Scene from 1939 (1989)

Alternate Names: Helena Kristina Bergström, Helena Bergström Nutley

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Friends (1987) as Bonnie

Most Important Roles:

• Heartbreak Hotel (2006) as Elisabeth Staf
• Still Crazy (1998) as Astrid Simms
• Once in a Lifetime (2000) as Mona Berglund
• House of Angels (1992) as Fanny Zander
• Paradiset (2003) as Annika Bengtzon
• The Hunters (1996) as Anna Sivertsson
• Angel (2008) as Angelica “Angel” Holst
• House of Angels: The Second Summer (1994) as Fanny Zander
• BlackJack (1990) as Ingrid Forsberg
• Under the Sun (1998) as Ellen Lind

Career Highlights:

• Heartbreak Hotel (2006)
• Still Crazy (1998)
• Once in a Lifetime (2000)
• House of Angels (1992)
• Paradiset (2003)
• The Hunters (1996)
• Angel (2008)
• House of Angels: The Second Summer (1994)
• BlackJack (1990)
• Under the Sun (1998)

Awards:

• Won Silver Dolphin - Best Actress (Melhor Interpretação Feminia) (2007)
• Nominated for 1 Guldbagge - Best Supporting Actress (Bästa kvinnliga biroll) (2012)
• Nominated for 1 Guldbagge - Best Actress (Bästa kvinnliga huvudroll) (2002)
• Won Guldbagge - Best Actress (Bästa kvinnliga huvudroll) (1994)
• Nominated for 1 Guldbagge - Best Actress (Bästa kvinnliga huvudroll) (1993)
• Won Special Prize of the Jury (1995)
• Won Best Actress (1994)
• Nominated for 1 Kristallen - Best Actress (2019)

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”.

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.

First Appearances:

• 1939 (1989) as Annika

Most Important Roles:

• A Taste of Hunger (2021) as
• Freedom on Parole (2010) as Jeanne
• Black Harvest (1993) as Minka
• 1939 (1989) as Annika
• Carl, My Childhood Symphony (1994) as Beate
• Barbara (1997) as Suzanne
• Cecilie (2007) as
• Hold Me Tight (2010) as Mikkel's Mother
• Zoomers (2009) as
• The Great Day on the Beach (1991) as

Career Highlights:

• A Taste of Hunger (2021)
• Freedom on Parole (2010)
• Black Harvest (1993)
• 1939 (1989)
• Carl, My Childhood Symphony (1994)
• Barbara (1997)
• Cecilie (2007)
• Hold Me Tight (2010)
• Zoomers (2009)
• The Great Day on the Beach (1991)

Helene Egelund was born on February 15, 1965 in Denmark. She is an actress, known for Taxi (1997) , Cecilie (2007) and Landsbyen (1991) .