My vain side would like to be remembered as someone who did good for others in some way. But I would be happy if my children remembered me.
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Sofia Helin
Swedish actress
Sweden · b. 1972
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Born in Sweden, Sofia Helin, 48, played Saga Norén in the Danish-Swedish television series The Bridge, which ran for four seasons. She is currently appearing in the second series of Mystery Road, which continues on BBC Four tonight; it will be released on DVD and digital on 5 October. She is married with a son and daughter, and lives in Stockholm.
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Now. During the period of Covid, I have had the opportunity to rethink and I’ve got a new gift of cherishing now.
I spend most money on my garden.
Warm and bubbly.
When I had a bicycle accident when I was 24. I was on a bridge going down; the bicycle broke and I smashed to the ground, face first. I broke my jaw and my teeth, and had to have plastic surgery. It all took half a year and then, funnily enough, I got my first big job – a TV series – with what I thought of then as this big, ugly scar.
Acting, when you don’t want to do it or you disagree with everything, is almost like having sex with someone you don’t like. I had one experience like that on stage, in a terrible version of The Cherry Orchard. I put on a wig, dark-coloured contacts and just hoped no one would recognise me.
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