Saga Becker
| Saga Becker | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
1988 Eringsboda, Sweden |
| Residence | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Known for | Something Must Break (2014)[1] |
Saga Becker (born 1988) is a Swedish actress and transgender woman.[2] Becker is known for her work on Efter Tio (2006) and Something Must Break (2014). Becker was nominated for a Rising Star Award at the Stockholm Film Festival in 2014 and won a Guldbagge Award for Best Female Lead Role in 2015.
Early life
Becker grew up in Eringsboda, Sweden, in a wooded area outside Ronneby. Today she resides in Stockholm.[3] Becker is the eldest child of her parents and has two younger brothers.[4]
As a child she knew she was different and tried to create a dream world where she saw herself as a girl, falling in love with a man. In school, she was bullied and received death threats and as a result of the harassment began to drink alcohol, and both starve and cut herself.[4]
Career
She made her film debut in director Ester Martin Bergsmark's movie Something Must Break (2014)[1] which was based on the novel You are the Roots that Sleep at my Feet and Keep the Earth in Place by Eli Levén.[5] In April 2014, Becker traveled to New York for the premiere showing at the Tribeca Film Festival.[6] For her role as the character Sebastian/Ellie in the film she won a Guldbagge Award for Best Female Lead Role in 2015 and thereby became the first transgender actress both to be nominated and win a Guldbagge Award.[7][8][9]
Becker was nominated for a Rising Star Award at the Stockholm Film Festival in 2014.[10] In 2015 Becker became the ambassador for the organization Suicide Zero, an organization that works to prevent suicides.[11] Becker had talked about being suicidal before her gender reassignment operation.[11] Becker will, working with Suicide Zero, focus on transgender and gay people at risk.[11]
Becker has demanded that the Swedish film industry give more roles to transgender actors and actresses.[12] In March 2015, Becker became the first person to get tested for HIV at the RFSL's new testing station Testpoint in Stockholm as it had its opening day.[13] Earlier, in February 2015, she had been a guest at the TV4 talk show Malou Efter Tio presented by Malou von Sivers.[14]
On 3 July 2015, Becker hosted Sommar i P1, broadcast on Sveriges Radio, where she talked about her career and her life as a transgender actress[3] and described her life experience as a transgender person by saying,
Sometimes life has edges, sharp jagged edges that can cut ... and I cut myself all the time for it is difficult to live in a world if one does not exist. To deny oneself to fit in is stressful for both the body and the psyche. Not being able to be [myself] could mean the end. I can not lie anymore. This is my truth.[4]
Awards
- Guldbagge Award
- Rising Star Award at the Stockholm Film Festival (nominated)
References
- 1 2 "Saga Becker Biography". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "Saga Becker föddes som man: 'Jag skar mig, hade ätstörningar och ville dö'" (in Swedish). Hänt.se. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Saga Becker" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Becker: Det är första gången jag berättar det". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Saga Becker: 'Det där sökandet har jag själv gått igenom'". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "'Something Must Break' Premiere - 2014 Tribeca Film Festival". Zimbio.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ "De kan vinna årets Guldbaggar". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "2015 års Guldbaggenomineringar". MovieZine (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "Saga Beckers känslosamma tal i Guldbaggen". svt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ↑ "Rising Star Award 2014". Stockholms filmfestival (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Saga Becker". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Rydhagen: Becker kräver en förändring". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Saga Becker först att ta hiv-test hos RFSL". QX.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Guldbaggevinnaren Saga Becker om att välja livet" (in Swedish). TV4.se. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
External links
Media related to Saga Becker at Wikimedia Commons