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Acting

Pernilla August

Titles: 68movies31TV shows

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

Leading roles: 41
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Fanny and Alexander
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Pernilla August Catalog average

Historical
4.8average 2.6
Family Dynamics
6.9average 4.8
Melancholy
6.4average 4.7
Pathos
6.8average 5.2
Psychological
6.6average 5.6
Politics
3.7average 2.6
Class & Capitalism
4.2average 3.3
Social Commentary
5.7average 4.9

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.9
Contemporary Realism
4.2, average 5.4
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4
Pop Culture
1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Drama 57
Crime 9
Thriller 7
Comedy 7
TV Movie 6
Romance 6
Animation 4
Family 4

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Character Study 6
Psychological Drama 5
Nordic Noir 4
Swedish Cinema 4
Psychological Depth 3
Social Commentary 3
Biographical Drama 3
Slow Burn 3
Historical Romance 3
Forbidden Love 3
Nostalgic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

85

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2020s

12 titles · average score 67

To Cook a Bear

TV show · as Madam Sjödahl

The Scarab Flies at Dusk

TV show · as Irma

The Dance Club

as Charlotte

Jana - Marked For Life

TV show · as Margaretha Berzelius

Midsummer Night

TV show · as Carina

Ronja the Robber's Daughter

TV show · as Valdir

Blackwater

TV show · as Annie Raft (1991)

Surprise

as Ingrid

The Ape Star

as Gorilla (voice)

Young Royals

TV show · as Queen Kristina

The Investigation

TV show · as Ingrid Wall

The Last Journey Of The Vikings

TV show · as Voice / Narrator

2010s

18 titles · average score 60

Swoon

as Elin Lindgren

Allt jag inte minns

TV show · as Gunilla

Britt-Marie Was Here

as Britt-Marie

Scenes in the Night

as Marianne

A Serious Game

Director

White People

as Viktoria

The Legacy

TV show · Director

Gentlemen

as Greta

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

as Sara Landhag

The Last Sentence

as Maja Forssman

Call Girl

as Dagmar Glans

Beyond

Director, Writer

All 18 titles from the 2010s

2000s

28 titles · average score 57

Miss Kicki

as Kicki

A Rational Solution

as Karin

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

TV show · as Shmi (voice)

Those Who Whisper

TV show · as Anna Gustavsson

Manslaughter

as Nina

Eiffel Tower

as Lena

Daybreak

as Agnes

Details

as Ann

Karlsson on the Roof

TV show · as Mamma

I Am Dina

as Hjertrud, Dina's Mother

Gossip

as Molly Fischer

Anna

as Anna Terlow

All 28 titles from the 2000s

1990s

15 titles · average score 65

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Shmi Skywalker

Mary, Mother of Jesus

as Mary of Nazareth

Where The Rainbow Ends

as Tove

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

as Mamma

The Last Contract

as Nina Nyman

The Glass-Blower's Children

as Sofia

In the Presence of a Clown

as Karin Bergman

Jerusalem

as Karin

Private Confessions

as Anna

En nämndemans död

TV show · as Vanja Holm

The Best Intentions

as Anna Bergman

The Best Intentions

TV show · as Anna Bergman

All 15 titles from the 1990s

1980s

10 titles · average score 74

Vildanden

TV show · as Gina Ekdahl

Den döende dandyn

as Thora Dardel

The Serpent's Way

as Eva

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

TV show · as Ofelia

Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark

as Ofelia

Fanny and Alexander

TV show · as Maj

Hur ska det gå för Pettersson?

TV show · as Ingrid

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

as Anne-Marie

Fanny and Alexander

as Maj

The Rooster

as Åsa Eriksson

1970s

2 titles · average score 49

Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet

as Abigail

Giliap

as Girl at Summer Hotel