Lena Olin

Acting

Lena Olin

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Mar 22, 1955 (70 years old)

Lena Olin

Known For

The Darkness
TV Show 2024

The Darkness

Special investigator DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir tackles one last cold case...

Spaceman
1h 48m
Movie 2024

Spaceman

Six months into a solo mission, a lonely astronaut confronts...

Upgraded
1h 45m
Movie 2024

Upgraded

Ana is an ambitious intern dreaming of a career in...

One Life
1h 49m
Movie 2023

One Life

British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and...

Second Act
1h 54m
Movie 2023

Second Act

The great star of the Royal Dramatic Theatre has fallen...

Hilma
2h 0m
Movie 2022

Hilma

Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is an important part of art...

The Jonsson Gang
1h 56m
Movie 2021

The Jonsson Gang

Following a failed heist, Charles-Ingvar ‘Sickan’ Jonsson ends up in...

Nine Perfect Strangers
TV Show 2021

Nine Perfect Strangers

At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation,...

The Artist's Wife
1h 34m
Movie 2020

The Artist's Wife

Claire Smythson, wife of the renowned abstract artist Richard Smythson,...

Adam
1h 40m
Movie 2020

Adam

A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.

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.