Lena Olin Biography

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Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche in The Unbearable Lightness of Being - 1988

Birth Date: March 22, 1955

Birth Place: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Lena Olin, an Academy Award nominee, has become a favorite of audiences and critics alike with her remarkable beauty and talent. On the small screen, she was most recently seen on the critically acclaimed and highly rated ABC series, “Alias,” opposite Jennifer Garner and Victor Garber.

Olin was last seen in director Ron Shelton's “Hollywood Homicide” opposite Harrison Ford. In addition, Lena joined an ensemble cast that includes Don Cheadle and Kevin Spacey in “The United States Of Leland.”

Olin made her American film debut in 1988's “The Unbearable Lightness Of Being,” opposite Daniel Day Lewis, directed by Phillip Kaufman. She went on to star opposite Ron Silver and Anjelica Huston in “Enemies: A Love Story,” for which she received the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress as well as an Academy Award nomination.

Olin also starred opposite Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche in Lasse Hallström 's “Chocolat.” Additional film credits include Roman Polanski's “The Ninth Gate” with Johnny Depp; “Polish Wedding” opposite Claire Danes and Gabriel Byrne; Romeo Is Bleeding” opposite Gary Oldman; Sidney Lumet's “Night and the Moment” opposite Willem Dafoe; “Havana” opposite Robert Redford; “Mr. Jones” opposite Richard Gere; and Ingmar Bergman's “Fanny And Alexander.” In 1998, Lena Olin was honored to serve as a judge at the Cannes Film Festival.

Olin was born in Sweden, where she has been with the Royal Dramatic Theatre since the age of 20. It was there that she met the legendary Ingmar Bergman who went on to direct her in several theatre projects, including “King Lear,” “After the Rehearsal” and “Miss Julie.” Additional stage credits include `”The Alchemist,” “Paradisbarnen,” “Juno And The Paycock,” “Gross Und Klein,” “Servitore Di Due Padrone,” “Restoration,” “Nattvarden,” “Summer,” “A Dream Play” and “The Master and Margarita.”

Lena Olin Filmography

Actor Credits

Remember Me (2010) Diane Hirsch

The Reader (2008) Rose Mather / Ilana Mather

Awake (2007) Lilith Beresford

Bang Bang Orangutang (2005)

Casanova (2005) Andrea

Darkness (2004) Maria

The United States of Leland (2004) Marybeth Fitzgerald

Hollywood Homicide (2003) Ruby

Ignition (2003) Faith Matheson

Queen of the Damned (2002) Maharet