Helena Bergström
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.
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Films (45)
Leksaksmannen
2027
Resan till Piemonte
2026 · Eva
Malou möter Helena Bergström
2024 · Self
Kulkuset kulkuset
2022 · Original Film Writer
Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen
2021 · Grace Öhrn, Screenplay
Danse avec les queens
2021 · Writer, Director
No More F*cks To Give
2020 · Director
The Cake General
2018 · Dyr-Gunilla
Mending Hugo's Heart
2017 · Director, Writer
A Holy Mess
2015 · Carina, Director, Writer
Effets désirables
2014 · Johanna
Julie
2013 · Director, Screenplay
Rise Above - Filmen om Anton Hysén
2013 · Self
Somewhere Else
2011 · Annell
Encore un bel été : Fanny et Alice
2010 · Fanny Zander
Nos différences
2009 · Director
Ernst-Hugo
2008 · Self
Angel
2008 · Angelica “Angel” Holst
Notre voie
2007 · Director, Writer
Heartbreak Hotel
2006 · Elisabeth Staf
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004 · Nancy Ackerman / Emily Bradley
Paradiset
2003 · Annika Bengtzon
Mrs Klein
2002 · Melitta Klein
Deadline
2001 · Annika Bengtzon
Se mig!
2001 · Self
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
2001 · Self
Gossip
2000 · Stella Lindberg
Once in a Lifetime
2000 · Mona Berglund
Under the Sun
1998 · Ellen Lind
Still Crazy
1998 · Astrid Simms
Such Is Life
1996 · Tin-Tin Matsson
The Hunters
1996 · Anna Sivertsson
House of Angels: The Second Summer
1994 · Fanny Zander
The Last Dance
1993 · Tove Särlefalk
Pariserhjulet
1993 · Kickan
House of Angels
1992 · Fanny Zander
BlackJack
1990 · Ingrid Forsberg
1939
1989 · Berit
Husbonden
1989 · Dora
The Women on the Roof
1989 · Anna
Ängel
1989 · Åsa
Rat Winter
1988
VD
1988 · Anna
Friends
1987 · Bonnie
Out of Fashion
Séries (34)
The Pirate Bay
2024 · Monique Wadsted
Codename: Annika
2023 · Agatha Torstensson
Ture Sventon och jakten på ungdomens källa
2023 · Matilda Jansson
BIANCA
2022 · Self - Guest
Vilket liv!
2022 · Herself - Huvudgäst, Herself - Gäst
The Land of the Cyclops
2021 · Self
Carina Bergfeldt
2021 · Self - Guest
Commandant Bäckström
2020 · Tussan Carlsson
Ture Sventon and the Secrets of The Bermuda Triangle
2019 · Fröken Jansson
Luuk & Hallberg
2019 · Self
Une si belle famille
2019 · Writer
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
2017 · Herself
Missing
2017 · Maja Silver
Spring Tide
2016 · Linn Magnusson
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
2016 · Self
Fest hos Bindefeld
2015 · Self
Renées brygga
2015 · Herself
Le Quatrième homme
2014 · Stein
Bergs bärbara talkshow
2013 · Self
Min sanning
2012 · Self
Tack för musiken
2011 · Self
Plura's Kitchen
2011 · Self - Guest
Hellenius Hörna
2010 · Self - Guest
Who Do You Think You Are?
2009 · Herself
Skavlan
2009 · Self - Guest
Selma
2008 · Selma Lagerlöf
Sweden's Got Talent
2007 · Jury member
Robins
2006 · Self - Guest
Stjärnorna på slottet
2006 · Self
Doobidoo
2005 · Self
Så ska det låta
1997 · Self
The Guldbagge Awards
1981 · Self - Best Actress winner, Self
Tolvslaget på Skansen
1977 · Self - Poem Reader
Melodifestivalen
1959 · Self