Lena Olin

Known for ActingBorn 1955-03-22 (age 71)Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tillsammans med Strömstedts

Glasmästarna

Kärleken

MINDHUNTER

Fanny and Alexander

Face to Face

One Life

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Carina Bergfeldt

Hebriana

Fanny and Alexander

Bergman: A Year in a Life

The Reader

Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria

Upgraded

Hunters

Remember Me

Vinyl

Nine Perfect Strangers

Maya Dardel

Chocolat

Face to Face

Spaceman

Komedianter

A Matter of Life and Death

Alias

The Adventures of Picasso

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Trespassing Bergman

Second Act

Bergman's Reliquarium

After the Rehearsal

Awake

Night Train to Lisbon

Adam

The United States of Leland

S/Y Joy

The Ninth Gate

Casanova

Night Falls on Manhattan

Lumière & Company

Riviera

Welcome to Sweden

Romeo Is Bleeding

Queen of the Damned

Enemies, a Love Story

Mystery Men

Bang Bang Orangutang