Helena Bergström

Helena Bergström

Bergström in 2014.
Born Helena Kristina Bergström
(1964-02-05) 5 February 1964
Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Occupation Actress, director
Years active 1988–present
Spouse(s) Colin Nutley
Children Molly, Timothy
Parent(s) Hans Bergström
Kerstin Widgren
Relatives Olof Widgren (grandfather)

Helena Kristina Bergström (born 5 February 1964) is a Swedish actress.

The granddaughter of 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 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", Blanche in "A Streetcar Named Desire", and Sally Bowles in Stockholm City Theatre’s production of "Cabaret".

Early life

Helena Kristina Bergström was the daughter of Hans Bergström (director) and Kerstin Widgren (actress). Despite being born into a theatrical family, Bergström's childhood dream was to work with animals. Aged 15, she travelled to Mississippi in the USA 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.

Career

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 choice for his film Änglagård (1992) as well as its two sequels. In 1998 she played the part of Astrid in the British film Still Crazy which was to be followed by Colin Nutley’s Academy Award-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".In 2007, she made her directorial debut with "Mind the Gap" (Se upp för dårarna). Bergström hosted Melodifestivalen 2012 along with Gina Dirawi and Sarah Dawn Finer. Bergström had a leading role in the 2015 comedy film En underbar jävla jul.

Awards

At the 29th Guldbagge Awards she won the award for Best Actress for the films Sista dansen[1] and The Ferris Wheel.[2]

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".

Personal life

Bergström has two children, a son and a daughter (actress Molly Nutley), with Nutley.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Sista dansen (1993)". The Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pariserhjulet (1993)". The Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
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