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Lena Olin is a Actor Suédoise born on 22 march 1955 at Stockholm (Suede)

Lena Olin

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Birth name Lena Maria Jonna Olin
Nationality Suede
Birth 22 march 1955 (69 years) at Stockholm (Suede)

Lena Maria Jonna Olin (born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has been nominated for several acting awards, including a Golden Globe for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) and an Academy Award for Enemies, A Love Story (1989). Other well-known films in which she has appeared include Chocolat (2000), directed by her husband Lasse Hallström, Queen of the Damned (2002), Casanova (2005) and The Reader (2008). Olin was also a main cast member in the second season (and a recurring guest star in later seasons) of the TV series Alias. Olin starred in the Swedish sitcom Welcome to Sweden.

Biography

Olin was for many years (mid 1970s – end 80s) partner of Swedish actor and Royal Dramatic Theatre colleague Örjan Ramberg. They had a son, Auguste Rahmberg, in 1986. The relationship ended in the late 1980s.

Olin met film director Lasse Hallström in Sweden in 1992. Two years later they married in Hedvig Eleonora Church in Stockholm. In 1995 they had a daughter, Tora. Olin lives in New York with her husband and children.


Filmography

Film


Year

Title

Role

Notes


1976

Face to Face

Shop Assistant




1977

Friaren som inte ville gifta sig

Gypsy Woman

TV movie


1977

Taboo

Girl (uncredited)




1978

The Adventures of Picasso

Dolores




1980

Love

Lena




1982

Som ni behagar



TV movie


1982

Gräsänklingar

Nina




1982

Fanny and Alexander

Ekdahlska huset – Rosa




1984

After the Rehearsal

Anna Egerman (older)

TV movie


1985

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Marta

TV movie


1986

Glasmästarna

Lady with Dog

TV movie


1986

Flight North

Karin




1986

A Matter of Life and Death

Nadja Melander




1987

Komedianter

Ann

TV movie


1988

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Sabina

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress


1988

Friends

Sue




1989

S/Y Glädjen

Annika Larsson




1989

Enemies, A Love Story

Masha

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress


1990

Hebriana

Lena

TV movie


1990

Havana

Bobby Duran




1993

Romeo Is Bleeding

Mona Demarkov

Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress


1993

Mr. Jones

Dr. Elizabeth Bowen




1995

The Night and the Moment

The Marquise




1996

Night Falls on Manhattan

Peggy Lindstrom




1998

Polish Wedding

Jadzia




1998

Hamilton

Tessie




1999

Mystery Men

Dr. Anabel Leek




1999

The Ninth Gate

Liana Telfer




2000

Chocolat

Josephine Muscat

Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture


2001

Ignition

Judge Faith Mattis




2002

Queen of the Damned

Maharet




2002

Darkness

Maria




2003

The United States of Leland

Marybeth Fitzgerald




2003

Hollywood Homicide

Ruby




2005

Casanova

Andrea




2005

Bang Bang Orangutang

Nina




2007

Awake

Lilith Beresford




2008

The Reader

Rose Mather / Ilana Mather




2010

Remember Me

Diane Hirsch




2012

The Hypnotist

Simone Bark




2013

The Devil You Know

Kathryn Vale




2013

Night Train to Lisbon

Older Estefânia




Television


Year

Title

Role

Notes


2001

Hamilton

Tessie




2002–2006

Alias

Irina Derevko

27 episodes
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2003)
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television Series (2003, 2004)


2010

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Ingrid Block

Episode: "Confidential"


2014

Welcome to Sweden

Viveka Börjesson



References


External links


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vteNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress1969–1980
Dyan Cannon (1969)
Karen Black (1970)
Ellen Burstyn (1971)
Jeannie Berlin (1972)
Valentina Cortese (1973)
Valerie Perrine (1974)
Lily Tomlin (1975)
Talia Shire (1976)
Sissy Spacek (1977)
Maureen Stapleton (1978)
Meryl Streep (1979)
Mary Steenburgen (1980)
1981–2000
Mona Washbourne (1981)
Jessica Lange (1982)
Linda Hunt (1983)
Christine Lahti (1984)
Anjelica Huston (1985)
Dianne Wiest (1986)
Vanessa Redgrave (1987)
Diane Venora (1988)
Lena Olin (1989)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (1990)
Judy Davis (1991)
Miranda Richardson (1992)
Gong Li (1993)
Dianne Wiest (1994)
Mira Sorvino (1995)
Courtney Love (1996)
Joan Cusack (1997)
Lisa Kudrow (1998)
Catherine Keener (1999)
Marcia Gay Harden (2000)
2001–present
Helen Mirren (2001)
Patricia Clarkson (2002)
Shohreh Aghdashloo (2003)
Virginia Madsen (2004)
Maria Bello (2005)
Jennifer Hudson (2006)
Amy Ryan (2007)
Penélope Cruz (2008)
Mo'Nique (2009)
Melissa Leo (2010)
Jessica Chastain (2011)
Sally Field (2012)
Jennifer Lawrence (2013)

