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    Helena Bergström

    1964-02-05 (60 years old) in Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden

    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.

    Movies

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    Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen
    45 %|Oct 22, 2021
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    The Cake General
    62 %|Mar 7, 2018
    Comedy, Drama
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    A Holy Mess
    51 %|Nov 13, 2015
    Comedy, Drama
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    Medicine
    50 %|Aug 29, 2014
    Comedy, Drama
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    Somewhere Else
    50 %|Dec 16, 2011
    Drama
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    House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
    43 %|Dec 25, 2010
    Comedy, Drama
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    Ernst-Hugo
    80 %|Dec 28, 2008
    Documentary
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    Angel
    36 %|Mar 19, 2008
    Drama, Romance
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    Heartbreak Hotel
    49.33 %|Mar 24, 2006
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
    55.709999999999994 %|Dec 25, 2004
    Drama
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    Paradiset
    48 %|Feb 28, 2003
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Action
    actor
    Mrs Klein
    0 %|Sep 16, 2002
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    Deadline
    45 %|Oct 24, 2001
    Drama, Thriller
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    Se mig!
    0 %|Sep 19, 2001
    Documentary
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    Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
    0 %|Aug 17, 2001
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Gossip
    32 %|Dec 24, 2000
    Comedy, Drama
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    Once in a Lifetime
    45 %|Nov 10, 2000
    Comedy, Drama
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    Under the Sun
    58 %|Dec 25, 1998
    Drama, Romance
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    Still Crazy
    67.52 %|Oct 30, 1998
    Comedy, Music
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    Such Is Life
    41 %|Oct 25, 1996
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Hunters
    65 %|Feb 2, 1996
    Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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    House of Angels: The Second Summer
    43 %|Dec 25, 1994
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Last Dance
    47 %|Dec 25, 1993
    Thriller, Drama
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    Pariserhjulet
    47 %|Oct 8, 1993
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    House of Angels
    59 %|Feb 21, 1992
    Comedy, Drama
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    BlackJack
    52 %|Oct 7, 1990
    Drama, Music
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    1939
    47 %|Dec 23, 1989
    Drama, War
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    Husbonden
    45 %|Sep 26, 1989
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Women on the Roof
    49 %|Sep 15, 1989
    Romance, Drama
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    Ängel
    60 %|Mar 3, 1989
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    VD
    62 %|Nov 6, 1988
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Friends
    95 %|Nov 20, 1987
    Drama
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    BlackJack 2
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama, Music

    Series

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    The Pirate Bay
    90 %|Nov 8, 2024
    Drama
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    Codename: Annika
    61 %|Sep 30, 2023
    Drama, Crime
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    BIANCA
    0 %|Oct 14, 2022
    Talk
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    Ture Sventon and the Secrets of The Bermuda Triangle
    0 %|Dec 6, 2019
    Action & Adventure, Family
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    Luuk & Hallberg
    55 %|Sep 7, 2019
    Talk
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    Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms
    45 %|Feb 4, 2019
    Drama
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    Tillsammans med Strömstedts
    100 %|Mar 9, 2017
    Reality
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    Missing
    70 %|Jan 1, 2017
    Drama, Crime
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    Springfloden
    72 %|Mar 6, 2016
    Drama, Crime
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    Vänligen: Lars Lerin
    100 %|Jan 13, 2016
    Reality, Talk
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    Renées brygga
    0 %|Feb 18, 2015
    Reality, Talk
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    The Fourth Man
    66 %|Dec 30, 2014
    Drama, Crime
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    Min sanning
    100 %|Apr 3, 2012
    Talk
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    Tack för musiken
    0 %|Aug 20, 2011
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    Hellenius Hörna
    0 %|Oct 7, 2010
    Talk, Comedy
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    Who Do You Think You Are?
    100 %|Mar 24, 2009
    Documentary, Reality
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    Skavlan
    50 %|Jan 16, 2009
    Talk
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    Selma
    40 %|Dec 26, 2008
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    Sweden's Got Talent
    85 %|Apr 13, 2007
    Reality
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    Robins
    78 %|Aug 23, 2006
    Comedy, Talk
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    Stjärnorna på Slottet
    70 %|Jan 1, 2006
    Reality
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    Doobidoo
    65 %|Aug 26, 2005
    Family
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    Så ska det låta
    60 %|Jan 17, 1997
    Reality
    actor
    The Guldbagge Awards
    55 %|Oct 30, 1981
    Reality
    actor
    The Guldbagge Awards
    55 %|Oct 30, 1981
    Reality
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    Melodifestivalen
    44 %|Feb 26, 1959
    Reality, Family