# Saga Becker > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Saga_Becker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Saga_Becker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_Becker > Source revision: 1356222203 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Swedish actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Saga Becker | image = Saga Becker in 2015.jpg | alt = | caption = Saga Becker in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1988}} | birth_place = [Eringsboda](/source/Eringsboda), Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2006–present | known_for = ''[Something Must Break](/source/Something_Must_Break)'' (2014) }} '''Saga Becker''' (born 1988) is a Swedish actress.{{cite news|accessdate=28 August 2015 |archive-date=2 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002042717/http://hant.se/saga-becker-foddes-som-man-jag-skar-mig-hade-atstorningar-och-ville-do/ |date=16 February 2015 |language=sv |publisher=Hänt.se |title=Saga Becker föddes som man: 'Jag skar mig, hade ätstörningar och ville dö' |url=http://hant.se/saga-becker-foddes-som-man-jag-skar-mig-hade-atstorningar-och-ville-do/ |url-status=live}} Becker is known for her performance as Sebastian in ''[Something Must Break](/source/Something_Must_Break)'' (2014) for which she was nominated for a Rising Star Award at the [Stockholm Film Festival](/source/Stockholm_Film_Festival) in 2014 and won a [Guldbagge Award](/source/Guldbagge_Awards) for Best Female Lead Role in 2015. ==Early life== Becker grew up in [Eringsboda](/source/Eringsboda), Sweden, in a wooded area outside [Ronneby](/source/Ronneby). Today she resides in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm).{{cite AV media|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/571818?programid=2071|title=Saga Becker|publisher=[Sveriges Radio](/source/Sveriges_Radio)|accessdate=28 August 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909175928/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/571818?programid=2071|archive-date=9 September 2015|url-status=live}} Becker is the eldest child of her parents and has two younger brothers.{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/becker-det-ar-forsta-gangen-jag-berattar-det/|title=Becker: Det är första gången jag berättar det|work=Expressen|date=3 July 2015 |accessdate=1 September 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811231904/http://www.expressen.se/noje/becker-det-ar-forsta-gangen-jag-berattar-det/|archive-date=11 August 2015|url-status=live}} When discussing her experience growing up [transgender](/source/transgender), she said 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](/source/Self-mutilation). ==Career== She made her film debut in director [Ester Martin Bergsmark](/source/Ester_Martin_Bergsmark)'s movie ''Something Must Break'' (2014) which was based on the novel ''You Are the Roots That Sleep at My Feet and Keep the Earth in Place'' by {{Interlanguage link|Eli Levén|sv}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur--nojen/film/filmrecensioner/saga-becker-det-dar-sokandet-har-jag-sjalv-gatt-igenom/|title=Saga Becker: 'Det där sökandet har jag själv gått igenom'|work=[Sydsvenskan](/source/Sydsvenskan)|accessdate=28 August 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916011119/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur--nojen/film/filmrecensioner/saga-becker-det-dar-sokandet-har-jag-sjalv-gatt-igenom/|archive-date=16 September 2015|url-status=live}} In April 2014, Becker traveled to New York for the premiere showing at the [Tribeca Film Festival](/source/Tribeca_Film_Festival).{{cite web|title='Something Must Break' Premiere - 2014 Tribeca Film Festival|url=http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Saga+Becker/Something+Must+Break+Premiere+2014+Tribeca/pDK2HXbAZy0|website=Zimbio.com|accessdate=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930222319/http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Saga+Becker/Something+Must+Break+Premiere+2014+Tribeca/pDK2HXbAZy0|archive-date=30 September 2015|url-status=live}} For her role as the character Sebastian/Ellie in the film she won a [Guldbagge Award](/source/Guldbagge_Awards) for Best Female Lead Role in 2015 and thereby became the first [transgender](/source/transgender) actress both to be nominated and win a Guldbagge Award.