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.

Filmography

• 2026The Housewife
• 2024Spaceman — Zdena
• The Darkness — DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir
• 2024Upgraded — Catherine
• 2023One Life — Grete Winton
• 2023Second Act — Eva
• 2022Hilma — Hilma af Klint
• Nine Perfect Strangers — Helena von Falkenberg
• 2021The Jonsson Gang — Anita
• 2020Adam — Yevgeina
• Hunters — Eva Braun-Hitler / The Colonel
• 2020Intensive Care — Margaret
• 2020The Artist's Wife — Claire Smythson
• 2019Bergman Revisited
• 2018Bergman's Reliquarium
• MINDHUNTER — Annaliese Stilman
• 2017Maya Dardel — Maya
• Riviera — Irina Atman Clios
• Vinyl — Mrs. Fineman
• Welcome to Sweden — Viveka
• 2013Night Train to Lisbon — Older Estefania
• 2013The Devil You Know — Kathryn Vale
• 2012The Hypnotist — Simone Bark
• 2010Remember Me — Diane Hirsch
• 2008The Reader — Rose Mather
• 2007Awake — Lilith Beresford
• 2005Bang Bang Orangutang — Nina
• 2005Casanova — Andrea
• 2003Hollywood Homicide — Ruby
• 2003The United States of Leland — Marybeth Fitzgerald
• 2002Darkness — Maria
• 2002Ignition — Faith Mattis
• 2002Queen of the Damned — Maharet
• Alias — Irina Derevko
• 2000Chocolat — Josephine Muscat
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Ingrid Block
• 1999Mystery Men — Dr. Anabel Leek
• 1999The Ninth Gate — Liana Telfer
• 1998Hamilton — Tessie
• 1998Polish Wedding — Jadzia
• 1997Night Falls on Manhattan — Peggy Lindstrom
• 1995Lumière & Company — (segment "Lasse Hallström")
• 1995The Night and the Moment — The Marquise
• 1993Mr. Jones — Dr. Elizabeth 'Libbie' Bowen
• 1993Romeo Is Bleeding — Mona Demarkov
• 1990Havana — Bobby Duran
• 1990Hebriana — Lena
• 1989Enemies, a Love Story — Masha
• 1989S/Y Joy — Annika Larsson
• 1988The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Sabina
• 1987Friends — Sue
• Komedianter — Ann
• 1986A Matter of Life and Death — Nadja Melander
• 1986Flight North — Karin
• 1986Glasmästarna — The lady with the dog
• 1984After the Rehearsal — Anna Egerman (older)
• Fanny and Alexander — Rosa
• 1982Fanny and Alexander — Rosa
• 1982One-Week Bachelors — Nina
• 1982Pappa är död — Berit
• 1980Kärleken — Lena
• 1978The Adventures of Picasso — Dolores
• 1977Tabu — Flicka på båten
• 1976Face to Face — Shop Assistant (uncredited)
• Face to Face — Shop Assistant

Appearances as themselves (8)

• Carina Bergfeldt — Self - Guest
• 2019Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria — Self
• 2018Bergman: A Year in a Life — Self
• Tillsammans med Strömstedts — Herself
• 2013Trespassing Bergman — Self
• Hellenius Hörna — Self - Guest
• Skavlan — Self - Guest
• Made in Hollywood — Self