
Lena Olin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1955-03-22 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Lena Olin
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).
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Acting
(2024)
Upgraded
as Catherine DeLaroche
(2024)
Spaceman
as Zdena
(2023)
One Life
as Grete Winton
(2023)
Second Act
as Eva
(2022)
Hilma
as Hilma af Klint
(2021)
The Jonsson Gang
as Anita
(2020)
Adam
as Yevgeina
(2020)
The Artist's Wife
as Claire Smythson
(2020)
Intensive Care
as Margaret
(2019)
(2019)
(2018)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
(2018)
(2017)
Maya Dardel
as Maya
(2013)
Night Train to Lisbon
as Older Estefania
(2013)
The Devil You Know
as Kathryn Vale
(2013)
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
(2012)
The Hypnotist
as Simone Bark
(2010)
Remember Me
as Diane Hirsch
(2008)
The Reader
as Rose Mather
(2007)
Awake
as Lilith Beresford
(2005)
Casanova
as Andrea
(2005)
Bang Bang Orangutang
as Nina
(2003)
Hollywood Homicide
as Ruby
(2003)
The United States of Leland
as Marybeth Fitzgerald
(2002)
Queen of the Damned
as Maharet
(2002)
Darkness
as Maria
(2002)
Ignition
as Faith Mattis
(2000)
Chocolat
as Josephine Muscat
(1999)
The Ninth Gate
as Liana Telfer
(1999)
Mystery Men
as Dr. Anabel Leek
(1998)
Polish Wedding
as Jadzia
(1998)
Hamilton
as Tessie
(1997)
Night Falls on Manhattan
as Peggy Lindstrom
(1995)
Lumière & Company
as (segment "Lasse Hallström")
(1995)
The Night and the Moment
as La marchesa
(1993)
Mr. Jones
as Dr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen
(1993)
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Mona Demarkov
(1990)
Havana
as Bobby Duran
(1990)
Hebriana
as Lena
(1989)
Enemies, a Love Story
as Masha
(1989)
S/Y Joy
as Annika Larsson
(1988)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Sabina
(1987)
Friends
as Sue
(1987)
Komedianter
as Ann
(1986)
A Matter of Life and Death
as Nadja Melander
(1986)
Glasmästarna
as The lady with the dog
(1986)
Flight North
as Karin
(1984)
After the Rehearsal
as Anna Egerman (older)
(1982)
Fanny and Alexander
as Rosa
(1982)
One-Week Bachelors
as Nina
(1982)
Pappa är död
as Berit
(1978)
The Adventures of Picasso
as Dolores
(1977)
Tabu
as Flicka på båten
(1976)
Face to Face
as Shop Assistant (uncredited)