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Lena Olin

Lena Olin

Birthday: 1955-03-22 | Place of Birth: 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 a domestic violence victim 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lena Olin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
The Jonsson Gang

as    Anita

2020
The Artist's Wife

as    Claire Smythson

2020
Hunters

as    The Colonel

2020
Adam

as    Yevgeina

2019
2017
Maya Dardel

as    Maya

2014
Welcome to Sweden

as    Viveka

2013
The Devil You Know

as    Kathryn Vale

2013
Night Train to Lisbon

as    Older Estefania

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

2004
Darkness

as    Maria

2004
The United States of Leland

as    Marybeth Fitzgerald

2003
Hollywood Homicide

as    Ruby

2002
Ignition

as    Faith Mattis

2002
Queen of the Damned

as    Maharet

2000
Chocolat

as    Josephine Muscat

1999
The Ninth Gate

as    Liana Telfer

1998
Polish Wedding

as    Jadzia

1998
Hamilton

as    Tessie

1994
Romeo Is Bleeding

as    Mona Demarkov

1993
Mr. Jones

as    Dr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen

1990
Havana

as    Bobby Duran

1989
Enemies, a Love Story

as    Masha

1988
1986
A Matter of Life and Death

as    Nadja Melander