Actress Rebecca Lilieberg: biography, personal life, films

Rebecca Liljberg is a Swedish star, famous at a young age. In our country, the actress is known primarily because of a vivid role in such a popular film as "Show me love." The girl, realizing in time that her true vocation is medicine, and not act of acting, has forever left filming in the movies. Where did she manage to play before retiring from the profession, what is known about her past and present, who became her elect?

Rebecca Liljberg: childhood star

The future actress was born in Sweden, there was a joyful event in 1981. Rebecca Lilieberg was not a planned child, since her mother and father were very young at that time. Three other children (a boy and two girls) got the family much later - in 1988-1993. Among the ancestors of the star there are not only Swedes, but also Finns.

Childhood was remembered by the girl as an endless series of crossings, the family managed to live in several towns near Stockholm. Rebecca Lilieberg did not suffer from the frequent change of schools, the nomadic life forced her to grow up as a sociable child, easily rousing new acquaintances.

Carier start

The cinema came to life in the Swedish star accidentally, for the first time she received an invitation to the role, not having celebrated her decade yet. In the school, where Rebekka Liljberg was studying at that time, a casting group visited, selecting talented children to participate in the episodes of the soap opera Christmas Sune. Thanks to her unconventional appearance and her faculty for acting, she was among the selected children. She was offered to play Sophie Blikst, to which her mother and father gladly agreed.

Filming in the movies, apparently, liked the child, prompted her to test their strength and in the theatrical field. At the age of 12 she joined the amateur group of one of the local theaters. People who start working at an early age, grow up faster, which was experienced by Lilieberg and Rebecca. The actress left her father's house, celebrating her 15th birthday, settled alone in Stockholm, easily coping with the difficulties of her independent life. For the same period, she had to take part in the shooting of the short film Narkontakt, in which she first appeared as the central character.

Starry hour

In the biography of every famous actor there is a special role, thanks to which the audience learns about its existence. Did not become an exception and the Swedish star Rebecca Liljberg. The films, in which she was shot in the future, could not surpass the drama "Show me love" by popularity.

The action takes place in a small Swedish town, its main characters are teenagers, constantly facing problems typical for their age group. Young people do not like to spend time for lessons, preferring to spend their days merrily, gathering in friends' homes or on the street. Rebecca's character is an unheard of, aggravated eighth-grader Agnes, who has no friends at all. The object of the gray mouse's passion is her classmate - the confident beauty of Eline, with whom everyone wants to communicate. Suddenly, for herself, Elin discovers that she is also drawn to the ugly, but kindly Agnes.

The tape is attractive with a complete lack of vulgarity, it is more about human feelings than about lesbian relationships. Critics were enthusiastic about the game Liljerberg in this film. A girl who does not have an acting education looks absolutely natural, seems to have merged with her character. Especially Rebecca laid out in the final episode, where her feelings finally were reciprocated. "Show me love" - a picture deservedly awarded world-wide recognition.

Another well-known role

Not only as a young lesbian who managed to win her love, not paying attention to the condemnation of society, the audience remembered the left-of-the-art actress Liljberg. After several insignificant works in the cinema, she won a major role in the fantastic drama "The Bear's Kiss", which was released in 2002. English-language tape was filmed by Bodrov the elder, among the performers of the central roles was his son.

The creator of the picture shared with the press memories of how much time they took to find the main character. Before his eyes were hundreds of young girls before watching the drama "Show me love" helped him decide with the actress. Rebecca Liljerberg did not reject the director's offer, despite the fact that she had already intended to leave the profession. The reason for her consent to the role was a fascinating scenario and an interest in circus that had arisen at an early age.

The Swedish actress embodied the image of Lola. Her character participates in the representations of a wandering circus, suffers from loneliness and is friends only with a bear cub named Misha. Year after year, Lola's attachment to the animal increases, which ultimately leads to his magical transformation. Misha becomes a man, but it will not always be so. "Bear's Kiss" - a tape that deserves to be viewed thanks to a wonderful actors' play and a non-personal plot.

Leaving the cinema

Shooting in two popular films did not force Rebecca to abandon her childhood dream of becoming a doctor and helping people. As soon as the work in the film "The Bear's Kiss" was over, the girl became a student of one of the Stockholm medical universities. Having obtained a diploma, she acquired the specialty of a pediatrician. At the moment, the former actress Liljberg is a practicing physician.

Personal life

Of course, fans of the Swedish star are interested not only in the roles played by her. Rebecca Liljerberg and her husband met already many years ago. After a brief romance, the couple decided to enter into an actual marriage, which has not yet disintegrated. The chosen actress was the Swedish businessman Alexander Shep, a man who has nothing to do with the cinema world.

By the age of 34, Rebecca had managed to become a mother twice, the birth of charming babies she herself named among the main achievements she had made in life. Again to act in film the former actress does not plan, having found itself in sphere of medicine. During the years of filming, she managed to take part in the creation of 9 paintings. About the years of popularity that have been left in the distant past, the young woman recalls with warmth, but without regret.