Lena Olin
Acting • Born 1955-03-22
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.
Filmography
71 credits
Chocolat
Movie • 2000
Josephine Muscat
Romeo Is Bleeding
Movie • 1993
Mona Demarkov
The Ninth Gate
Movie • 1999
Liana Telfer
Second Act
Movie • 2023
Eva
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Movie • 1988
Sabina
Mr. Jones
Movie • 1993
Dr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen
Darkness
Movie • 2002
Maria
Hollywood Homicide
Movie • 2003
Ruby
Havana
Movie • 1990
Bobby Duran
Remember Me
Movie • 2010
Diane Hirsch
Queen of the Damned
Movie • 2002
Maharet
Mystery Men
Movie • 1999
Dr. Anabel Leek
Casanova
Movie • 2005
Andrea
Pappa är död
Movie • 1982
Berit
Awake
Movie • 2007
Lilith Beresford
The United States of Leland
Movie • 2003
Marybeth Fitzgerald
After the Rehearsal
Movie • 1984
Anna Egerman (older)
Polish Wedding
Movie • 1998
Jadzia
The Adventures of Picasso
Movie • 1978
Dolores
Night Falls on Manhattan
Movie • 1997
Peggy Lindstrom
Hamilton
Movie • 1998
Tessie
Komedianter
Movie • 1987
Ann
Ignition
Movie • 2002
Faith Mattis
Bang Bang Orangutang
Movie • 2005
Nina
One-Week Bachelors
Movie • 1982
Nina
Enemies, a Love Story
Movie • 1989
Masha
The Hypnotist
Movie • 2012
Simone Bark
Night Train to Lisbon
Movie • 2013
Older Estefania
The Night and the Moment
Movie • 1995
La marchesa
The Devil You Know
Movie • 2013
Kathryn Vale
S/Y Joy
Movie • 1989
Annika Larsson
Friends
Movie • 1987
Sue
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie • 1986
Nadja Melander
One Life
Movie • 2023
Grete Winton
Spaceman
Movie • 2024
Zdena
Upgraded
Movie • 2024
Catherine
The Reader
Movie • 2008
Rose Mather
Lumière & Company
Movie • 1995
(segment "Lasse Hallström")
Flight North
Movie • 1986
Karin
Maya Dardel
Movie • 2017
Maya
Face to Face
Movie • 1976
Shop Assistant (uncredited)
Tabu
Movie • 1977
Flicka på båten
Intensive Care
Movie • 2020
Margaret
Bergman's Reliquarium
Movie • 2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Movie • 2018
Self
Hebriana
Movie • 1990
Lena
Bergman Revisited
Movie • 2019
Fanny and Alexander
Movie • 1982
Rosa
The Artist's Wife
Movie • 2020
Claire Smythson
Glasmästarna
Movie • 1986
The lady with the dog
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria
Movie • 2019
Self
Trespassing Bergman
Movie • 2013
Self
Adam
Movie • 2020
Yevgeina
The Jonsson Gang
Movie • 2021
Anita
Hilma
Movie • 2022
Hilma af Klint
Alias
TV • 2001
Irina Derevko
Fanny and Alexander
TV • 1984
Rosa
Welcome to Sweden
TV • 2014
Viveka
Vinyl
TV • 2016
Mrs. Fineman
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Ingrid Block
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
TV • 2017
Herself
Hellenius Hörna
TV • 2010
Self - Guest
Riviera
TV • 2017
Irina Atman Clios
Face to Face
TV • 1976
Shop Assistant
MINDHUNTER
TV • 2017
Annaliese Stilman
Carina Bergfeldt
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
Hunters
TV • 2020
Eva Braun-Hitler / The Colonel
Skavlan
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Darkness
TV • 2024
DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir
Nine Perfect Strangers
TV • 2021
Helena von Falkenberg
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self