Lena Olin
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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.041 |
| Birthday | 1955-03-22 |
| Place of Birth | Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden |
| Also Known As | Lena Olin-Hallström, Lena Maria Jonna Olin, لینا اولین, |
2000
Chocolat
6.965/3318
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1993
Romeo Is Bleeding
6.285/188
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1999
The Ninth Gate
6.471/3057
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2023
Second Act
6/6
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1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
6.9/461
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1993
Mr. Jones
5.8/160
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2002
Darkness
5.6/395
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2003
Hollywood Homicide
5.2/648
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1990
Havana
5.8/150
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Havana
2010
Remember Me
7.1/3552
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2002
Queen of the Damned
6.076/1078
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1999
Mystery Men
5.8/843
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1982
Pappa är död
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2005
Casanova
6.4/892
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2007
Awake
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The United States of Leland
6.5/319
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1984
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6.9/58
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Polish Wedding
5.1/41
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1978
The Adventures of Picasso
7.01/51
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1997
Night Falls on Manhattan
6.3/129
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1998
Hamilton
5.8/49
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1987
Komedianter
7/1
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Komedianter
2002
Ignition
4.2/16
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2005
Bang Bang Orangutang
5/6
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1982
One-Week Bachelors
4.8/8
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1989
Enemies, a Love Story
6.3/40
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2012
The Hypnotist
5.6/182
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2013
Night Train to Lisbon
6.5/412
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1995
The Night and the Moment
5.5/5
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2013
The Devil You Know
4.5/28
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1989
S/Y Joy
6/3
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1987
Friends
9.5/2
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1986
A Matter of Life and Death
0/0
"Life and Death" - A female reporter intended to go on a reporting trip about childbirth to Japan, declines the offer. Instead, she visits a maternity...
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2023
One Life
7.793/780
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2024
Spaceman
6.7/866
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2024
Upgraded
7.219/871
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The Reader
7.467/3165
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Lumière & Company
6.276/67
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Flight North
3.5/2
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2017
Maya Dardel
6.7/12
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Face to Face
7.3/115
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Tabu
5/4
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Intensive Care
0/0
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2018
Bergman's Reliquarium
6.5/2
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2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
7.4/36
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Hebriana
0/0
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2019
Bergman Revisited
0/0
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1982
Fanny and Alexander
7.77/792
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2020
The Artist's Wife
5.6/10
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The Artist's Wife
1986
Glasmästarna
0/0
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2019
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria
7.3/9
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Trespassing Bergman
6.6/27
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2020
Adam
6.7/39
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4.4/14
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Hilma
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