Anna Bergman

ME AND MY

SHADOW

Anna Bergman’s story is told with love, humour, and intelligence in this illustrated book, where hope and faith shine through. A gifted actress and a thoughtful painter, she brings the same depth of feeling and creativity to both the stage and the canvas.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Anna Bergman

Anna Bergman is a Swedish model and actress in film and television.
She played Ingrid Svenson in the hit comedy series
“Mind Your Language” was sold to 26 countries and
appeared in her father’s Oscar-winning film Fanny and Alexander.
Later, she became a painter, with successful
exhibitions in Europe. This is her third book.
She lives in Hampshire near her son and family.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Anna, daughter of world-famous director Ingmar Bergman, was left at two and spent a period of time in a children’s home. In this candid and darkly humorous memoir, she shares a life marked by love, loss, rape, murder, sex, deceit, laughter, blood, sweat, tears, and a near-death experience. After two marriages and six engagements, she reveals her constant search for love, shaped by a fractured childhood.

Her strong bond with women and her sense of feminism shine throughout, reflected not only in her life but also in her art and writing. Later, she turns to painting inner landscapes, holding successful exhibitions in England, Sweden, and France. This is the story of a woman who has done nearly everything, and a little more.

At fifteen she sailed to London to work as an au pair, met Peter, and became a mother at seventeen. Her showbiz career took off as a model, followed by the hit comedy Mind Your Language, and later many films, including a role in her father’s Oscar-winning Fanny and Alexander. Often in the press, her father runs like a red thread through her story as she gradually steps out of his shadow with hope, faith, determination, and belief in God.

What makes the book engaging is its reflective tone. Bergman looks back with compassion, and her journey through modeling, acting, painting, and writing reveals a lifelong search for identity and belonging.

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This book can be enjoyed in print for a traditional reading experience, as an eBook for quick and convenient access, or on a digital reader for comfortable, portable reading. Each format is designed to suit different preferences and reading habits.