Helena Bergström
Born: 1964-02-05 in Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Resan till Piemonte as Eva
2024
- The Pirate Bay as Monique Wadsted
- Malou möter Helena Bergström as Self
2023
- Codename: Annika as Agatha Torstensson
2022
- BIANCA as Self - Guest
- Vilket liv! as Herself - Huvudgäst
- Kulkuset kulkuset ... (Original Film Writer)
2021
- Ture Sventon och jakten på ungdomens källa as Matilda Jansson
- Dancing Queens ... (Writer)
- Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen as Grace Öhrn
2020
- No More F*cks To Give ... (Director)
2019
- Ture Sventon and the Secrets of The Bermuda Triangle as Fröken Jansson
- Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms
- Luuk & Hallberg as Self
2018
- The Cake General as Dyr-Gunilla
2017
- Tillsammans med Strömstedts as Herself
- Missing as Maja Silver
- Mending Hugo's Heart ... (Director)
2016
- Springfloden as Linn Magnusson
- Vänligen: Lars Lerin as Self
2015
- Renées brygga as Herself
- A Holy Mess as Carina
2014
- The Fourth Man as Stein
- Medicine as Johanna
2013
- Julie ... (Screenplay)
- Bergs bärbara talkshow as Self
2012
- Min sanning as Self
2011
- Tack för musiken as Self
- Somewhere Else as Annell
2010
- Hellenius Hörna as Self - Guest
- House of Angels - Third Time Lucky as Fanny Zander
2009
- Skavlan as Self - Guest
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Herself
- So Different ... (Director)
2008
- Selma as Selma Lagerlöf
- Angel as Angelica “Angel” Holst
- Ernst-Hugo as Self
2007
- Sweden's Got Talent as Jury member
- Se upp för dårarna ... (Director)
2006
- Robins as Self - Guest
- Stjärnorna på slottet as Self
- Heartbreak Hotel as Elisabeth Staf
2005
- Doobidoo as Self
2004
- The Queen of Sheba's Pearls as Nancy Ackerman / Emily Bradley
2003
- Paradiset as Annika Bengtzon
2002
- Mrs Klein as Melitta Klein
2001
- Deadline as Annika Bengtzon
- Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid as Self
- Se mig! as Self
2000
- Once in a Lifetime as Mona Berglund
- Gossip as Stella Lindberg
1998
- Still Crazy as Astrid Simms
- Under the Sun as Ellen Lind
1997
- Så ska det låta as Self
1996
- The Hunters as Anna Sivertsson
- Such Is Life as Tin-Tin Matsson
1994
- House of Angels: The Second Summer as Fanny Zander
1993
- The Last Dance as Tove Särlefalk
- Pariserhjulet as Kickan
1992
- House of Angels as Fanny Zander
1990
- BlackJack as Ingrid Forsberg
1989
- 1939 as Berit
- Husbonden as Dora
- The Women on the Roof as Anna
- Ängel as Åsa
1988
- Rat Winter
- VD as Anna
1987
- Friends as Bonnie
1981
- The Guldbagge Awards as Self
1959
- Melodifestivalen as Self