Helena Bergström
| Helena Bergström | |
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Bergström in 2013
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| Born |
Helena Kristina Bergström 5 February 1964 Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Actress, director |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse(s) | Colin Nutley |
| Children | Molly, Timothy |
| Parent(s) |
Hans Bergström Kerstin Widgren |
| Relatives | Olof Widgren (grandfather) |
Helena Kristina Bergström (born 5 February 1964) is a Swedish actress and film director. From an acting family, she began her career in 1982. She has appeared on the stages of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten) and the , but is best known for her work in films. The Women on the Roof is considered a breakout role for her. Her most awarded film is The Last Dance, for which she received the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Festival Awards in Montreal and Istanbul. Her husband, Colin Nutley, has directed her in several movies. In 2007, she directed for the first time for the film Mind the Gap. She is also a screenwriter and a singer.
Bergström was born in Kortedala, Gothenburg, the daughter of actress Kerstin Widgren and Hans Bergström, a director. Her maternal grandfather, Olof Widgren, was also an actor.
Bergström studied in Mississippi in the United States as an exchange student when she was a teenager.
She is married to Colin Nutley, with whom she has two children, Molly and Timothy, and a stepson, Daniel Nutley. They met while filming Blackjack. At the time, Nutley was married and was 20 years her senior. They live in an apartment on Kungsholmen, an island in central Stockholm, where her grandparents lived. They also have a house in the country.
She first appeared in a movie directed by her father in 1978, entitled Sweet Home. Bergström embarked on a film career in 1982, working in the television mini-series "Time Out". A year later she appeared in the satirical comedy series Vidöppet, or Wide Open in English. In 1988, she graduated from "Teaterhögskolan", the theatre academy, in , after which she worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten) and at the Stockholm City Theatre.
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