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Alba August

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 [sv] (2021–2025).

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 [da] 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.

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 [sv] (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.

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