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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 22, 1955
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Also Known As
- Lena Olin-Hallström
- Lena Maria Jonna Olin
- لینا اولین
- 蓮娜歐琳
Lena Olin
1.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
4.8
DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir
The Darkness
2024
6.7
Zdena
Spaceman
2024
7.2
Catherine DeLaroche
Upgraded
2024
7.8
Grete Winton
One Life
2023
6.0
Eva
Second Act
2023
5.6
Hilma af Klint
Hilma
2022
4.4
Anita
The Jonsson Gang
2021
7.0
Helena von Falkenberg
Nine Perfect Strangers
2021
7.7
Self - Guest
Carina Bergfeldt
2021
5.6
Claire Smythson
The Artist's Wife
2020
Credits
The Darkness
as DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir
2024
4.8
Spaceman
as Zdena
2024
6.7
Upgraded
as Catherine DeLaroche
2024
7.2
One Life
as Grete Winton
2023
7.8
Second Act
as Eva
2023
6.0
Hilma
as Hilma af Klint
2022
5.6
The Jonsson Gang
as Anita
2021
4.4
Nine Perfect Strangers
as Helena von Falkenberg
2021
7.0
Carina Bergfeldt
as Self - Guest
2021
7.7
The Artist's Wife
as Claire Smythson
2020
5.6
Adam
as Yevgeina
2020
6.5
Intensive Care
as Margaret
2020
0.0
Hunters
as The Colonel
2020
7.2
Bergman Revisited
2019
0.0
Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria
as Self
2019
7.3
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
2018
7.4
Bergman's Reliquarium
2018
6.5
MINDHUNTER
as Annaliese Stilman
2017
8.1
Riviera
as Irina Atman Clios
2017
6.1
Maya Dardel
as Maya
2017
6.7
Tillsammans med Strömstedts
as Herself
2017
10.0
Vinyl
as Mrs. Fineman
2016
7.0
Welcome to Sweden
as Viveka
2014
6.2
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
2013
6.6
The Devil You Know
as Kathryn Vale
2013
4.3
Night Train to Lisbon
as Older Estefania
2013
6.5
The Hypnotist
as Simone Bark
2012
5.6
Hellenius Hörna
as Self - Guest
2010
0.0
Remember Me
as Diane Hirsch
2010
7.1
Skavlan
as Self - Guest
2009
5.0
The Reader
as Rose Mather
2008
7.5
Awake
as Lilith Beresford
2007
6.5
Casanova
as Andrea
2005
6.5
Bang Bang Orangutang
as Nina
2005
5.0
Hollywood Homicide
as Ruby
2003
5.2
The United States of Leland
as Marybeth Fitzgerald
2003
6.5
Darkness
as Maria
2002
5.6
Queen of the Damned
as Maharet
2002
6.1
Ignition
as Faith Mattis
2002
4.2
Alias
as Irina Derevko
2001
6.8
Chocolat
as Josephine Muscat
2000
7.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ingrid Block
1999
7.9
The Ninth Gate
as Liana Telfer
1999
6.5
Mystery Men
as Dr. Anabel Leek
1999
5.8
Hamilton
as Tessie
1998
5.8
Polish Wedding
as Jadzia
1998
5.1
Night Falls on Manhattan
as Peggy Lindstrom
1997
6.3
Lumière & Company
as (segment "Lasse Hallström")
1995
6.3
The Night and the Moment
as La marchesa
1995
5.4
Mr. Jones
as Dr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen
1993
5.8
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Mona Demarkov
1993
6.3
Havana
as Bobby Duran
1990
5.8
Hebriana
as Lena
1990
0.0
Enemies, a Love Story
as Masha
1989
6.3
S/Y Joy
as Annika Larsson
1989
5.8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Sabina
1988
6.9
Komedianter
as Ann
1987
7.0
Friends
as Sue
1987
6.7
A Matter of Life and Death
as Nadja Melander
1986
0.0
Flight North
as Karin
1986
3.5
Glasmästarna
as The lady with the dog
1986
0.0
Fanny and Alexander
as Rosa
1984
8.3
After the Rehearsal
as Anna Egerman (older)
1984
6.9
Fanny and Alexander
as Rosa
1982
7.8
One-Week Bachelors
as Nina
1982
4.8
Pappa är död
as Berit
1982
0.0
The Adventures of Picasso
as Dolores
1978
7.0
Tabu
as Flicka på båten
1977
4.2
Face to Face
as Shop Assistant
1976
10.0
Face to Face
as Shop Assistant (uncredited)
1976
7.3