Helena Bergström
Known for Acting · 65 credits
- Born
- 1964-02-05 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Also known as
- Helena Kristina Bergström · Helena Bergström Nutley
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”.
Known For
TV Shows (29)
Melodifestivalen
1959
as Self
Skavlan
2009
as Self - Guest
Så ska det låta
1997
as Self
Doobidoo
2005
as Self
Hellenius Hörna
2010
as Self - Guest
BIANCA
2022
as Self - Guest
Robins
2006
as Self - Guest
Sweden's Got Talent
2007
as Jury member
Bäckström
2020
as Tussan Carlsson
Stjärnorna på slottet
2006
as Self
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
as Self / Self - Best Actress winner
Renées brygga
2015
as Herself
The Pirate Bay
2024
as Monique Wadsted
Springfloden
2016
as Linn Magnusson
Who Do You Think You Are?
2009
as Herself
Min sanning
2012
as Self
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
2017
as Herself
Luuk & Hallberg
2019
as Self
Vilket liv!
2022
as Herself - Huvudgäst / Herself - Gäst
Ture Sventon and the Secrets of The Bermuda Triangle
2019
as Fröken Jansson
Tack för musiken
2011
as Self
The Fourth Man
2014
as Stein
Codename: Annika
2023
as Agatha Torstensson
Missing
2017
as Maja Silver
Ture Sventon och jakten på ungdomens källa
2021
as Matilda Jansson
Vänligen: Lars Lerin
2016
as Self
Selma
2008
as Selma Lagerlöf
Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms
2019
Bergs bärbara talkshow
2013
as Self
Movies (36)
Still Crazy
1998
as Astrid Simms
House of Angels
1992
as Fanny Zander
Under the Sun
1998
as Ellen Lind
1939
1989
as Berit
The Hunters
1996
as Anna Sivertsson
House of Angels: The Second Summer
1994
as Fanny Zander
Friends
1987
as Bonnie
BlackJack
1990
as Ingrid Forsberg
Gossip
2000
as Stella Lindberg
House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
2010
as Fanny Zander
Once in a Lifetime
2000
as Mona Berglund
The Last Dance
1993
as Tove Särlefalk
The Cake General
2018
as Dyr-Gunilla
Medicine
2014
as Johanna
Deadline
2001
as Annika Bengtzon
Such Is Life
1996
as Tin-Tin Matsson
Somewhere Else
2011
as Annell
A Holy Mess
2015
as Carina
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
as Nancy Ackerman / Emily Bradley
Heartbreak Hotel
2006
as Elisabeth Staf
Paradiset
2003
as Annika Bengtzon
The Women on the Roof
1989
as Anna
Pariserhjulet
1993
as Kickan
Se mig!
2001
as Self
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
2001
as Self
Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen
2021
as Grace Öhrn
Ernst-Hugo
2008
as Self
Husbonden
1989
as Dora
Angel
2008
as Angelica “Angel” Holst
Ängel
1989
as Åsa
VD
1988
as Anna
Malou möter Helena Bergström
2024
as Self
Rat Winter
1988
Mrs Klein
2002
as Melitta Klein
Resan till Piemonte
2026
as Eva
Rise Above - Filmen om Anton Hysén
2013
as Self
About 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… With 65 credits spanning from 1959 to 2026, Helena Bergström has appeared in 36 films and 29 TV shows.
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Most Popular Helena Bergström Movies
- Still Crazy (1998) — as Astrid Simms
- House of Angels (1992) — as Fanny Zander
- Under the Sun (1998) — as Ellen Lind
- 1939 (1989) — as Berit
- The Hunters (1996) — as Anna Sivertsson
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