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PERNILLA AUGUST

 

Pernilla August started acting as a child. In 1979 she was accepted at the National Aademy of Acting in Sweden. She attracted the attention of Ingmar Bergman who offered her a key role in his movie Fanny och Alexander (1982). She has acted in several notable plays, including William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, and Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. In 1992 she won the best actress award in festival de Cannes for the film The Best Intentions directed by Bille August. Many in the English-speaking world know her best as Shmi Skywalker (the mother of Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader) in the Star Wars prequel movies.