About Pernilla August
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. At the 1992 Cannes Film Festival August won the award for Best Actress, for her role in Bille August's The Best Intentions. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards and was much awarded at the Swedish Guldbagge Awards, including for Best Director and Best Script. For the same film she also won the Best Actress award at the 28th Guldbagge Awards.
Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.