Pernilla Wahlgren

Her first big break was at the age of four when she acted alongside her mother in the TVplay Den längsta dagen The Longest Day She attended the Adolf Fredriks Music School and was also part of the Saltsjöbaden theatre In the face of stiff competition she got the title role in the musical Annie at Folkan in Stockholm After a small role in Lilla prinsen The Little Prince at Saltsjöbadens theatre and an equally small part in Ingmar Bergmans film Fanny and Alexander In 1982 she joined the cast of the Swedish production of The Sound of Music in which she played the daughter Louise At Folkan she also had parts in Karlsson på taket Mio min Mio Snövit Snow White and Ringens hemlighet After having played Annika in the musical version of Pippi Longstocking at Folket in Stockholm in 1983 she received good reviews when she replaced Siw Malmkvist in the role of Pippi for the two final performances and appeared in an episode of Nygammalt in 1983 and an episode of Razzel in October 1984 where she performed her debut single Nu har det tänt She has also acted in film and TV productions such as Bo Widerbergs 1986 production of Ormens väg på hälleberget in 1986 and Snoken in 1995 Pernilla has also performed in a number of comedies at various private theatres in Stockholm such as Parneviks cirkusparty Spanska flugan and Bubbel trubbel She has twice been nominated for the theatreawardGuldmaskenfirst for her role in Charleys tant at the Intiman theatre and secondly for her part in Kärlek amp lavemang at Fredriksdalsteatern in Helsingborg She has had even more musical roles in Annie Get Your Gun Grease The Wizard of Oz Cats and Nils Karlsson Pysslingcitation needed She has portrayed Pippi Longstocking several times also as an adult On 29 September 2007 The Sound of Music premièred at the Göta Lejon theatre in Stockholm where Pernilla played alongside a cast including Tommy Nilsson It ran for nine months including a monthlong tour across Sweden The last performance ran in Örebro on 16 May 2008