Pernilla August

Notes & Trivia

 * Pernilla August's association with Lucasfilm actually predates Star Wars by several years. In 1993, she played two different characters on two episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.


 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace gave Pernilla experience in playing the mother to an all-powerful chosen one. In the same year that she first played Shmi, she also played the lead role of Mary of Nazareth in the Mary, Mother of Jesus television movie.


 * Pernilla August can be seen on a "making of" featurette for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, where she is part of a read-through. She is seen asking George Lucas the correct pronunciation of her character's first name.