Lena Olin

Acting · Born 1955-03-22 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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…

Filmography

• Chocolat as Josephine Muscat
• Remember Me as Diane Hirsch
• One Life as Grete Winton
• Upgraded as Catherine
• The Reader as Rose Mather
• Fanny and Alexander as Rosa
• Romeo Is Bleeding as Mona Demarkov
• The Ninth Gate as Liana Telfer
• Second Act as Eva
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being as Sabina

TV

• Fanny and Alexander as Rosa
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ingrid Block
• MINDHUNTER as Annaliese Stilman
• Alias as Irina Derevko
• Welcome to Sweden as Viveka
• Vinyl as Mrs. Fineman
• Tillsammans med Strömstedts as Herself
• Riviera as Irina Atman Clios
• Face to Face as Shop Assistant
• Carina Bergfeldt as Self - Guest