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Acting

Pernilla August

Career: Active from 1979 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 41
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: To Cook a Bear
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Pernilla August Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Pop Culture
1.2, average 2.2
Contemporary Realism
4.5, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 6
Character-Driven 6
Psychological Drama 5
Swedish Cinema 4
Nordic Noir 3
Political Thriller 3
Social Commentary 3
Melancholic Tone 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Forbidden Love 3
Biographical Drama 3
Historical Setting 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

85

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

12 titles · average score 69

To Cook a Bear

87

TV show · as Madam Sjödahl

The Scarab Flies at Dusk

60

TV show · as Irma

The Dance Club

60

as Charlotte

Midsummer Night

72

TV show · as Carina

Jana - Marked For Life

61

TV show · as Margaretha Berzelius

Ronja the Robber's Daughter

60

TV show · as Valdir

Blackwater

65

TV show · as Annie Raft (1991)

Surprise

as Ingrid

The Ape Star

56

as Gorilla (voice)

Young Royals

93

TV show · as Queen Kristina

The Investigation

72

TV show · as Ingrid Wall

The Last Journey Of The Vikings

TV show · as Narrator / Voice

2010s

18 titles · average score 60

Allt jag inte minns

TV show · as Gunilla

Swoon

60

as Elin Lindgren

Britt-Marie Was Here

47

as Britt-Marie

Scenes in the Night

as Marianne

A Serious Game

59

Director

White People

41

as Viktoria

Glitch

73

TV show · as Nicola Heysen

The Legacy

75

TV show · Director

The Last Sentence

54

as Maja Forssman

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

56

as Sara Landhag

Call Girl

70

as Dagmar Glans

Beyond

67

Director, Writer

2000s

28 titles · average score 56

A Rational Solution

57

as Karin

Miss Kicki

53

as Kicki

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

83

TV show · as Shmi (voice)

Those Who Whisper

TV show · as Anna Gustavsson

Manslaughter

64

as Nina

Eiffel Tower

as Lena

Daybreak

55

as Agnes

Details

56

as Ann

Karlsson on the Roof

TV show · as Mamma

I Am Dina

65

as Hjertrud, Dina's Mother

Anna

as Anna Terlow

Gossip

42

as Molly Fischer

1990s

15 titles · average score 65

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

57

as Shmi Skywalker

Mary, Mother of Jesus

48

as Mary of Nazareth

Where The Rainbow Ends

49

as Tove

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

61

as Mamma

The Glass-Blower's Children

64

as Sofia

The Last Contract

60

as Nina Nyman

In the Presence of a Clown

68

as Karin Bergman

Jerusalem

78

as Karin

Private Confessions

66

as Anna

En nämndemans död

TV show · as Vanja Holm

The Best Intentions

77

as Anna Bergman

The Best Intentions

74

TV show · as Anna Bergman

1980s

10 titles · average score 74

Vildanden

TV show · as Gina Ekdahl

Den döende dandyn

as Thora Dardel

The Serpent's Way

60

as Eva

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

TV show · as Ofelia

Hamlet

as Ofelia

Fanny and Alexander

86

TV show · as Maj

Hur ska det gå för Pettersson?

TV show · as Ingrid

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

as Anne-Marie

Fanny and Alexander

92

as Maj

The Rooster

57

as Åsa Eriksson

1970s

2 titles · average score 49

Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet

as Abigail

Giliap

49

as Girl at Summer Hotel