Helena Bergström

Helena Bergström

Born: February 5, 1964
in Kortedala, Gothenburg, Sweden
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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.

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Movies for Helena Bergström...

Title: Codename: Annika
Character: Agatha Torstensson
Released: September 30, 2023
Type: TV
Finnish art fraud investigator, Emma, goes undercover to infiltrate an auction house in Stockholm to investigate the firm’s connection to a notorious money launderer known as Blanko. To go undetected, Emma chooses the cover identity Annika, a hot-headed socialite who lives for wild parties, drugs and alcohol and is the opposite of the cool, calm, and collected Emma. By adopting this wild persona, doors begin to open to the hidden world of high-class art fraud. However, becoming Annika means Emma must confront memories from her past that she has tried to forget.
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Title: BIANCA
Character: Self - Guest
Released: October 14, 2022
Type: TV
Unfiltered and unexpected when Bianca Ingrosso invites Swedish and international stars to Sweden's new big talk show - BIANCA.
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Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen
Title: Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen
Character: Grace Öhrn
Released: October 22, 2021
Type: Movie
An independent sequel to the TV series. Here we follow the families Öhrn and Seger and take us through autumn and winter on our way to Christmas celebrations and to a New Year's Eve which inevitably means an end to the old and a beginning of something new… A film about love and death and everything in between.
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Title: Ture Sventon och jakten på ungdomens källa
Character: Matilda Jansson
Released: January 1, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: Luuk & Hallberg
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: Weddings, Funerals and Baptisms
Released: February 4, 2019
Type: TV
An uncharacteristic slip-up at her daughter's wedding leads a married woman to a most unexpected dilemma.
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Tårtgeneralen
Title: Tårtgeneralen
Character: Dyr-Gunilla
Released: March 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.
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Title: Tillsammans med Strömstedts
Character: Herself
Released: March 9, 2017
Type: TV
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Title: Missing
Character: Maja Silver
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: TV
Police inspector Maja Silver returns to her hometown in the Swedish Bible Belt as a terrible discovery paralyzes the small community.
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Title: Vänligen: Lars Lerin
Character: Self
Released: January 13, 2016
Type: TV
Lars Lerin is one of Sweden most beloved artists. Now he seeks new friends and meet creative people he honestly wants to get to know.
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A Holy Mess
Title: A Holy Mess
Character: Carina
Released: November 13, 2015
Type: Movie
A comedy about the new alternative family and how different family situations and relationships come to a head during the premier family weekend.
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Title: Renées brygga
Character: Herself
Released: February 18, 2015
Type: TV
TV presenter invites Swedish celebrities and interesting personalities to her summer island in the Stockholm Archipelago for an evening filled with food, drink, laughs and emotion. She interviews her guests about their career, life and dreams, trying to learn new things about them.
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Title: The Fourth Man
Character: Stein
Released: December 30, 2014
Type: TV
The year is 1975, and the West German embassy in Stockholm is occupied by German terrorists. It's an attack not only on the embassy, but on Sweden's long-standing pride as a peaceful nation. In the aftermath of the violent occupation, the Swedish Security Police suspects the six terrorists had help from the outside, possibly from a group of Swedish sympathizers. But no leads can be found until fourteen years later.
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Medicine
Title: Medicine
Character: Johanna
Released: August 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Johanna works as a journalist on a women magazine. But her boss is an idiot, her salary is ridiculous and her husband has left her for a younger woman. With a great life crisis she decided to try a new medicine.
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Title: Min sanning
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 2012
Type: TV
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Somewhere Else
Title: Somewhere Else
Character: Annell
Released: December 16, 2011
Type: Movie
Alongside a tranquil road somewhere in Sweden live a number of people who are pretty much like people in general. When a highly improbable and catastrophic chain of events besets them, it leads to break up and change. A tragicomic story that feels both familiar and alien at the same time.
