Lena Olin
53 movies · 12 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 22, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
- Also known as
- Lena Olin-Hallström · Lena Maria Jonna Olin · لینا اولین · 蓮娜歐琳
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.
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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
Lena Olin: movies and TV shows
Acting (65)
- 2026
- 2024
- 2024 Spaceman
as Zdena
- 2024 Upgraded
as Catherine
- 2023 One Life
as Grete Winton
- 2023 Second Act
as Eva
- 2022 Hilma
as Hilma af Klint
- 2021 The Jonsson Gang
as Anita
- 2021
- 2020 The Artist's Wife
as Claire Smythson
- 2020 Adam
as Yevgeina
- 2020 Intensive Care
as Margaret
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017 Maya Dardel
as Maya
- 2016
- 2014
- 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
- 2005 Bang Bang Orangutang
as Nina
- 2003 Hollywood Homicide
as Ruby
- 2003 The United States of Leland
as Marybeth Fitzgerald
- 2002 Darkness
as Maria
- 2002 Queen of the Damned
as Maharet
- 2002 Ignition
as Faith Mattis
- 2001
- 2000 Chocolat
as Josephine Muscat
- 1999
- 1999 The Ninth Gate
as Liana Telfer
- 1999 Mystery Men
as Dr. Anabel Leek
- 1998 Hamilton
as Tessie
- 1998 Polish Wedding
as Jadzia
- 1997 Night Falls on Manhattan
as Peggy Lindstrom
- 1995 Lumière & Company
as (segment "Lasse Hallström")
- 1995 The Night and the Moment
as The Marquise
- 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
- 1987 Friends
as Sue
- 1986 A Matter of Life and Death
as Nadja Melander
- 1986 Flight North
as Karin
- 1986 Glasmästarna
as The lady with the dog
- 1984
- 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
- 1980 Kärleken
as Lena
- 1978 The Adventures of Picasso
as Dolores
- 1977 Tabu
as Flicka på båten
- 1976
- 1976 Face to Face
as Shop Assistant (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (8)
- 2021 Carina Bergfeldt
1 episode
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017 Tillsammans med Strömstedts
1 episode
- 2013
- 2010 Hellenius Hörna
1 episode
- 2009 Skavlan
1 episode
- 2005 Made in Hollywood
1 episode