
Pernilla August
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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
Credits

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
as Shmi Skywalker

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
as Shmi Skywalker

Call Girl (2012)
as Dagmar Glans

Kursk (2018)
as Oksana

Fanny and Alexander (1982)
as Maj

I Am Dina (2002)
as Hjertrud, Dina's Mother

Eiffel Tower (2004)
as Lena

The Best Intentions (1992)
as Anna Bergman

Trespassing Bergman (2013)
as Self

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999)
as Mamma

Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
as Mary of Nazareth

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
as Sara Landhag

The Beginning: Making Episode I (2001)
as Self

Day and Night (2004)
as Eva

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (2000)
as Emilie

Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
as Self

Filmworker (2018)
as Self

The Last Contract (1998)
as Nina Nyman

Kenny Begins (2009)
as Rektorn

Manslaughter (2005)
as Nina

The Glass-Blower's Children (1998)
as Sofia

Law of the Land (2017)
as Britta

Swoon (2019)
as Elin Lindgren

The Serpent's Way (1986)
as Eva

Gentlemen (2014)
as Greta

Surprise (2023)
as Ingrid

Anna (2000)
as Anna Terlow

Karlsson on the Roof (2002)
as Mamma

Rancid (2004)
Actor

Jerusalem (1996)
as Karin

The Rooster (1981)
as Åsa Eriksson

The Ape Star (2021)
as Gorilla (voice)

Search (2006)
as Madelene

Details (2003)
as Ann

Miss Kicki (2009)
as Kicki

Mouth to Mouth (2005)
as Leyla

In the Presence of a Clown (1998)
as Karin Bergman

Everyone Loves Alice (2002)
Actor

Deadline (2001)
as Beata Ekesjö

Daybreak (2003)
as Agnes

Bergman's Reliquarium (2018)
Actor

Building Happiness (2020)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Private Confessions (1996)
as Anna

The Dance Club (2025)
as Charlotte
The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands (—)
Actor

Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. (2018)
as Karin Bergman

Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
as Self

Giliap (1975)
as Girl at Summer Hotel
Those Who Whisper (2007)
as Anna Gustavsson

White People (2015)
as Viktoria

Bergman Revisited (2019)
Actor

The Last Sentence (2012)
as Maja Forssman
Hej du himlen! (1983)
Actor
The Last Yankee (1997)
Actor

A Rational Solution (2009)
as Karin

The Birthday (2000)
as Tove

Gossip (2000)
as Molly Fischer

Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark (1985)
as Ofelia
The Egg (1987)
Actor

Doxa (2005)
as Kristina

Løven - Henrik Ibsen (2006)
Actor

Where The Rainbow Ends (1999)
as Tove

Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet (1979)
as Abigail

Den döende dandyn (1989)
as Thora Dardel
Holy Birgitta (2003)
as Heliga Birgitta

Scenes in the Night (2018)
as Marianne
A Love Affair (2002)
as Anna

Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite (1983)
Actor

You Do the Best You Can (2001)
as Self

Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety (2001)
Actor

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1983)
as Anne-Marie

Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt (2016)
as Self

Women and Bergman (2007)
as Self
Terrorman (2004)
as (voice)

Death of a Juror (1995)
as Vanja Holm

Britt-Marie Was Here (2019)
as Britt-Marie