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Title: Tack för musiken
Character: Self
Released: August 20, 2011
Type: TV
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House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
Title: House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
Character: Fanny Zander
Released: December 25, 2010
Type: Movie
A lot happens in a small village in 15 years. People fall in love, get married, have kids and divorces. Some move, some die - in Yxared just like in other places. Zac, Fanny and her daughter Alice travels back to to the small village in Ostergotland. Alice makes them return - where does she come from, what are her roots? The question about who Fanny's dad is, arises once more. And Alice, who's her dad?
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Title: Hellenius Hörna
Character: Guest
Released: October 7, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Who Do You Think You Are?
Character: Herself
Released: March 24, 2009
Type: TV
A Swedish version of the British genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, where famous people are searching for truths and hidden stories about their family history.
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Title: Skavlan
Character: Self - Guest
Released: January 16, 2009
Type: TV
Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense."
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Ernst-Hugo
Title: Ernst-Hugo
Character: Self
Released: December 28, 2008
Type: Movie
A gripping portrait of the dramatic, extravagant and ego-centric actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård (1928-1998) who would always be at the center of everything. On the out side he was a hailed and confident diva. In his solitude he was plagued by insomnia, anxiety and a complicated relationship with his father. Includes Ernst-Hugo Järegårds last performance "Aktörens läte/ The sound of the actor" (1998) and "Abstract Poker" (1971).
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Title: Selma
Character: Selma Lagerlöf
Released: December 26, 2008
Type: TV
The story of Swedish world renowned novelist Selma Lagerlöf’s life.
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Angel
Title: Angel
Character: Angelica “Angel” Holst
Released: March 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Angelica "Angel" Holst was a celebrated rockstar in the '80s, but since then her fame and popularity has faded. Now it's time to step back into the spotlight – but to reach the top again she needs media attention, and the question is what price Angel is willing to pay to get back?
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Title: Sweden's Got Talent
Character: Jury member
Released: April 13, 2007
Type: TV
Talang Sverige, formerly named Talang between 2007–2011, is the Swedish version of the Got Talent series show where singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support and the prize money. The show was broadcast for five seasons on TV4, between 2007–2011, before TV4 put the show on indefinite hiatus. Two years later, on June 19, 2013, TV3 announced that they had acquired the rights for the show and will re-launch the show in Spring 2014 under the name "Talang Sverige".
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Title: Robins
Character: Guest
Released: August 23, 2006
Type: TV
Robins is a Swedish late-night talk show which premiered on SVT2 on August 23, 2006. The host is the young stand-up comedian Robin Paulsson from Malmö. The show's format is similar to that of other late-night shows, Robin makes jokes about recent news, shows sketches, and talks to a guest in the studio. One of the most popular sketches in the show features Robin appearing as Swedish football player Zlatan Ibrahimović.
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Heartbreak Hotel
Title: Heartbreak Hotel
Character: Elisabeth Staf
Released: March 24, 2006
Type: Movie
Elisabeth and Gudrun are two Swedish divorcées, both over 40, who meet when Elisabeth parks her car on a loading zone and is ticketed by Gudrun. Despite this shaky start, a friendship grows between the two. Elizabeth, a gynecologist, is sexy and confident. She leads the shy Gudrun through the dangerous waters of single life. But as they cavort through the dance floors and bars of Stockholm's nightlife they are led to a deeper examination of the relationships with men.
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Title: Stjärnorna På Slottet
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: TV
Five celebrities spend five days together on a castle somewhere in Sweden. Each episode (or day) centres around one of them. This person decides what to to and eat. The others get the chance to ask questions about this persons life and career.
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Title: Doobidoo
Character: Self
Released: August 26, 2005
Type: TV
Doobidoo is a Swedish musical game show first aired in 2005 on the public service network SVT. There is also a Polish, TVP2, version called Dubidu - show host Piotr Gasowski - and an Australian version that goes by You may be right, hosted by Todd McKenney The Swedish version of the show is hosted by entertainment personality Lasse Kronér.
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The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Title: The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Character: Nancy Ackerman / Emily Bradley
Released: December 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of young Jack's 16th birthday. Her remarkable likeness to Jack's mother, Emily, who tragically died in an accident eight years ago both baffles and unsettles the family. She even wears the same pearls that Emily wore.
