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.

Filmography

• 2025The Dance Club — Charlotte
• The Scarab Flies at Dusk — Irma
• To Cook a Bear — Madam Sjödahl
• Jana - Marked For Life — Margaretha Berzelius
• Midsummer Night — Carina
• Ronja the Robber's Daughter — Valdir
• Blackwater — Annie Raft (1991)
• 2023Surprise — Ingrid
• 2021The Ape Star — Gorilla (voice)
• Young Royals — Queen Kristina
• The Investigation — Ingrid Wall
• The Last Journey Of The Vikings — Voice, Narrator
• Allt jag inte minns — Gunilla
• 2019Bergman Revisited — Director
• 2019Britt-Marie Was Here — Britt-Marie
• Face to Face — Maja
• 2019Swoon — Elin Lindgren
• 2018Bergman's Reliquarium
• 2018Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. — Karin Bergman
• 2018Kursk — Oksana
• 2018Scenes in the Night — Marianne, Director
• 2017Law of the Land — Britta
• 2016A Serious Game — Director
• Glitch — Nicola Heysen
• 2015White People — Viktoria
• 2014Gentlemen — Greta
• The Legacy — Director
• 2012Call Girl — Dagmar Glans
• 2012Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation — Sara Landhag
• 2012The Last Sentence — Maja Forssman
• 2010Beyond — Director, Writer
• 2009A Rational Solution — Karin
• 2009Kenny Begins — Rektorn
• 2009Miss Kicki — Kicki
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Shmi (voice)
• Performances — Eva
• 2006Løven - Henrik Ibsen
• 2006Search — Madelene
• Those Who Whisper — Anna Gustavsson
• 2005Blindgångare — Director
• 2005Doxa — Kristina
• 2005Manslaughter — Nina
• 2005Mouth to Mouth — Leyla
• 2004Day and Night — Eva
• 2004Eiffel Tower — Lena
• 2004Rancid
• 2004Terrorman — (voice)
• 2003Daybreak — Agnes
• 2003Details — Ann
• Heliga Birgitta — Heliga Birgitta
• Håkan Bråkan — Världsrymdens ledare
• 2002A Love Affair — Anna
• 2002Everyone Loves Alice
• 2002I Am Dina — Hjertrud, Dina's Mother
• 2002Karlsson on the Roof — Mamma
• Karlsson on the Roof — Mamma
• 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones — Shmi Skywalker
• 2001Deadline — Beata Ekesjö
• 2001Hr. Boe & Co.’s Anxiety
• 2000Anna — Anna Terlow
• 2000Gossip — Molly Fischer
• 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid — Emilie
• 2000The Birthday — Tove
• 1999Mary, Mother of Jesus — Mary of Nazareth
• 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace — Shmi Skywalker
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence — Mamma
• 1999Where The Rainbow Ends — Tove
• 1998In the Presence of a Clown — Karin Bergman
• 1998The Glass-Blower's Children — Sofia
• 1998The Last Contract — Nina Nyman
• Kenny Starfighter — Kennys Memorymatic (voice)
• 1997The Last Yankee
• 1996Jerusalem — Karin
• 1996Private Confessions — Anna
• 1995Death of a Juror — Vanja Holm
• En nämndemans död — Vanja Holm
• 1992The Best Intentions — Anna Bergman
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles — Emilie, Mamma
• The Best Intentions — Anna Bergman
• 1989Den döende dandyn — Thora Dardel
• Vildanden — Gina Ekdahl
• 1987The Egg
• 1986The Serpent's Way — Eva
• 1985Hamlet — Ofelia
• The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark — Ofelia
• Fanny and Alexander — Maj
• Hur ska det gå för Pettersson? — Ingrid
• 1983Alfred Nobel - Mr. Dynamite
• 1983Hej du himlen!
• 1983Mr. Sleeman Is Coming — Anne-Marie
• 1982Fanny and Alexander — Maj
• 1981The Rooster — Åsa Eriksson
• 1979Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet — Abigail
• 1975Giliap — Girl at Summer Hotel
• The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands

Appearances as themselves (14)

• Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled — Self
• 2020Building Happiness — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Mästaren — Self
• 2018Bergman: A Year in a Life — Self
• 2018Filmworker — Self
• 2016Michael Nyqvist - Ett porträtt — Self
• 2013Trespassing Bergman — Self
• Skavlan — Self - Guest
• 2007Women and Bergman — Self
• 2002Jan Malmsjö — Self
• 2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I — Self
• 2001You Do the Best You Can — Self
• 2000Light Keeps Me Company — Self
• The Guldbagge Awards — Self - Best Actress winner