Lena Olin

  • a.k.a. Lena Olin-Hallström
  • Lena Maria Jonna Olin

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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.

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Lena Maria Jonna Olin (geb. 22. März 1955) ist eine schwedische Schauspielerin. Sie wurde für mehrere Schauspielpreise nominiert, darunter einen Golden Globe für The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) und einen Academy Award for Enemies, A Love Story (1989). Weitere bekannte Filme, in denen sie aufgetreten ist, sind Chocolat (2000), inszeniert von ihrem Mann Lasse Hallström, Queen of the Damned (2002), Casanova (2005) und The Reader (2008). Olin war auch in der zweiten Staffel Hauptdarsteller (und in den späteren Staffeln wiederkehrender Gaststar) der Fernsehserie Alias. Olin spielte in der schwedischen Sitcom Welcome to Sweden.

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female
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Place of Birth
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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CharacterMovie / TV ShowGenresReleaseRating
RubyHollywood Homicide52% · 621
Irina DerevkoAliasTV22 Episodes67% · 617
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