Best films

Chocolat (2000)
(Actress)
The Reader (2009)
(Actress)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
(Actress)
Remember Me (2010)
(Actress)
Queen of the Damned (2002)
(Actress)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
(Actress)

Usually with

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Filmography of Lena Olin (35 films)

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Adam
Adam (2020)

Directed by Michael Uppendahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Tom Sizemore, Aaron Paul, Lena Olin, Michael Weston
Roles Yevgeina
Rating65% 3.250753.250753.250753.250753.25075
A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.
Night Train to Lisbon, 1h51
Directed by Bille August
Origin Suisse
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Jeremy Irons, Christopher Lee, Bruno Ganz, Mélanie Laurent, Martina Gedeck, Jack Huston
Roles Older Estefania
Rating67% 3.397113.397113.397113.397113.39711
Walking over a bridge in Bern, Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss professor of ancient languages, notices a young woman in a red coat standing on the railing, about to leap. Dropping his briefcase, he runs and pulls her down. She helps him gather the papers that have spilled from his briefcase and accompanies him to the school where he teaches. But instead of waiting to talk, she leaves during the middle of his class, without her coat.
The Devil You Know, 1h12
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Lena Olin, Rosamund Pike, Dean Winters, Molly Price, Jennifer Lawrence, Barbara Garrick
Roles Kathryn Vale
Rating33% 1.6685051.6685051.6685051.6685051.668505
Kathryn Vale, une ex-star du cinéma, cache un sombre secret. Sa fille Zoe aimerait suivre ses pas et avoir la même carrière. Kathryn aimerait revenir sur le devant de la scène. C'est à ce moment-là qu'un maître chanteur fait son apparition, ce qui pourrait mettre en péril sa vie et celle de son entourage.
The Hypnotist, 2h2
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Mikael Persbrandt, Tobias Zilliacus, Lena Olin, Helena af Sandeberg, Eva Melander, Johan Hallström
Roles Simone Bark
Rating56% 2.800542.800542.800542.800542.80054
Après le massacre brutal d'une famille de la périphérie de Stockholm, l'enquête du commissaire de la police judiciaire Joona Linna repose sur Joseph, le fils adolescent de la famille, qui, grièvement blessé, ne peut s'exprimer. L'enquêteur découvre que Joseph a une sœur, disparue mystérieusement, qui pourrait être la prochaine cible de l'assassin. Pour avoir des informations, le commissaire Linna ne voit qu'une solution, interroger le jeune sous hypnose, mais pour cela, il doit convaincre l'hypnotiseur Erik Maria Bark de rompre son serment de ne plus jamais pratiquer son art. Commence alors un voyage dangereux dans l'obscurité insondable de l'inconscient humain.
Remember Me, 1h53
Directed by Allen Coulter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about terrorism, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, Lena Olin, Pierce Brosnan, Martha Plimpton
Roles Diane Hirsch
Rating71% 3.5500553.5500553.5500553.5500553.550055
In 1991 in New York City, 11-year-old Alyssa "Ally" Craig is waiting with her mother for the subway on the F Line at 18th Avenue and McDonald Avenue. Suddenly, the pair are mugged by two young men who then shoot her mother before boarding the train. Ally is left scarred by the events and refuses to travel by subway again.
The Reader
The Reader (2009)
, 2h4
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina
Roles Rose Mather
Rating75% 3.799113.799113.799113.799113.79911
Berlin in 1995. Michael Berg watches an U-Bahn pass by—then flashing back to a tram in 1958 Neustadt. A 15-year-old Michael (David Kross) gets off because he feels sick and wanders the streets, pausing in the entryway of a nearby apartment building where he vomits. Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), a tram conductor, comes in and helps him return home.
Awake
Awake (2007)
, 1h24
Directed by Joby Harold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin, Arliss Howard, Fisher Stevens
Roles Lilith Beresford
Rating64% 3.249993.249993.249993.249993.24999
Former military personnel Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) is in love with Samantha "Sam" Tunnell (Jessica Alba), his mother's personal assistant. Clay requires a heart transplant. Dr. Jack Harper (Terrence Howard) is Clay's heart surgeon and friend. Clay asks Dr. Harper to arrange his elopement with Sam. They marry privately at midnight, then Clay goes to the hospital for the operation. While Clay's new wife and his mother, Lilith (Lena Olin), await completion of his surgery, Clay encounters anesthesia awareness.
Casanova
Casanova (2005)
, 1h51
