Helena Bergström
Age: N/A | From: Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Helena Kristina Bergström , Helena Bergström Nutley
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 34
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Melodifestivalen
(1959) Self
Så ska det låta
(1997) Self
Doobidoo
(2005) Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
(2009) Herself
Stjärnorna På Slottet
(2006) Self
Min sanning
(2012) Self
Sweden's Got Talent
(2007) Jury member
The Guldbagge Awards
(1981) Self - Best Actress winnerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Agatha Torstensson | |
| 2022 | Self - Guest | |
| 2021 | Grace Öhrn | |
| Matilda Jansson | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 2018 | Dyr-Gunilla | |
| 2017 | Herself | |
| Maja Silver | ||
| 2016 | Self | |
| 2015 | Carina | |
| Herself | ||
| 2014 | Stein | |
| Johanna | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| 2011 | Annell | |
| Self | ||
| 2010 | Fanny Zander | |
| Guest | ||
| 2009 | Herself | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 2008 | Self | |
| Selma Lagerlöf | ||
| Angelica “Angel” Holst | ||
| 2007 | Jury member | |
| 2006 | Guest | |
| Elisabeth Staf | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Self | |
| 2004 | Nancy Ackerman / Emily Bradley | |
| 2003 | Annika Bengtzon | |
| 2002 | Melitta Klein | |
| 2001 | Annika Bengtzon | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2000 | Stella Lindberg | |
| Mona Berglund | ||
| 1998 | Ellen Lind | |
| Astrid Simms | ||
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1996 | Tin-Tin Matsson | |
| Anna Sivertsson | ||
| 1994 | Fanny Zander | |
| 1993 | Tove Särlefalk | |
| Kickan | ||
| 1992 | Fanny Zander | |
| 1990 | Ingrid Forsberg | |
| 1989 | Berit | |
| Dora | ||
| Anna | ||
| Åsa | ||
| 1988 | Anna | |
| Bonnie | ||
| 1981 | Self | |
| Self - Best Actress winner | ||
| 1959 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Original Film Writer | |
| 2021 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| 2019 | Writer | |
| 2017 | Writer | |
| 2015 | Writer | |
| 2013 | Screenplay | |
| 2007 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2015 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2009 | Director | |
| 2007 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