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Paradiset
Title: Paradiset
Character: Annika Bengtzon
Released: February 28, 2003
Type: Movie
Tabloid journalist Annika Bengtzon is writing about a murder in the port of Stockholm and she suspects that the Yugoslav mafia is involved. However, she also finds links to a foundation that runs a shelter for battered women, Paradiset. Looking for a good story she also meets a welfare official, Thomas, who also thinks that the foundation should be looked into. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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Mrs Klein
Title: Mrs Klein
Character: Melitta Klein
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: Movie
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Deadline
Title: Deadline
Character: Annika Bengtzon
Released: October 24, 2001
Type: Movie
The Victoriastadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies with it. Why did someone destroy the stadium and why is Christina murdered? The police desperately seek for clues that will lead them to the perpetrator but without any luck. As the Olympic Games draws near the situation becomes more desperate. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter for Kvällsposten, se a connection that no one else sees and without understanding it she starts a carousel that in the end will threaten her own life.
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Se mig!
Title: Se mig!
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 2001
Type: Movie
More and more people dream of becoming famous. It has become the ultimate evidence of being "somebody". What you're famous for is many times less important. Filmmakers Stina Gardell and Benjamin Wolff have followed six people whose lives revolve around the Stockholm celebrity circuit.
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Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
Title: Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
Character: Self
Released: August 17, 2001
Type: Movie
Inga Tidblad started acting in 1921 and became one of Sweden's greatest and most successful actresses of all time. Daughter Meg Westergren, colleagues Bibi Andersson, Helena Bergström, Thommy Berggren and Sven Wollter are a few who talk and remember her as a person and as an actor.
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Gossip
Title: Gossip
Character: Stella Lindberg
Released: December 24, 2000
Type: Movie
Ten actresses test films for the title role of a remake of "Queen Christina".
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Once in a Lifetime
Title: Once in a Lifetime
Character: Mona Berglund
Released: November 10, 2000
Type: Movie
Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30s. She is married to a lazy husband and has four children, all named after her favorite Swedish Eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy self-titled "Candy Darling". Mona works in a retirement home for disabled people, where she is responsible for taking care of a young man named David who suffers a movement-restricting disease forcing him into a wheelchair. David's parents have abandoned him, as they wanted a normal child. Mona holds a big place in David's heart, and vica versa. David's goal is to get his parents to come and visit him, and he wants to show them that he is a great person, despite his handicap. Therefore he works with music on his computer, and his goal is to create a song, send it to "The Cardigans", a famous Swedish band and have them play the song and credit him, hoping his parents would spot it and want to visit him.
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Under the Sun
Title: Under the Sun
Character: Ellen Lind
Released: December 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Olof lives alone on his family's farm after the death of his mother. Unable to read and write, he is dependent on his younger friend, Erik, who helps him in the afternoons. Once a sailor, Erik brags of having known hundreds of women. Out of the blue, Olof advertises in the local paper for a young lady housekeeper, and Ellen, a middle-class city woman, arrives to take over the house and, as the summer goes on, Olof's heart and Erik's desire as well.
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Still Crazy
Title: Still Crazy
Character: Astrid Simms
Released: October 30, 1998
Type: Movie
In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.
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Title: Så ska det låta
Character: Self
Released: January 17, 1997
Type: TV
Så ska det låta is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish The Lyrics Board. The show was introduced in 1997 and led by Peter Harryson until Peter Settman took over in 2006. Så ska det låta can be watched online at svt play for approximately one month after airing.
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Such Is Life
Title: Such Is Life
Character: Tin-Tin Matsson
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Tin-Tin is a bar pianist, living with the radio talk show host Paul in a relationship gone stale. Still, her parents are expecting grandchildren. Then a self-assured Norwegian business man turns up giving her the eye.
