Acting credits
101
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Pernilla August
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 74Series: 30Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 33190
IMDb ID: nm0000278
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1958
Age: 68
Place of birth: Stockholm, Sverige
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2025
Years active: 51
Average TMDB rating: 6.53
Wikidata: Q237255
Also known as
Pernilla Östergren • Mia Pernilla Hertzman-Ericson • Pernilla Wallgren • Пернилла Аугуст
Other jobs
Director (6)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Pernilla August.
The Dance Club
as Charlotte
2025 Movie
Surprise
as Ingrid
2023 Movie
The Ape Star
as Gorilla (voice)
2021 Movie
Building Happiness
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020 Movie
Bergman Revisited
2019 Movie
Swoon
as Elin Lindgren
2019 Movie
Britt-Marie Was Here
as Britt-Marie
2019 Movie
Kursk
as Oksana
2018 Movie
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018 Movie
Filmworker
as Self
2018 Movie
Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.
as Karin Bergman
2018 Movie
Scenes in the Night
as Marianne
2018 Movie
Bergman's Reliquarium
2018 Movie
Law of the Land
as Britta
2017 Movie
Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt
as Self
2016 Movie
A Serious Game
Director
2016 Movie
White People
as Viktoria
2015 Movie
Gentlemen
as Greta
2014 Movie
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
2013 Movie
The Last Sentence
as Maja Forssman
2012 Movie
Call Girl
as Dagmar Glans
2012 Movie
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
as Sara Landhag
2012 Movie
Beyond
Director
2010 Movie
A Rational Solution
as Karin
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Pernilla August.
To Cook a Bear
as Madam Sjödahl • 6 eps
2025 Series
The Scarab Flies at Dusk
as Irma • 8 eps
2025 Series
Jana - Marked For Life
as Margaretha Berzelius • 6 eps
2024 Series
Midsummer Night
as Carina • 5 eps
2024 Series
Ronja the Robber's Daughter
as Valdir • 6 eps
2024 Series
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
Blackwater
as Annie Raft (1991) • 6 eps
2023 Series
Young Royals
as Queen Kristina • 8 eps
2021 Series
The Investigation
as Ingrid Wall • 6 eps
2020 Series
The Last Journey Of The Vikings
as Voice • 1 eps
2020 Series
Face to Face
as Maja • 8 eps
2019 Series
Allt jag inte minns
as Gunilla • 3 eps
2019 Series
Mästaren
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Glitch
as Nicola Heysen • 6 eps
2015 Series
The Legacy
9 eps
2014 Series
Skavlan
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Shmi (voice) • 1 eps
2008 Series
Performances
as Eva • 6 eps
2007 Series
Those Who Whisper
as Anna Gustavsson • 2 eps
2006 Series
Håkan Bråkan
as Världsrymdens ledare • 24 eps
2003 Series
Karlsson on the Roof
as Mamma • 26 eps
2002 Series
Kenny Starfighter
as Kennys Memorymatic (voice) • 7 eps
1997 Series
En nämndemans död
as Vanja Holm • 3 eps
1995 Series
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Emilie • 1 eps
1992 Series