Lena Olin

Lena Olin (born March 22, 1955) is an internationally acclaimed actress. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden as the youngest of three children. Her father, Stig Olin was also an actor and appeared in several of Ingmar Bergman's films. After studying acting at the drama school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Olin performed on stage classic plays of Shakespeare and Ibsen and appeared in smaller roles of several Swedish films directed by Bergman. It was he who casted her for the first time, after she had not passed her first audition because of her shyness. Later she acted at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, directed by Bergman.

Filmography

• Casanova (2005)
• The United States of Leland (2004)
• Hollywood Homicide (2003)
• Darkness (2002)
• Queen of the Damned (2002)
• Ignition (2001)
• Chocolat (2000)
• The Ninth Gate (1999)
• Mystery Men (1999)
• Hamilton (1998)
• Polish Wedding (1998)
• Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
• The Night and the Moment (1995)
• Mr. Jones (1993)
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
• Havana (1990)
• ' (1989)
• S/Y Joy (1989)
• Friends (1988)
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1986)
• Flight North (1986)
• After the Rehearsal (1984).
• Fanny and Alexander (1983)
• One Week Bachelors (1982)
• Love (1980)
• The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
• Face to Face (1976)