Feb 13, 1958 - Stockholm, Sverige
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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| Movie | 2023 | Surprise | Ingrid | |
| Movie | 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Shmi Skywalker | |
| Movie | 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Shmi Skywalker | |
| Movie | 1983 | Mr. Sleeman Is Coming | Anne-Marie | |
| Movie | 1982 | Fanny and Alexander | Maj | |
| Movie | 2003 | Daybreak | Agnes | |
| Movie | 2002 | Karlsson on the Roof | Mamma | |
| Movie | 2002 | I Am Dina | Hjertrud, Dina's Mother | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Best Intentions | Anna Bergman | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Rooster | Åsa Eriksson | |
| Movie | 2009 | A Rational Solution | Karin | |
| Movie | 2007 | Those Who Whisper | Anna Gustavsson | |
| Movie | 1996 | Private Confessions | Anna | |
| Movie | 2005 | Manslaughter | Nina | |
| Movie | 1987 | The Egg | ||
| Movie | 1998 | In the Presence of a Clown | Karin Bergman | |
| Movie | 2001 | You Do the Best You Can | Self | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Last Contract | Nina Nyman | |
| Movie | 2012 | Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation | Sara Landhag | |
| Movie | 2000 | Light Keeps Me Company | Self | |
| Movie | 1975 | Giliap | Girl at Summer Hotel | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Glass-Blower's Children | Sofia | |
| Movie | 2005 | Mouth to Mouth | Leyla | |
| Movie | 2009 | Miss Kicki | Kicki | |
| Movie | 2001 | Deadline | Beata Ekesjö | |
| Movie | 2003 | Details | Ann | |
| Movie | 2012 | Call Girl | Dagmar Glans | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Serpent's Way | Eva | |
| Movie | 2012 | The Last Sentence | Maja Forssman | |
| Movie | 1999 | Mary, Mother of Jesus | Mary of Nazareth | |
| Movie | 2006 | Løven - Henrik Ibsen | ||
| Movie | 1996 | Jerusalem | Karin | |
| Movie | 2000 | Gossip | Molly Fischer | |
| Movie | 1989 | Den döende dandyn | Thora Dardel | |
| Movie | 1999 | Where The Rainbow Ends | Tove | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Birthday | Tove | |
| Movie | 2001 | Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety | ||
| Movie | 1997 | The Last Yankee | ||
| Movie | 2009 | Kenny Begins | Rektorn | |
| Movie | 2020 | Building Happiness | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2014 | Gentlemen | Greta | |
| Movie | 2015 | White People | Viktoria | |
| Movie | 2006 | Search | Madelene | |
| Movie | 1983 | Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite | ||
| Movie | 2003 | Holy Birgitta | Heliga Birgitta | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Beginning: Making Episode I | Self | |
| Movie | 2018 | Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. | Karin Bergman | |
| Movie | 2017 | Law of the Land | Britta | |
| Movie | 1985 | Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark | Ofelia | |
| Movie | 1995 | Death of a Juror | Vanja Holm | |
| Movie | 2004 | Rancid | ||
| Movie | 2013 | Trespassing Bergman | Self | |
| Movie | 2018 | Bergman's Reliquarium | ||
| Movie | 2018 | Scenes in the Night | Marianne | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence | Mamma | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid | Emilie | |
| Movie | 2000 | Anna | Anna Terlow | |
| Movie | 2018 | Filmworker | Self | |
| Movie | 2018 | Bergman: A Year in a Life | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Bergman Revisited | ||
| Movie | 2019 | Britt-Marie Was Here | Britt-Marie | |
| Movie | 2019 | Swoon | Elin Lindgren | |
| Movie | 2007 | Women and Bergman | Self | |
| Movie | 2018 | Kursk | Oksana | |
| Movie | 2004 | Eiffel Tower | Lena | |
| Movie | 2005 | Doxa | Kristina | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Ape Star | Gorilla (voice) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Terrorman | (voice) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Day and Night | Eva | |
| Movie | 2016 | Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt | Self | |
| Movie | 1983 | Hej du himlen! | ||
| Movie | 2002 | A Love Affair | Anna | |
| Movie | 2002 | Everyone Loves Alice | ||
| Movie | 2025 | The Dance Club | Charlotte | |
| Movie | 2025 | Tordyveln flyger i skymningen | mormor Irma | |
| Movie | N/A | The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands | ||
| TV Show | 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Emilie | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Mamma | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Allt jag inte minns | Gunilla | 3 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Fanny and Alexander | Maj | 1 |
| TV Show | 2023 | Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Skavlan | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2024 | Midsummer Night | Carina | 5 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Hur ska det gå för Pettersson? | Ingrid | 3 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Vildanden | Gina Ekdahl | 3 |
| TV Show | 2021 | Young Royals | Queen Kristina | 8 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Shmi (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Performances | Eva | 6 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Kenny Starfighter | Kennys Memorymatic (voice) | 7 |
| TV Show | 2024 | Jana - Marked For Life | Margaretha Berzelius | 6 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Glitch | Nicola Heysen | 6 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Karlsson on the Roof | Mamma | 26 |
| TV Show | 2023 | Blackwater | Annie Raft (1991) | 6 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Legacy | 9 | |
| TV Show | 1981 | The Guldbagge Awards | Self - Best Actress winner | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Investigation | Ingrid Wall | 6 |
| TV Show | 1991 | The Best Intentions | Anna Bergman | 4 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Face to Face | Maja | 8 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Mästaren | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2025 | To Cook a Bear | Madam Sjödahl | 6 |
| TV Show | 2024 | Ronja the Robber's Daughter | Valdir | 6 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Håkan Bråkan | Världsrymdens ledare | 24 |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Last Journey Of The Vikings | Voice | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | The Last Journey Of The Vikings | Narrator | 3 |
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| Movie | 2010 | Beyond | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2016 | A Serious Game | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2010 | Beyond | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2018 | Scenes in the Night | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2005 | Blindgångare | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2019 | Bergman Revisited | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Legacy | Director | Directing |
