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
Complete Filmography

Surprise
2023
as Ingrid
As the successful actor Ingrid arrives at her daughter's 35th birthday party, her unexpected return is not as well received as she has hoped. Instead,...

The Ape Star
2021
as Gorilla (voice)
The orphan Jonna is longing for a mother. One day, an old car stops outside the orphanage and out steps a gorilla that picks Jonna for adoption. It so...

Building Happiness
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Scandinavian countries are consistently at the top of the World Happiness Report, which is published each year by the UN. In the last 100 years, S...

Bergman Revisited
2019
As we celebrate Ingmar Bergman, one of the greatest directors of all time, we asked how his legacy has affected Swedish filmmakers of today. Bergman R...

Bergman Revisited
2019
Director
As we celebrate Ingmar Bergman, one of the greatest directors of all time, we asked how his legacy has affected Swedish filmmakers of today. Bergman R...

Swoon
2019
as Elin Lindgren
John and Ninni – both heirs to their own individual amusement parks – fall in love amidst the whirling world they both inhabit. A forbidden love and a...

Britt-Marie Was Here
2019
as Britt-Marie
Britt-Marie, a woman in her sixties, decides to leave her husband and start anew. Having been a housewife for most of her life and living in the small...

Kursk
2018
as Oksana
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew...

Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
as Self
The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and ...

Filmworker
2018
as Self
The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.
2018
as Karin Bergman
Documentary relating Ingmar Bergman's life, from his high school graduation up until he became an established filmmaker in the latter half of the 40's...

Bergman's Reliquarium
2018
A visual association play into Ingmar Bergman's deepest secrets. A pop video attempting to connect Bergman's various works by borrowing, mirroring, cr...

Scenes in the Night
2018
as Marianne
Henrik lies in his death bed and his wife Marianne is there with him. For the first time she get to meet his lover Paula.

Scenes in the Night
2018
Director
Henrik lies in his death bed and his wife Marianne is there with him. For the first time she get to meet his lover Paula.

Law of the Land
2017
as Britta
A retiring policeman gets caught up in between two younger men trying to kill each other. A modern borderline western taking place on both sides of t...

Michael Nyqvist - Ett Porträtt
2016
as Self

A Serious Game
2016
Director
In the 1910s, journalist Arvid Stjärnblom and painter's daughter Lydia Stille fall in love with each other.

White People
2015
as Viktoria
The story follows a group of people who are kidnapped from the street and held hostage in an underground prison to await deportation. Will they escape...

Gentlemen
2014
as Greta
Beaten up, bruised, and scared, a young writer hides in a Stockholm apartment, writing the story of its disappeared inhabitants: the flamboyant and ch...

Trespassing Bergman
2013
as Self
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm...

The Last Sentence
2012
as Maja Forssman
Renowned journalist Torgny Segerstedt declares war against Hitler as he criticizes Swedish politicians who tried to look away from the tyranny of the ...

Call Girl
2012
as Dagmar Glans
Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and priva...

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012
as Sara Landhag
Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudde...

Beyond
2010
Director, Writer
One morning just before Christmas, Leena receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This ne...

A Rational Solution
2009
as Karin
Four of Sweden's top actors anchor Jörgen Bergmark's tragi-comedy about a couple, both marriage counsellors, who find themselves in deep water when th...

Miss Kicki
2009
as Kicki
Kicki has after several years abroad returned to Sweden. Her 17-year old son has been brought up by his grandmother and has a very distant relationshi...

Kenny Begins
2009
as Rektorn
Kenny Starfighter is probably the most hopeless student the Hero academics of the galaxy has ever had. But in his desperate attempt in graduating he a...

Women and Bergman
2007
as Self
A roundtable conversation was recorded for television in 2007 at the Stockholm International Film Festival.
Those Who Whisper
2007
as Anna Gustavsson
Anna a teacher with alcohol related problems wakes up one morning in her house and finds a dead 16-year old boy on her bedroom floor. She have no clue...

Løven - Henrik Ibsen
2006
We follow Henrik Ibsen throughout his life. From early shame over his father's bankruptcy, via bitterness over the then conservative public life, to h...

Search
2006
as Madelene
Woman, 38, no children no husband! Lisa wants a change of life. She starts internetdating, but it turns out that the more men she meets, the further f...

Mouth to Mouth
2005
as Leyla
The teenage girl Vera left her family after an incident at home, and is now living with a middle-aged drug addict, Morgan, who is using her as a prost...

Doxa
2005
as Kristina
Sanna has broken up with her boyfriend Jon. Because her father is in the hospital, she moved into her father's apartment. In his dresser drawer, she f...

Manslaughter
2005
as Nina
A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman.

Blindgångare
2005
Director
The Time-Bomb waiting to go off reflects the fear of the times in which we live. It’s central character, an important government minister, finds himse...