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Natalie Dormer
Roles Andrea
Rating64% 3.249523.249523.249523.249523.24952
A young woman tearfully leaves her son (Eugene Simon) to live with his grandmother and promises to return for him someday. Several years later, in 1753, in Venice, Casanova (Heath Ledger), is notorious for his promiscuity with women, his adventures being represented in puppet theatres around the city. The Doge, the ruler of the city, is sympathetic to Casanova, but cannot be too lenient on him as to avoid trouble with the church. He warns Casanova that he must soon marry or he will be exiled from the city.
Hollywood Homicide, 1h56
Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich
Roles Ruby
Rating52% 2.649872.649872.649872.649872.64987
Sergeant Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) is a financially strapped Hollywood homicide detective who began moonlighting as a real estate broker seven years ago. His partner is K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), a much younger officer who teaches yoga on the side and wants to be an actor. The duo are assigned to investigate the murders of four men, members of a rap group called H2OClick who were gunned down in a nightclub by two unidentified assailants. While investigating the murders, the detectives discover there had been a witness in the nightclub who later escaped unnoticed, and work together to track him down. In the midst of it all, Gavilan has to deal with a looming real estate deal that may be the key to getting out of debt, while Calden further pursues his dreams of acting by trying to be scouted by talent agents.
The United States of Leland, 1h48
Directed by Matthew Ryan Hoge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about education, Films about families, Prison films
Actors Don Cheadle, Ryan Gosling, Chris Klein, Ryan Malgarini, Jena Malone, Lena Olin
Roles Marybeth Fitzgerald
Rating69% 3.496683.496683.496683.496683.49668
The film begins with a flashback narrated by Leland P. Fitzgerald, describing how he couldn't remember the details of the day that he killed an intellectually disabled boy named Ryan Pollard. Leland is arrested. Ryan's parents, Harry and Karen, sisters Becky and Julie, as well as Julie's live-in boyfriend Allen grieve the loss of their loved one. Leland's divorced mother, Marybeth, is desperate to see her son, while his father, famous writer Albert Fitzgerald, discovers his son's fate in a newspaper and returns home to be there for the trial.
Darkness
Darkness (2002)
, 1h42
Directed by Jaume Balagueró
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini, Fele Martínez
Roles Maria
Rating54% 2.702372.702372.702372.702372.70237
Forty years after an unfinished occult ritual resulted in the disappearance of six children, an American family has moved into a never-before inhabited house in Spain. The mother, Maria (Olin), wants to get the place in order, while the father, Mark (Glen), goes to work, and their children, teenager Regina (Paquin) and her younger brother Paul (Enquist), try to settle into their daily routines.
Ignition
Ignition (2002)
, 1h39
Directed by Yves Simoneau
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about computing
Actors Bill Pullman, Lena Olin, Colm Feore, Michael Ironside, Peter Kent, Nicholas Lea
Roles Faith Mattis
Rating50% 2.5041552.5041552.5041552.5041552.504155
NASA is about to launch a rocket to put a man on the moon and corrupt high-ranking military officials, plot to assassinate the president over budget cuts.
Queen of the Damned, 1h41
Directed by Michael Rymer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Paul McGann, Vincent Pérez, Lena Olin
Roles Maharet
Rating52% 2.6074052.6074052.6074052.6074052.607405
Vampire Lestat is awakened from decades of slumber by the sound of a heavy metal band which he proceeds to take over as the lead singer. Achieving international success and planning a massive live concert, Lestat is approached by Marius, and warned that the vampires of the world will not tolerate his flamboyant public profile.
Chocolat
Chocolat (2000)
, 2h1
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp
Roles Josephine Muscat
Rating72% 3.647413.647413.647413.647413.64741
Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche), an expert chocolatier, drifts across Europe with her daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol), following the north wind. In the beginning of the Lenten season in 1959, "fifteen years after the War," they travel to a quiet French village that closely adheres to tradition, as led by the village mayor, the Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina). Just as the villagers begin observing the forty days of Lent, Vianne opens a chocolate shop, much to Reynaud's displeasure.