Alexandra Dahlström (born 12 February 1984) is a Swedish actress and film director.
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Career
Her first role was in the 1997 film Sanning eller konsekvens.
Dahlström gained international attention in 1998, after starring as "Elin" in the film Show Me Love. For this, she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress, together with Rebecka Liljeberg. Despite receiving numerous offers to act in other films, she declined, stating that she wanted to concentrate on finishing school.
In 2002, Dahlström acted as assistant director and Russian translator, alongside Show Me Love director Lukas Moodysson, for his film Lilya 4-ever.
In 2007 Dahlström had a small role in the Dutch soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden on RTL 4. She played a Swedish exchange student named Skylar Nilsson. On 18 April 2008 she returned to this role for a short period.
Personal life
She was born on 12 February 1984 in Gävle. Her mother, Irina Borisovna, is Russian, and her father is Swedish. She speaks Swedish, Russian, German, French, English, and Italian.
