# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pernilla-august
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:39:30.640Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pernilla-august"
name: "Pernilla August"
slug: "pernilla-august"
description: "Pernilla August, also known as Pernilla Östergren, Pernilla Wallgren, and Pernilla Wallgren-Östergren, is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. She was a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman and won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his film The Best Intentions. She is best known internationally for portraying Shmi Skywalker in George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones."
tagline: "Swedish actress and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pernilla_August.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1958-02-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.495031574683829
  historical:           23.40147733333334
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump