PERSONAL
Full name, Lena Maria Jonna Olin; born March 22, 1955, in Stockholm, Sweden; immigrated to the United States, 1995; daughter of Stig (an actor and director) and Britta Alice (an actress; maiden name, Holmberg) Olin; sister of Mats Olin (a singer); married Lasse Hall-stroem (a director, producer, writer, and editor), March 18, 1994; children: (with actor Oerjan Ramberg) August; (with Hallstroem) Tora. Education: Attended National Theatre Academy, Stockholm, Sweden, 1976–79; graduated from Royal Dramatic Theatre School, Stockholm.
Addresses: Agent—Adam Isaacs, Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
Career: Actress. Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden, member of company, 1980–94; recording artist, with singles released in Sweden, 1970s. Cannes International Film Festival, member of jury, 1998. Worked as a substitute language teacher and as a hospital aide.
Awards, Honors: Ingmar Bergman Award, Guldbagge Awards, 1980; Golden Globe Award nomination, best supporting actress in a motion picture, 1989, for The Unbearable Lightness of Being; New York Film Critics Circle Award, 1989, and Academy Award nomination, 1990, both best supporting actress, for Enemies, a Love Story; MTV Movie Award nomination, best action sequence, 1994, for Romeo Is Bleeding; Film Award nomination, best supporting actress, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding cast performance in a theatrical motion picture, and Audience Award nomination, best actress, European Film Awards, all 2001, for Chocolat; Emmy Award nomination, best supporting actress in a drama series, 2003, and Golden Satellite Award nominations, outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, International Press Academy, 2003, 2004, Teen Choice Award nomination (with Victor Garber and Ron Rifkin), choice television parental units, 2005, all for Alias.
CREDITS
Film Appearances:
Shop assistant, Ansikte mot ansikte (also known as Face to Face), Cinematograph, 1976.
Girl, Tabu (also known as Taboo), Swedish Film Institute, 1977.
Dolores, Picassos aeventyr (also known as The Adventures of Picasso), Svensk Filmindustri, 1978.
Lena, Kaerleken (also known as Love), Europa Film, 1980.
Nina, Graesaenklingar (also known as One-Week Bachelors), Europa Film, 1982.
Rosa, Fanny and Alexander (also known as Fanny et Alexandre, Fanny och Alexander, and Fanny und Alexander), Embassy, 1983.
Karin, Flucht in den norden (released in the United States as Flight North; also known as Pako pohjoi-seen), Cine-International, 1986.
Nadja Melander, Paa liv och doed (also known as A Matter of Life and Death), Ariane Filmproduktion, 1986.
Sabina, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Orion, 1988.
Sue, Friends, Swedish Film Institute, 1988.
Masha, Enemies, a Love Story, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989.
Annika Larsson, S/Y glaedjen (also known as S/Y Joy), Swedish Film Institute, 1989.
Bobby Duran, Havana, Universal, 1990.
Mona Demarkov, Romeo Is Bleeding, Gramercy, 1993.
Dr. Elizabeth "Libbie" Bowen, Mr. Jones, Columbia/TriStar, 1993.
The Marquise, Night and the Moment (also known as La notte e il momento and La nuit et le moment), Buena Vista Home Video, 1994.
Herself, Lumiere et compagnie (also known as Lumiere and Company and Lumiere y compania), Alta Films, 1995.
The Golden Hour, 1996.
Peggy Lindstrom, Night Falls on Manhattan, Paramount, 1997.
Tessie, Hamilton, Buena Vista, 1998.
Jadzia Pzoniak, Polish Wedding, Fox Searchlight, 1998.
Liana Telfer, The Ninth Gate (also known as La neuvieme porte and La novena puerta), Artisan Entertainment, 1999.
Dr. Annabel Leek, Mystery Men, Universal, 1999.
Josephine Muscat, Chocolat, Miramax, 2000.
Faith Mattis (some sources cite Faith Matheson), Ignition (also known as Mise a feu), Saturn Home Entertainment, 2001.
Maharet, Queen of the Damned (also known as Anne Rice's "Queen of the Damned"), Warner Bros., 2002.
Maria, Darkness (also known as The Dark), 2002, Dimension Films, 2004.
Ruby, Hollywood Homicide, Columbia, 2003.
Marybeth Fitzgerald, The United States of Leland, Paramount Classics, 2004.
Andrea, Casanova, Buena Vista, 2005.
Nina, Bang Bang Orangutang, Sonet Film, 2005.
Kathryn Vale, Devil You Know, Roger Films, 2006.
Awake, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2006.
Television Appearances; Series:
Irina Derevko, Alias, ABC, 2002–2003, 2005, 2006.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 2001.
Corazon de …, 2005.
(In archive footage) Cinema mil, 2005.
Appeared in "The Films of Philip Kaufman," an episode of The Directors, Encore.
Television Appearances; Other:
Gypsy woman, Friaren som inte ville gifta sig, 1977.
Som ni behagar (also known as As You Like It), 1982.
The older Anna Egerman, After the Rehearsal (also known as Efter repetitionen), 1984.
Marta, Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (miniseries), NBC, 1985.
Lady with a dog, Glasmaestarna, 1986.
Ann, Komedianter, 1987.
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1990.
Lena, Hebriana, 1990.
Herself, Hamilton bakom kulisserna, 1998.
(Uncredited) The Marquise (in archive footage), Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe, 2005.
Stage Appearances:
Pliant and Drugger, Alkemisten, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden, 1980.
Egle, Paradisbarnen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1981.
Smaatt och stort (also known as Big and Little), Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1982.
Clarice de Bisognosi, Tvaa herrars tjaenare (also known as The Servant of Two masters and Il servitore di due padroni), Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1982.
Mary, Juno och paafaageln (also known as Juno and the Paycock), Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1982.
Rose, Chikanen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1983.
Cordelia, King Lear, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1984.
Ej blot till lyst, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1985.
Charlotte, Nattvarden (also known as The Last Supper), Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1985.
Agnes, A Dreamplay, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1986.
Ann, Summer, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1986.
Margarita, The Master and Margarita, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1988.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1990.
Julie, Miss Julie, Royal Dramatic Theatre, then Majestic Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, both 1991.
Also appeared in Restoration.
OTHER SOURCES
Books:
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, 4th edition, St. James Press, 2000.
Newsmakers 1991, Gale, 1991.
Periodicals:
Entertainment Weekly, February 11, 1994, pp. 32-33; June 14, 2002, p. 80.
Good Housekeeping, August, 2003, p. 74.
Interview, January, 1991, p. 116.
Playboy, February, 1991, p. 112.
Premiere, January, 1991, p. 70.
Sly, January, 2006, pp. 54-63.
TV Guide, September 21, 2002, p. 21; May 15, 2005, pp. 46-47.
