Helena Bergström
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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- 2024 ·The Pirate Bayas Monique Wadsted
- 2023 ·Codename: Annikaas Agatha Torstensson
- 2022 ·BIANCAas Self - Guest
- 2021 ·Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmenas Grace Öhrn
- 2021 ·Ture Sventon och jakten på ungdomens källaas Matilda Jansson
- 2019 ·Ture Sventon and the Secrets of The Bermuda Triangleas Fröken Jansson
- 2019 ·Luuk & Hallbergas Self
- 2019 ·Weddings, Funerals and Baptismsas
- 2018 ·The Cake Generalas Dyr-Gunilla
- 2017 ·Tillsammans med Strömstedtsas Herself
- 2017 ·Missingas Maja Silver
- 2016 ·Springflodenas Linn Magnusson
- 2016 ·Vänligen: Lars Lerinas Self
- 2015 ·A Holy Messas Carina
- 2015 ·Renées bryggaas Herself
- 2014 ·The Fourth Manas Stein
- 2014 ·Medicineas Johanna
- 2012 ·Min sanningas Self
- 2011 ·Somewhere Elseas Annell
- 2011 ·Tack för musikenas Self
- 2010 ·House of Angels - Third Time Luckyas Fanny Zander
- 2010 ·Hellenius Hörnaas Self - Guest
- 2009 ·Who Do You Think You Are?as Herself
- 2009 ·Skavlanas Self - Guest
- 2008 ·Ernst-Hugoas Self
- 2008 ·Selmaas Selma Lagerlöf
- 2008 ·Angelas Angelica “Angel” Holst
- 2007 ·Sweden's Got Talentas Jury member
- 2006 ·Robinsas Self - Guest
- 2006 ·Heartbreak Hotelas Elisabeth Staf
- 2006 ·Stjärnorna på Slottetas Self
- 2005 ·Doobidooas Self
- 2004 ·The Queen of Sheba's Pearlsas Nancy Ackerman / Emily Bradley
- 2003 ·Paradisetas Annika Bengtzon
- 2002 ·Mrs Kleinas Melitta Klein
- 2001 ·Deadlineas Annika Bengtzon
- 2001 ·Se mig!as Self
- 2001 ·Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tidas Self
- 2000 ·Gossipas Stella Lindberg
- 2000 ·Once in a Lifetimeas Mona Berglund
- 1998 ·Under the Sunas Ellen Lind
- 1998 ·Still Crazyas Astrid Simms
- 1997 ·Så ska det låtaas Self
- 1996 ·Such Is Lifeas Tin-Tin Matsson
- 1996 ·The Huntersas Anna Sivertsson
- 1994 ·House of Angels: The Second Summeras Fanny Zander
- 1993 ·The Last Danceas Tove Särlefalk
- 1993 ·Pariserhjuletas Kickan
- 1992 ·House of Angelsas Fanny Zander
- 1990 ·BlackJackas Ingrid Forsberg
- 1989 ·1939as Berit
- 1989 ·Husbondenas Dora
- 1989 ·The Women on the Roofas Anna
- 1989 ·Ängelas Åsa
- 1988 ·VDas Anna
- 1987 ·Friendsas Bonnie
- 1981 ·The Guldbagge Awardsas Self
- 1981 ·The Guldbagge Awardsas Self - Best Actress winner
- 1959 ·Melodifestivalenas Self
- Future ·BlackJack 2as Ingrid Forsberg