Rancid
2004
Once a promising writer, John Hayson now gets by on the odd writing job. Hayson tries to right old wrongs and get his life back on track. However, lif...

Day and Night
2004
as Eva
Thomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife, mistress and all others. Nobody underst...

Eiffel Tower
2004
as Lena
A man tells his wife about a dream he had last night, he was in Paris and the Eiffel Tower was missing. She does not understand however, what is this ...
Terrorman
2004
as (voice)
Satirical animation about Terrorman.

Daybreak
2003
as Agnes
Sweden, shortly before Christmas. Surgeon Rickard is told the job he expected goes to a Dane, because of his substance abuse. It's too late to cancel ...

Details
2003
as Ann
Emma, a young author, goes to see Erik, the publishing editor whom she's sent her debut novel. Their meeting leads to a love affair. The middle-aged E...
Holy Birgitta
2003
as Heliga Birgitta
Saint Birgitta is probably the strangest woman in Swedish history - mother of eight, prophet, politician and the only Swede canonized by the Pope. His...
A Love Affair
2002
as Anna
A short Swedish drama feature.

Karlsson on the Roof
2002
as Mamma
A beautiful, wise and fairly fat man at his best age — that’s Karlsson on the Roof. And he isn’t very shy. His door sign says "The world’s best Karlss...

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Shmi Skywalker
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could...

I Am Dina
2002
as Hjertrud, Dina's Mother
In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise...

Deadline
2001
as Beata Ekesjö
The Victoriastadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies with it. Wh...

The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001
as Self
The entire process of making Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) is shown here in this documentary. From pre-production through post-prod...

You Do the Best You Can
2001
as Self
Follows Roy Andersson around different film festivals as he tries to launch his new film "Songs from the Second Floor" mixed with interviews with fami...

Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety
2001

Gossip
2000
as Molly Fischer
A Hollywood producer auditions ten Swedish actresses for the title role in a big-budget remake of Greta Garbo's classic Queen Christina.

Anna
2000
as Anna Terlow
A woman helps a prisoner free at Rome's airport and then falls in love with him.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000
as Emilie
First love - or first infatuation - overwhelms Indy in Vienna, where he is smitten with the daughter of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Needing emotional ...

Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the ...

The Birthday
2000
as Tove
Michael has a secret that he intends to announce during his birthday party. He has finally decided to propose to Catti, his girlfriend of many years. ...

Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999
as Mary of Nazareth
Mary, Mother of Jesus is a 1999 made-for-television Biblical film that retells the story of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, his mother.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
1999
as Mamma
In Italy, Indy's espionage work takes him behind enemy lines where he embarks on an important propaganda assignment that he hopes will bring a swift e...

Where The Rainbow Ends
1999
as Tove
"Where The Rainbow Ends" - Mikael Persson is about to realize his dream, a great musical with some of Sweden's foremost artists and with himself in th...

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Shmi Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for reve...

In the Presence of a Clown
1998
as Karin Bergman
Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsa...

The Last Contract
1998
as Nina Nyman
Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister ...

The Glass-Blower's Children
1998
as Sofia
Based on the novel by Maria Gripe, this is the story of two children, Klas and Klara, growing up in the poor Swedish countryside of the mid-19th centu...
The Last Yankee
1997
"All people with a tiny bit of sense get depressed in this country", says Patricia in "The Last Yankee". Two men - a carpenter and a successful self-e...

Private Confessions
1996
as Anna
Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges...

Jerusalem
1996
as Karin
Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.

Death of a Juror
1995
as Vanja Holm
A young woman is found murdered in a small village. Police inspector Sandor Gross leads the investigation. Gross' wife died in an accident and he is a...

The Best Intentions
1992
as Anna Bergman
In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he encounters the lovely,...

Den döende dandyn
1989
as Thora Dardel
A movie about the volatile marriage between artist Nils Dardel and Thora Klinckowström.
The Egg
1987
A fantasy about repression and hidden menace.

The Serpent's Way
1986
as Eva
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife...

Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark
1985
as Ofelia
Prince Hamlet is the son of the late king. He hears from a ghost that the current king, Claudius, has murdered his father. Hamlet is unsure if this is...

Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite
1983
A film about Alfred Nobel.

Hej du himlen!
1983
A poetic portrait of the Russian writer, revolutionary, diplomat and feminist Alexandra Kollontai.

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
1983
as Anne-Marie
A young girl is torn between marrying the old man herr Sleeman for money or the young hunter out of love.

Fanny and Alexander
1982
as Maj
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies...

The Rooster
1981
as Åsa Eriksson
In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with s...

Giliap
1975
as Girl at Summer Hotel
In a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for the plot are three persons: a male...