Pernilla August

AKA:
Pernilla Wallgren Pernilla W. Oestergren
Nationality:
Swedish
Birthdate:
02/13/1958
Birthplace:
Stockholm, Sweden
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biography
Stage-trained Swedish actress Pernilla August (nee Wallgren) is the latest heir to the tradition of radiant actresses (i.e., Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck and Harriet Andersson) immortalized on screen by Ingmar Bergman. Her first association with the master came playing the nursemaid-mistress of a restaurateur in his feature directing swan song, "Fanny and Alexander" (1982). Subsequently, the attractive brunette portrayed Ophelia in "Hamlet" (1986) and Nora in "A Doll's House" (1989) in Bergman-directed stage productions at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre. Despite his official Continued
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1968 
Began dabbling in theater at a Stockholm drama school for children at the age of ten (date approximate)
 
Spent several years working with Swedish Television's theater ensemble
 
Appeared at Sweden's Gavie Theatre in many plays including August Strindberg's "A Dream Play", directed by Peter Oskarson
 
Worked with directors Yuri Ljubimov ("Feast in the Time of the Plague") and Lennart Hjulstrom ("Master Olof") at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre
1982 
Portrayed the dizzy, sexually generous nursemaid in Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander"
 
Acted in Bergman-directed stage productions of "Hamlet" (1986, as Ophelia) and "A Doll's House" (1989, as Nora) at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre
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