Lena Olin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1955 (age 71)
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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.
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Filmography
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
TV · as Isabella Vanger · 1 ep
The Housewife
Movie
Spaceman
Movie · as Zdena
Upgraded
Movie · as Catherine
The Darkness
TV · as DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir · 6 eps
Second Act
Movie · as Eva
One Life
Movie · as Grete Winton
Hilma
Movie · as Hilma af Klint
The Jonsson Gang
Movie · as Anita
Carina Bergfeldt
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Nine Perfect Strangers
TV · as Helena von Falkenberg · 8 eps
Intensive Care
Movie · as Margaret
The Artist's Wife
Movie · as Claire Smythson
Adam
Movie · as Yevgeina
Hunters
TV · as Eva Braun-Hitler / The Colonel · 18 eps
Bergman Revisited
Movie
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria
Movie · as Self
Bergman's Reliquarium
Movie
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Movie · as Self
Maya Dardel
Movie · as Maya
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
TV · as Herself · 1 ep
Riviera
TV · as Irina Atman Clios · 21 eps
MINDHUNTER
TV · as Annaliese Stilman · 1 ep
Vinyl
TV · as Mrs. Fineman · 3 eps
Welcome to Sweden
TV · as Viveka · 20 eps
Night Train to Lisbon
Movie · as Older Estefania
The Devil You Know
Movie · as Kathryn Vale
Trespassing Bergman
Movie · as Self
The Hypnotist
Movie · as Simone Bark
Remember Me
Movie · as Diane Hirsch
Hellenius Hörna
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Skavlan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Reader
Movie · as Rose Mather
Awake
Movie · as Lilith Beresford
Casanova
Movie · as Andrea
Bang Bang Orangutang
Movie · as Nina
Made in Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hollywood Homicide
Movie · as Ruby
The United States of Leland
Movie · as Marybeth Fitzgerald
Darkness
Movie · as Maria
Queen of the Damned
Movie · as Maharet
Ignition
Movie · as Faith Mattis
Alias
TV · as Irina Derevko · 27 eps
Chocolat
Movie · as Josephine Muscat
The Ninth Gate
Movie · as Liana Telfer
Mystery Men
Movie · as Dr. Anabel Leek
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Ingrid Block · 1 ep
Polish Wedding
Movie · as Jadzia
Hamilton
Movie · as Tessie
Night Falls on Manhattan
Movie · as Peggy Lindstrom
The Night and the Moment
Movie · as The Marquise
Lumière & Company
Movie · as (segment "Lasse Hallström")
Romeo Is Bleeding
Movie · as Mona Demarkov
Mr. Jones
Movie · as Dr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen
Havana
Movie · as Bobby Duran
Hebriana
Movie · as Lena
Enemies, a Love Story
Movie · as Masha
S/Y Joy
Movie · as Annika Larsson
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Movie · as Sabina
Friends
Movie · as Sue
Komedianter
TV · as Ann · 2 eps
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie · as Nadja Melander
Flight North
Movie · as Karin
Glasmästarna
Movie · as The lady with the dog
After the Rehearsal
Movie · as Anna Egerman (older)
Fanny and Alexander
TV · as Rosa · 1 ep
Pappa är död
Movie · as Berit
One-Week Bachelors
Movie · as Nina
Fanny and Alexander
Movie · as Rosa
Kärleken
Movie · as Lena
The Adventures of Picasso
Movie · as Dolores
Tabu
Movie · as Flicka på båten
Tolvslaget på Skansen
TV · as Self - Poem Reader · 1 ep
Face to Face
Movie · as Shop Assistant (uncredited)
Face to Face
TV · as Shop Assistant · 1 ep