About

Known credits:
61
Birthday:
1955-03-22
Place of birth:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Website:
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Lena Olin

Overview

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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Known for

Acting

2024 The Darkness Actor DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir 68
Fair
2024 Spaceman Actor Zdena 64
Fair
2024 Upgraded Actor Catherine 66
Fair
2023 One Life Actor Grete Winton 69
Fair
2023 Second Act Actor Eva 58
Average
2022 Hilma Actor Hilma af Klint 58
Average
2021 The Jonsson Gang Actor Anita 58
Average
2020 Adam Actor Yevgeina 59
Average
2020 The Artist's Wife Actor Claire Smythson 59
Average
2020 Intensive Care Actor Margaret N/A
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2020 Hunters Actor The Colonel 71
Good
2019 Bergman Revisited Actor N/A
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2019 Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria Actor Self 59
Average
2018 Bergman: A Year in a Life Actor Self 59
Average
2018 Bergman's Reliquarium Actor 59
Average
2017 Maya Dardel Actor Maya 59
Average
2014 Welcome to Sweden Actor Viveka 66
Fair
2013 Trespassing Bergman Actor Self 59
Average
2013 The Devil You Know Actor Kathryn Vale 58
Average
2013 Night Train to Lisbon Actor Older Estefania 61
Fair
2012 The Hypnotist Actor Simone Bark 58
Average
2012 Bergmans video Actor Self 59
Average
2010 Remember Me Actor Diane Hirsch 69
Fair
2008 The Reader Actor Rose Mather 72
Good
2007 Awake Actor Lilith Beresford 63
Fair
2005 Casanova Actor Andrea 62
Fair
2005 Bang Bang Orangutang Actor Nina 58
Average
2003 Hollywood Homicide Actor Ruby 55
Average
2003 The United States of Leland Actor Marybeth Fitzgerald 61
Fair
2002 Darkness Actor Maria 57
Average
2002 Queen of the Damned Actor Maharet 60
Fair
2002 Ignition Actor Faith Mattis 58
Average
2000 Chocolat Actor Josephine Muscat 68
Fair
1999 The Ninth Gate Actor Liana Telfer 64
Fair
1999 Mystery Men Actor Dr. Anabel Leek 58
Average
1998 Hamilton Actor Tessie 58
Average
1998 Polish Wedding Actor Jadzia 58
Average
1997 Night Falls on Manhattan Actor Peggy Lindstrom 59
Average
1995 Lumière & Company Actor (segment "Lasse Hallström") 59
Average
1995 The Night and the Moment Actor La marchesa 58
Average
1993 Mr. Jones Actor Dr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen 58
Average
1993 Romeo Is Bleeding Actor Mona Demarkov 59
Average
1990 Havana Actor Bobby Duran 58
Average
1990 Hebriana Actor Lena N/A
N/A
1989 Enemies, a Love Story Actor Masha 59
Average
1989 S/Y Joy Actor Annika Larsson 59
Average
1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Actor Sabina 63
Fair
1987 Komedianter Actor Ann 59
Average
1987 Friends Actor Sue 59
Average
1986 A Matter of Life and Death Actor Nadja Melander N/A
N/A
1986 Flight North Actor Karin 58
Average
1986 Glasmästarna Actor The lady with the dog N/A
N/A
1985 Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Actor Marta 59
Average
1984 Fanny and Alexander Actor Rosa 77
Good
1984 After the Rehearsal Actor Anna Egerman (older) 59
Average
1982 Fanny and Alexander Actor Rosa 70
Good
1982 One-Week Bachelors Actor Nina 58
Average
1982 Pappa är död Actor Berit N/A
N/A
1978 The Adventures of Picasso Actor Dolores 59
Average
1977 Tabu Actor Flicka på båten 58
Average
1976 Face to Face Actor Shop Assistant (uncredited) 61
Fair