Rebecka Liljeberg Guldbagge Award Winner

Rebecka Liljeberg a young Swedish actress was born on 13 May 1981 in Turinge, about 40 km southwest of Stockholm. All through her childhood the actress moved across Sweden staying at several places. At the time of her birth both her parents were quite young especially her mother who was still in her teens.

However, the couple met with a divorce when Rebecka Liljeberg was only one year. A bright and intelligent kid the Swedish actress got her first beak at the age of 9. She made her debut through a role in the series Sunes jul, imparting her skill from the very first break.

Following this the star got engaged in amateur theatre from almost four years between 1993 and 1997. Rebecka Liljebergs next film role happened to land on her lap in 1997; the film was titled as Närkontakt. The very year turned out to be the most memorable year in her career as she got the biggest smash ever, in the Lukas Moodysson film Fucking Åmål.

The breakthrough role however cost her academics, as she had to leave her high school to take up the role. Well the sacrifice was worth as Rebecka Liljeberg was credited with the 1999 Guldbagge Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance; simultaneously another recipient of the same award was Alexandra Dahlström. Nevertheless, the stunning actress consecutively thought of completing her graduation from high school and began an adult education course.

All this came after her success in roles in Fucking Åmål and Sherdil. During her study program the actress took out considerable time contributing them to pretty successful art house film Bear's Kiss. Other than this Rebecka Liljeberg even went forward to lend her voice the IMAX film T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous, the Swedish version.

Finally with all the adequate dedication she finished off with her adult education course in 2002. Next to this she planned to become a pediatrician and is at present studying medicine at the Karolinska Institute. Other her passion for films Rebecka Liljeberg is said to be relatively interested in computers as well.

This was more evident as she employed herself for some years during her academic years in a computer firm. Although the passion did not carry for long, as she was quite sure that it would not carry on for long. A versatile personality Rebecka Liljeberg tried her hand in the journalism as well, as she was a semi-regular columnist for quite a considerable period in Svenska Dagbladet, a Swedish newspaper.

To continue with this Rebecka Liljeberg is one of the esteemed young writers who have donated to UNESCO's Utrymme anthology of twenty works. At present the actress resides with Alexander Skepp, her boyfriend in Stockholm. The duo is parents to two children Harry Theodor and Vera. Wikipedia