström. |
Thora Dardel | |
| 1987 |
The EggA fantasy about repression and hidden menace. |
Unknown character | |
| 1986 |
The Serpent's WayA salesman and his son sexually abuse several generations of an indigent family's women as payment for debt. Janni must... |
Eva | |
| 1985 |
Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av DanmarkPrince Hamlet is the son of the late king. He hears from a ghost that the current king, Claudius, has... |
Ofelia | |
| 1984 |
Fanny and AlexanderThrough the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan... |
Maj | |
| 1984 |
Hur ska det gå för Pettersson?Rulle has a secret child out of wedlock in Gotland. When she suddenly turns up in Stockholm he doesn't want... |
Ingrid | |
| 1983 |
Alfred Nobel - Mr. DynamiteA film about Alfred Nobel. |
Unknown character | |
| 1983 |
Hej du himlen!A poetic portrait of the Russian writer, revolutionary, diplomat and feminist Alexandra Kollontai. |
Unknown character | |
| 1983 |
Mr. Sleeman Is ComingA young girl is torn between marrying the old man herr Sleeman for money or the young hunter out of... |
Anne-Marie | |
| 1982 |
Fanny and AlexanderAs children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a... |
Maj | |
| 1981 |
The Guldbagge AwardsThe Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners... |
Self - Best Actress winner | |
| 1981 |
The RoosterIn 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At... |
Åsa Eriksson | |
| 1979 |
Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet16 year old Linus, living in 1930s Stockholm, dreams of becoming a poet, while working in a bookstore. After visiting... |
Abigail | |
| 1975 |
GiliapIn a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for... |
Girl at Summer Hotel | |
| TBA |
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate HandsA British widower in the 1880s Pacific Northwest hires a Native American governess, educated in a Christian mission school, to... |
Unknown character |
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Got a question about Pernilla August?
Pernilla August is best known for her roles in 'The Best Intentions', 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace', and the Swedish film 'The Queen of Ice'.
Yes, she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in 'The Best Intentions' in 1992.
Pernilla August made her film debut in the 1980 movie 'The Man on the Roof', which marked the beginning of her acting career.
One of her most successful films is 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace', which became a global blockbuster upon its release in 1999.
Yes, Pernilla August has directed several films and television series, showcasing her talent behind the camera as well as in front of it.
Pernilla August's estimated net worth is around 3 million USD, reflecting her successful career in acting and directing.
Notable milestones include her Cannes Film Festival win, her role in the Star Wars franchise, and her work as a director in Swedish cinema.
Pernilla August was married to Börje Ahlstedt from 1991 to 1997 and has two children, Ellen and a son whose name is not publicly known.