Helena Bergström

Although born in an acting family, she wanted work that included animals when she was young. At the age of 5, she was in a production of the play 'Klas Klättermus'. When she was a 15 she received a scholarship for studying in USA and moved to Mississippi for a year. During this year she became interested in acting and decided that this was her future. Back in Sweden, she got a role in a TV-series but her first application to become a student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre was rejected. Acting lessons for 'Margreth Weivers' made the third attempt successfull. After her studies she worked both at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and Stockholm's City Theatre. She made her breakthrough with _1939 (1989)_ (qv). 'Colin Nutley' (qv) saw her face on a poster for _Frauen auf dem Dach (1989)_ (qv) and cast her for his movie _BlackJack (1990)_ (qv). She was also the obvious choice for his next movie, _House of Angels (1992)_ (qv). Critics have called her 'the new 'Ingrid Bergman' (qv)'::Mattias Thuresson <mattias.thuresson@mbox300.swipnet.se>