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Helena Bergström

Acting 62 years old Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden ★ 0.5
Born: February 5, 1964

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (65)

Resan till Piemonte
Resan till Piemonte Eva 2026
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay Monique Wadsted 2024
Malou möter Helena Bergström
Malou möter Helena Bergström Self 2024
Codename: Annika
Codename: Annika Agatha Torstensson 2023
BIANCA
BIANCA Self - Guest 2022
Vilket liv!
Vilket liv! Herself - Huvudgäst 2022
Vilket liv!
Vilket liv! Herself - Gäst 2022
Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen
Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen Grace Öhrn 2021
Ture Sventon och jakten på ungdomens källa
Ture Sventon och jakten på ungdomens källa Matilda Jansson 2021
Ture Sventon and the Secrets of The Bermuda Triangle
Ture Sventon and the Secrets of The Bermuda Triangle Fröken Jansson 2019
Luuk & Hallberg
Luuk & Hallberg Self 2019
Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms
Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms 2019
The Cake General
The Cake General Dyr-Gunilla 2018
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
Tillsammans med Strömstedts Herself 2017
Missing
Missing Maja Silver 2017
Springfloden
Springfloden Linn Magnusson 2016
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
Vänligen: Lars Lerin Self 2016
A Holy Mess
A Holy Mess Carina 2015
Renées brygga
Renées brygga Herself 2015
The Fourth Man
The Fourth Man Stein 2014
Medicine
Medicine Johanna 2014
Bergs bärbara talkshow
Bergs bärbara talkshow Self 2013
Min sanning
Min sanning Self 2012
Somewhere Else
Somewhere Else Annell 2011
Tack för musiken
Tack för musiken Self 2011
House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
House of Angels - Third Time Lucky Fanny Zander 2010
Hellenius Hörna
Hellenius Hörna Self - Guest 2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? Herself 2009
Skavlan
Skavlan Self - Guest 2009
Ernst-Hugo
Ernst-Hugo Self 2008
Selma
Selma Selma Lagerlöf 2008
Angel
Angel Angelica “Angel” Holst 2008
Sweden's Got Talent
Sweden's Got Talent Jury member 2007
Robins
Robins Self - Guest 2006
Heartbreak Hotel
Heartbreak Hotel Elisabeth Staf 2006
Stjärnorna på slottet
Stjärnorna på slottet Self 2006
Doobidoo
Doobidoo Self 2005
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls Nancy Ackerman / Emily Bradley 2004
Paradiset
Paradiset Annika Bengtzon 2003
Mrs Klein
Mrs Klein Melitta Klein 2002
Deadline
Deadline Annika Bengtzon 2001
Se mig!
Se mig! Self 2001
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid Self 2001
Gossip
Gossip Stella Lindberg 2000
Once in a Lifetime
Once in a Lifetime Mona Berglund 2000
Under the Sun
Under the Sun Ellen Lind 1998
Still Crazy
Still Crazy Astrid Simms 1998
Så ska det låta
Så ska det låta Self 1997
Such Is Life
Such Is Life Tin-Tin Matsson 1996
The Hunters
The Hunters Anna Sivertsson 1996
House of Angels: The Second Summer
House of Angels: The Second Summer Fanny Zander 1994
The Last Dance
The Last Dance Tove Särlefalk 1993
Pariserhjulet
Pariserhjulet Kickan 1993
House of Angels
House of Angels Fanny Zander 1992
BlackJack
BlackJack Ingrid Forsberg 1990
1939
1939 Berit 1989
Husbonden
Husbonden Dora 1989
The Women on the Roof
The Women on the Roof Anna 1989
Ängel
Ängel Åsa 1989
Rat Winter
Rat Winter 1988
VD
VD Anna 1988
Friends
Friends Bonnie 1987
The Guldbagge Awards
The Guldbagge Awards Self 1981
The Guldbagge Awards
The Guldbagge Awards Self - Best Actress winner 1981
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen Self 1959

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