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Lena Olin

Birth name: Lena Maria Jonna Olin

Birth date: 22.03.1955

Swedish-born Lena Olin already had a successful career as an actress before she came to Hollywood. She acted at the Royal Theatre in Stockholm and was directed by Ingmar Bergman. Her father. Stig Olin, was also an actor and played in six of Bergman's films. Lena also belongs to the Bergman "family." As a young actress, she played in the great classics of William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. She made her international debut as a movie actress in Efter repetitionen (1984) (TV) (aka "After the Rehearsal"), directed by Bergman. In western Europe she became well known in the political movie The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) as Sabina, in a story about the Prague spring (1968). After coming to the US, she played mostly distinguished, exotic temptresses, intelligent women and crude vamps. Bergman had developed Lena's artistic gift to play different human emotions and express them in a subtle way. Sydney Pollack, director of Out of Africa (1985), rewrote the screenplay for _Havana (1990)_ especially for her. This explains why this film recalls associations with the classic Casablanca (1942), starring Ingrid Bergman, also from Sweden. Olin received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Enemies: A Love Story (1989). She went on to have a choice role in Chocolat (2000), which received a Best Picture Oscar nomination, and received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She made a move to the smaller screen and played the role for one season as the deliciously evil Irina Derevko, the mother to Jennifer Garner's Sydney Bristow in the series "Alias" (2001). Olin received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

Filmography

# Awake (2006) (post-production) # Devil You Know (2006) (post-production) .... Kathryn Vale # "Alias" .... Irina Derevko (2002-2003) - All the Time in the World (2006) TV Episode .... Irina Derevko - Maternal Instinct (2006) TV Episode .... Irina Derevko - The Horizon (2005) TV Episode .... Irina Derevko - Before the Flood (2005) TV Episode .... Irina Derevko - Search and Rescue (2005) TV Episode .... Irina Derevko (19 more) # Bang Bang Orangutang (2005) .... Nina # Casanova (2005) .... Andrea ... aka Femur (Philippines: English title) # Hollywood Homicide (2003) .... Ruby # The United States of Leland (2003) .... Marybeth Fitzgerald # Darkness (2002) .... Maria ... aka Darkness (Spain) ... aka The Dark (USA) # Queen of the Damned (2002) .... Maharet ... aka Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned (USA: complete title) # Hamilton (2001) (TV) .... Tessie # Ignition (2001) .... Faith Mattis ... aka Mise à feu (Canada: French title) # Chocolat (2000) .... Josephine Muscat # The Ninth Gate (1999) .... Liana Telfer ... aka Neuvième porte, La (France) ... aka Novena puerta, La (Spain) # Mystery Men (1999) .... Dr. Annabel Leek # Hamilton (1998) .... Tessie # Polish Wedding (1998) .... Jadzia # Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) .... Peggy Lindstrom # The Night and the Moment (1995) .... The Marquise ... aka Notte e il momento, La (Italy) ... aka Nuit et le moment, La (France) # Mr. Jones (1993) .... Dr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen # Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) .... Mona Demarkov # Havana (1990/I) .... Bobby Duran # Hebriana (1990) (TV) .... Lena # Enemies: A Love Story (1989) .... Masha # S/Y Glädjen (1989) .... Annika Larsson ... aka S/Y Joy # Friends (1988) .... Sue # The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) .... Sabina # Komedianter (1987) (TV) .... Ann # På liv och död (1986) .... Nadja Melander ... aka A Matter of Life and Death (USA) # Flucht in den Norden (1986) .... Karin ... aka Flight North (USA) ... aka Pako pohjoiseen (Finland) # Glasmästarna (1986) (TV) .... Lady with dog # Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) (TV) .... Marta # Efter repetitionen (1984) (TV) .... Anna Egerman (older) ... aka After the Rehearsal (USA) # Fanny och Alexander (1982) .... Ekdahlska huset - Rosa ... aka Fanny and Alexander (USA) ... aka Fanny et Alexandre (France) ... aka Fanny und Alexander (West Germany) # Gräsänklingar (1982) .... Nina ... aka One-Week Bachelors # Som ni behagar (1982) (TV) # Kärleken (1980) .... Lena ... aka Love (International: English title) # Picassos äventyr (1978) .... Dolores ... aka The Adventures of Picasso (USA) # Tabu (1977) (uncredited) .... Girl ... aka Taboo (International: English title) # Friaren som inte ville gifta sig (1977) (TV) .... Gypsy woman # Ansikte mot ansikte (1976) .... Shop assistant ... aka Face to Face (USA)