Greta Garbo was born in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. She was the third and youngest child of Anna Lovisa (née Karlsson, 1872–1944), a housewife who later worked at a jam factory, and Karl Alfred Gustafsson (1871–1920), a laborer. Garbo had an older brother, Sven Alfred (1898–1967), and an older sister, Alva Maria (1903–1926). Her parents met in Stockholm, where her father had been visiting from Frinnaryd. He moved to Stockholm to become independent and worked in various odd jobs—street cleaner, grocer, factory worker and butcher's assistant. He married Anna, who had recently moved from Högsby. The Gustafssons were impoverished and lived in a
Greta Bellamacina was spotted on a bus in Camden at 14 by a major modelling agency and is signed to VIVA Model Management in London and Paris. Bellamacina made her acting debut at thirteen playing a Slytherin school girl in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". Greta is represented by Tavistock Wood as an actress. She has starred in a variety of independent feature films as an actress. Most recently in 2017 she played the lead Maria in the Romanov adaption "The Last Birthdays" alongside actress Anna Popplewell which has won a number of awards including the European Independent Film Award.