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Helena Bergström

Helena Bergström

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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Gender

Female

Birthday

1964-02-05

Place of Birth

Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden

Cast


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Heartbreak Hotel

Heartbreak Hotel

20064.9 / 10

Still Crazy

Still Crazy

19986.7 / 10

Once in a Lifetime

Once in a Lifetime

20004.4 / 10

House of Angels

House of Angels

19925.8 / 10

Paradiset

Paradiset

20034.8 / 10

The Hunters

The Hunters

19966.5 / 10

Angel

Angel

20083.6 / 10

House of Angels: The Second Summer

House of Angels: The Second Summer

19944.2 / 10

BlackJack

BlackJack

19905.3 / 10

Under the Sun

Under the Sun

19985.8 / 10

Somewhere Else

Somewhere Else

20115.0 / 10

House of Angels - Third Time Lucky

House of Angels - Third Time Lucky

20104.3 / 10

Deadline

Deadline

20014.5 / 10

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

20045.6 / 10

Such Is Life

Such Is Life

19964.1 / 10

The Last Dance

The Last Dance

19934.8 / 10

Pariserhjulet

Pariserhjulet

19934.7 / 10

The Women on the Roof

The Women on the Roof

19894.4 / 10

1939

1939

19894.7 / 10

Gossip

Gossip

20003.2 / 10

Friends

Friends

19876.7 / 10

Se mig!

Se mig!

20010.0 / 10

Medicine

Medicine

20145.0 / 10

Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid

Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid

20010.0 / 10

A Holy Mess

A Holy Mess

20155.1 / 10

VD

VD

19886.2 / 10

The Cake General

The Cake General

20186.2 / 10

Ängel

Ängel

19896.0 / 10

Mrs Klein

Mrs Klein

20020.0 / 10

Husbonden

Husbonden

19894.5 / 10

Ernst-Hugo

Ernst-Hugo

20088.0 / 10

Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen

Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen

20214.5 / 10

Malou möter Helena Bergström

Malou möter Helena Bergström

20240.0 / 10

Se upp för dårarna

Se upp för dårarna

20075.2 / 10

So Different

So Different

20094.5 / 10

Julie

Julie

20134.0 / 10

Kulkuset kulkuset

Kulkuset kulkuset

20224.7 / 10

A Holy Mess

A Holy Mess

20155.1 / 10

Vilken jävla cirkus

Vilken jävla cirkus

20176.0 / 10

No More F*cks To Give

No More F*cks To Give

20207.3 / 10

Dancing Queens

Dancing Queens

20216.0 / 10

Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen

Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen

20214.5 / 10