Rebecka Liljeberg

Rebecka Liljeberg
Born
Rebecka Månstråle Liljeberg

(1981-05-13) 13 May 1981 (age 43)
Nykvarn (Södertälje), Stockholms län, Sweden
Alma materKarolinska Institute
Occupations
Years active1991–2002
PartnerAlexander Skepp
ChildrenTeodor (2002), Vera (2005), Kerstin (2009)

Rebecka Månstråle Liljeberg (born 13 May 1981) is a Swedish former actress who starred in the Swedish film Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål) (1998).[1]

Early life and career

Rebecka was born in the town of Turinge, Sweden to an 18-year-old Swedish mother Kristina, and a 24-year-old Finnish father, Jyrki. Her parents divorced when she was one year old. As a child, she acted at Vår teater, a children's theatre in Stockholm.[2] At the age of nine, Liljeberg won a role in the series Sunes jul. Between 1993 and 1997, she continued in amateur theatre until landing a role in the film Närkontakt later in 1997. The following year, she got her breakthrough in the Lukas Moodysson film Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål) (1998). She quit high school to make the film, which ultimately won her the 1999 Guldbagge Awards for best actress, together with Alexandra Dahlström.[3][4]

After her roles in Fucking Åmål and Sherdil, Liljeberg began an adult education course in order to graduate from high school. While studying, she also starred in the relatively successful arthouse film Bear's Kiss which was her first and only English-speaking film and dubbed a character in the Swedish version of the IMAX 3D movie T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous. In 2002, she completed the adult education course, and went on to study medicine at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, one of the largest medical universities in Europe.[5]

Personal life

Liljeberg stopped acting after her film Bear's Kiss (2002) and now works as a doctor after completing her residency at Södersjukhuset in Stockholm.[6][7] She lives in Stockholm.

Filmography

  • (1991) Sunes jul (television series)
  • (1997) Närkontakt (short film)
  • (1998) Längtans blåa blomma (television series)
  • (1998) Show Me Love (Swedish: Fucking Åmål)
  • (1998) Lithivm (only production assistant)
  • (1999) Där regnbågen slutar
  • (1999) Sherdil
  • (1999-2000) Eva & Adam (television series)
  • (2000) Skärgårdsdoktorn (television series)
  • (2000) Födelsedagen
  • (2002) Bear's Kiss

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1999 Guldbagge Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Rebecka Liljeberg Won [4]

References

  1. ^ "Rebecca Liljeberg". Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  2. ^ "Cecilia Nilsson". The Swedish Film Database (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  3. ^ "Rebecka Liljeberg". Filmbug. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Honeycutt, Kirk (July 7, 1999). "'Show Me Love'". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 358, no. 28. Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group. p. 5. ISSN 0018-3660.
  5. ^ "Biography for Rebecka Liljeberg". IMDb. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  6. ^ "Lämnade skådespeleriet efter succén – så lever Rebecka Liljeberg i dag". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  7. ^ "Hon vågar satsa på osäker specialitet". www.dagensmedicin.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-22.