From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 Swedens 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 Theatres production of Cabaret Despite being born into a theatrical family Bergströms 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 Nutleys Oscarnominated 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 Nutleys 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Helena Bergström licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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