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/de-kan-vinna-arets-guldbaggar/|title=De kan vinna årets Guldbaggar|work=Dagens Nyheter|date=8 January 2015|access-date=28 August 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125138/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/de-kan-vinna-arets-guldbaggar/|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.moviezine.se/nyheter/2015-ars-guldbaggenomineringar|title=2015 års Guldbaggenomineringar|work=MovieZine|date=8 January 2015 |accessdate=28 August 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704192955/https://www.moviezine.se/nyheter/2015-ars-guldbaggenomineringar|archive-date=4 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/guldbaggen/saga-becker-skrev-historia-se-kanslosamma-talet-i-guldbaggen|title=Saga Beckers känslosamma tal i Guldbaggen|publisher=Sveriges Television|accessdate=29 September 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930141007/http://www.svt.se/guldbaggen/saga-becker-skrev-historia-se-kanslosamma-talet-i-guldbaggen|archive-date=30 September 2015|url-status=live}} Becker was nominated for a Rising Star Award at the [Stockholm Film Festival](/source/Stockholm_Film_Festival) in 2014.{{cite press release|url=http://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/sv/under-festivalen/rising-star-award-2014|title=Rising Star Award 2014|publisher=Stockholms filmfestival|access-date=28 August 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329052707/http://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/sv/under-festivalen/rising-star-award-2014|archive-date=29 March 2015|url-status=dead}} In 2015 Becker became the ambassador for the organization Suicide Zero, an organization that works to prevent [suicide](/source/suicide)s.{{cite web |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/article20801387.ab |title=Saga Becker |work=Aftonbladet |date=18 May 2015 |accessdate=1 September 2015 |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001161606/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/article20801387.ab |archive-date=1 October 2015 |url-status=live}} Becker had talked about being suicidal before her [gender reassignment operation](/source/Gender_Reassignment_Surgery). Becker will, working with Suicide Zero, focus on transgender and [gay](/source/Homosexuality) people at risk. Becker has demanded that the Swedish film industry give more roles to transgender actors and actresses.{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/rydhagen-becker-kraver-en-forandring/|title=Rydhagen: Becker kräver en förändring|work=Expressen|date=3 July 2015 |accessdate=1 September 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904103802/http://www.expressen.se/noje/rydhagen-becker-kraver-en-forandring/|archive-date=4 September 2015|url-status=live}} In March 2015, Becker became the first person to get tested for [HIV](/source/HIV) at the [RFSL](/source/RFSL)'s new testing station Testpoint in Stockholm as it had its opening day.{{cite web|url=http://www.qx.se/samhalle/28403/saga-becker-forst-att-ta-hivtest-hos-rfsl|title=Saga Becker först att ta hiv-test hos RFSL|work=[QX](/source/QX_(magazine))|accessdate=1 September 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924110526/http://www.qx.se/samhalle/28403/saga-becker-forst-att-ta-hivtest-hos-rfsl|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}} Earlier, in February 2015, she had been a guest on the [TV4](/source/TV4_(Sweden)) talk show ''Malou Efter Tio'' presented by [Malou von Sivers](/source/Malou_von_Sivers).{{cite web|url=http://www.tv4.se/efter-tio/klipp/guldbaggevinnaren-saga-becker-om-att-v%C3%A4lja-livet-3065073|title=Guldbaggevinnaren Saga Becker om att välja livet|publisher=TV4|access-date=1 September 2015|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054037/http://www.tv4.se/efter-tio/klipp/guldbaggevinnaren-saga-becker-om-att-v%C3%A4lja-livet-3065073|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} On 3 July 2015, Becker hosted ''[Sommar i P1](/source/Sommar_(radio_program))'', broadcast on [Sveriges Radio](/source/Sveriges_Radio), where she talked about her career and her life as a transgender actress and described her life experience as a transgender person by saying, {{blockquote|text=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](/source/Psychology). Not being able to be [myself] could mean the end. I can not lie anymore. This is my truth.}} ==Awards== {{Awards table}} |- | 2014 | rowspan="2" | ''[Something Must Break](/source/Something_Must_Break)'' | [Stockholm Film Festival](/source/Stockholm_Film_Festival) Rising Star Award | {{nom}} |- | 2015 | [Guldbagge Award](/source/Guldbagge_Award), Best Female Lead Role | {{won}} |} ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} == External links == *{{Commons category-inline|Saga Becker}} {{Guldbagge Award Best Actress}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Saga}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish film actresses Category:Transgender actresses Category:Actresses from Stockholm Category:Best Actress Guldbagge Award winners Category:Swedish transgender women Category:Swedish LGBTQ actors Category:People from Ronneby Municipality Category:Actresses from Blekinge County Category:21st-century Swedish actresses --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Saga Becker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_Becker) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_Becker?action=history)). 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