Lena Olin
Acting
Biography
Lena Maria Jonna Olin (born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Mentored by filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, she made her screen debut with a small role in his film Face to Face (1976). After graduating from the drama school, Olin joined the Royal Dramatic Theatre, followed by roles in Bergman's films Fanny and Alexander (1982) and After the Rehearsal (1984). She made her international breakthrough with a role of a free-spirited artist in The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Olin garnered further critical acclaim for her portrayals of a Jewish survivor in the comedy-drama Enemies, A Love Story (1989), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and an abused wife in the comedy-drama Chocolat (2000), for which she received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Her other film roles include The Adventures of Picasso (1978), Havana (1990), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), Mr. Jones (1993), The Ninth Gate (1999), Queen of the Damned (2002), Casanova (2005), The Reader (2008), Remember Me (2010), Maya Dardel (2017), and The Artist's Wife (2019). On television, Olin starred as KGB agent Irina Derevko on the spy thriller Alias (2002–2006), which earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Her other television roles include the sitcom Welcome to Sweden (2014–2015), the drama series Riviera (2017–2020), and the drama series Hunters (2020–2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lena Olin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: March 22, 1955
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Known For
Filmography
as DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir
as Zdena
as Catherine
as Grete Winton
as Eva
as Hilma af Klint
as Anita
as Helena von Falkenberg
as Self - Guest
as Claire Smythson
as Yevgeina
as Margaret
as The Colonel
as Self
as Annaliese Stilman
as Irina Atman Clios
as Maya
as Herself
as Mrs. Fineman
as Viveka
as Self
as Kathryn Vale
as Older Estefania
as Simone Bark
as Self - Guest
as Diane Hirsch
as Self - Guest
as Rose Mather
as Lilith Beresford
as Andrea
as Nina
as Self
as Ruby
as Marybeth Fitzgerald
as Maria
as Maharet
as Faith Mattis
as Irina Derevko
as Josephine Muscat
as Ingrid Block
as Liana Telfer
as Dr. Anabel Leek
as Tessie
as Jadzia
as Peggy Lindstrom
as (segment "Lasse Hallström")
as La marchesa
as Dr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen
as Mona Demarkov
as Bobby Duran
as Lena
as Masha
as Annika Larsson
as Sabina
as Ann
as Sue
as Nadja Melander
as Karin
as The lady with the dog
as Rosa
as Anna Egerman (older)
as Rosa
as Nina
as Berit
as Dolores
as Flicka på båten
as Shop Assistant
as Shop Assistant (uncredited)