Alba August
Danish-Swedish actress (born 1993)
Alba Adèle August (born 6 June 1993) is a Danish-Swedish actress and singer. The daughter of Danish director Bille August and Swedish actress-director Pernilla August, she is known for playing a young Astrid Lindgren in the biographical drama film Becoming Astrid (2018). She also starred in the post-apocalyptic Netflix series The Rain (2018-2020) and The Nanny in Knutby (2021-2025).
01Early life and education
Alba Adèle August was born 6 June 1993 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is the daughter of Danish director Bille August and Swedish actress and director Pernilla August, who divorced in 1997. August was raised in Sweden.
Her older sister, Asta Kamma August, is also an actress. On her father's side, she has two older half-brothers, Adam August and Anders August, who are both screenwriters, and a younger half-sister, actress Amaryllis August.
She graduated from the National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 2018.
02Career
Acting
August debuted as a child actor in her father's film A Song for Martin (2001). She had roles in IRL (2013) and the third season of the Sandhamn Murders (2013).
In 2017, August was cast in the first Danish-language original Netflix series, The Rain. For her performance, she was nominated for a Robert Award.
Her first major film role was in Becoming Astrid (2018), a biographical drama which focused on the early life of Astrid Lindgren, then known as Astrid Ericsson. Her performance was positively received.
She played The Nanny in Knutby (2021-2025). For the first season, she was nominated in for Actress of the Year at the 2022 Kristallen TV Awards, alongside Aliette Opheim as Christ's Bride in the same series.
August and Sophie Cookson played fictional sisters seeking revenge in Stockholm Bloodbath, a 2024 film based on the 1520 historical event of the same name. She played a supporting role alongside her mother and older sister in Blackwater (2023), a crime drama series.
Music
On 30 July 2020, August released her first single "We're Not Gonna Make It". It was featured in the soundtrack of The Rain's final season. On 12 November 2021, August released her debut album I Still Hide, which entered the top 10 on Apple Music's Swedish album chart. She performed the album's first single, "Lights", at the 56th Guldbagge Awards.
In 2024, she was a contestant on season 15 of Så mycket bättre, a Swedish reality show where musicians cover each other's songs. Her interpretation of Noice's "You Only Live Once" received the fifth most Spotify streams of the covers for that year.
03Personal life
She speaks Swedish and Danish fluently. She also speaks English.
Her boyfriend is music producer Pontus Winnberg. In 2024, she gave birth to their first child, a daughter.
04Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | A Song for Martin | Girl (uncredited) | Plays flute |
| 2010 | Beyond | Voice over (voice) | |
| 2012 | Födelsedagsfesten | Actor | Short |
| 2013 | Förtroligheten (Eng. Reliance) | Selinda | Leading role |
| IRL | Agnes | ||
| 2014 | Vi måste prata (Eng. We Have to Talk) | Waitress | Short |
| Sometimes I Wish | Girl | Video short | |
| 2015 | Dryads - Girls Don't Cry | Kjersti | |
| 2016 | The Nation | Jonna | Short |
| A Serious Game | Alma (uncredited) | ||
| Fanny | Fanny | Short | |
| 2018 | Scener ur natten (Eng. Scenes from the Night) | Sara | Short |
| Uro | Elise | Short | |
| Becoming Astrid | Astrid Ericsson | Leading role | |
| 2019 | The Perfect Patient | Jenny Küttim | |
| 2020 | The Rain: The End of an Era | Simone | Documentary short |
| Orca | Hanna | ||
| 2021 | Tusind Timer | Laura | |
| 2024 | Stockholm Bloodbath | Freja Eriksson |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes¨ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Morden i Sandhamn | Lina Rosén | Season 3 |
| 2014 | The Legacy | Lena | Episode: "1.2" |
| 2015 | Jordskott | Lina | Episodes: "Del I", "Del II", "Del VII" |
| 2015 | Mens vi presser citronen | Lisalotta | Episode: "September: Vi rummer hinanden" |
| 2017 | Below the Surface | Marie Bendix | |
| 2018-2020 | The Rain | Simone Andersen | Leading role |
| 2021 | Alla utom vi | Hilma | Leading role |
| Knutby | Anna | Leading role | |
| 2022 | Dygn | ||
| 2023 | Blackwater | Mia Raft (1991) | Leading role |
05Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| SWE | ||
| I Still Hide |
|
22 |
Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Overflow |
|
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | |||
| "We're Not Gonna Make It" | 2020 | , | Non-album single |
| "Lights" | 2021 | , | I Still Hide |
| "Killing Time" | , | ||
| "Quitter" | , | ||
| "Honey" | , | ||
| "Gul & blå" (with Simon Superti) |
2026 | 91 | Non-album single |
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE Heat. | |||
| "So Alive" | 2021 | 13 | I Still Hide |
Sources and credits
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