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The Hunters
Title: The Hunters
Character: Anna Sivertsson
Released: February 2, 1996
Type: Movie
A policeman from Stockholm come to Norrbotten in Sweden, to join his brother, now when their father is dead. While there he starts to work on a long-running case where reindeers have been poached and soon discovers that his brother is involved...
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House of Angels: The Second Summer
Title: House of Angels: The Second Summer
Character: Fanny Zander
Released: December 25, 1994
Type: Movie
Fanny and Zack is back, after she inherited Änglagård last year. Everytone looks forward to their new stay. Axel has told Fanny he is her father, but who else? Ivar also thinks he is her father. Be ready for expectations and confusions.
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The Last Dance
Title: The Last Dance
Character: Tove Särlefalk
Released: December 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Blackpool, a dancing contest, a dead woman. This is the opening scene of this movie, which then continues by telling us the story preceding this sad accident - or is it a murder? We will get to know the tensed relationship of the dancing contestant couple Tove and Claes, and see how there lives are affected by Liselott and Lennart, their opponents and friends.
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Pariserhjulet
Title: Pariserhjulet
Character: Kickan
Released: October 8, 1993
Type: Movie
Their dream of happiness and the perfect caper became a dizzying adventure, full of excitement, humor, passion and great adventure.
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House of Angels
Title: House of Angels
Character: Fanny Zander
Released: February 21, 1992
Type: Movie
In a small village in Västergötland, everything is turned upside-down when the local loner dies and his cottage is inherited by his unknown relative Fanny. She rides into town on a big black motorcycle with her androgynous boyfriend Zack, wearing black leather and spikes. When they decide to stay, Flogfält's plans to buy the cottage are upset.
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BlackJack
Title: BlackJack
Character: Ingrid Forsberg
Released: October 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Kaj, Lennart and Robert are 30-somethings who go out to dance every weekend. At one dance they meet Inger, whom Kaj falls in love with. Kaj has some friends who are playing in a band. The drummer Tommy is known for being the local Casanova, seducing women when ever he gets the chance. It doesn't take him long to have an affair with Inger, behind Kaj's back.
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1939
Title: 1939
Character: Berit
Released: December 23, 1989
Type: Movie
When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the happy-go-lucky Berit and together they have a wonderful time. She also meets a young man, Bengt, whom she marries. But almost immediately she discovers that her husband is different from the man who was courting her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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Husbonden
Title: Husbonden
Character: Dora
Released: September 26, 1989
Type: Movie
Young Charlie becomes a farmhand on a remote Swedish island during the early 19th century. His master is a pirate who, together with his two daughters, live on killing shipwrecked sailors and stealing their cargo. Eventually, Charlie begins to question the correctness of his master living.
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The Women on the Roof
Title: The Women on the Roof
Character: Anna
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
An innocent and beautiful girl, Linnea rents an apartment in Stockholm just before WWI. As she works for an old man who owns a photography studio she meets Anna, a photographer with whom she develops a complex friendship. Anna’s circus-performer boyfriend and European politics complicate Linnea’s routine.
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Ängel
Title: Ängel
Character: Åsa
Released: March 3, 1989
Type: Movie
The writer Stig Larsson's feature film debut. A different film which moves around various acting styles - various reality levels. The writer Stig converses with his friend Kim who's in London. A conversation which will get a fateful result.
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VD
Title: VD
Character: Anna
Released: November 6, 1988
Type: Movie
A managing director (Ernst-Hugo Järegård) comes uninvited home to one of his workers and humiliates him and his girlfriend.
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Friends
Title: Friends
Character: Bonnie
Released: November 20, 1987
Type: Movie
John is a legal assistant who is looking forward to marriage to his fiancee Sally, but his daydream is interrupted when a model plane crashes through his window. Following the plane is a family of six who invade his life and apartment.
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Title: The Guldbagge Awards
Character: Self - Best Actress winner
Released: October 30, 1981
Type: TV
The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.
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Title: The Guldbagge Awards
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 1981
Type: TV
The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.
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Title: Melodifestivalen
Character: Self
Released: February 26, 1959
Type: TV
The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.