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Olin's international debut in a lead role was in
the 1984 Swedish film After the Rehearsal, which
directed by Bergman. The year before she appeared
in Bergman's Fanny and Alexander. In 1988, Olin
starred opposite Daniel Day-Lewis  in her first
American film, The  Unbearable Lightness of Being,
and became a well-known and respected actress. In
1989, she earned an Academy Award nomination for
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best
Supporting Actress  for her work in Enemies: A
Love Story, in which she portrayed the survivor of
a Nazi camp.

Olin is today a prominent member of the Royal
Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where she began her
career as young actress. She appears in many
different plays, from classic to contemporary.

Olin married twice. Her first spouse was Örjan
Ramberg, from whom she divorced. In 1994, she
married Lasse Hallström, a film director with
whom she collaborated with in the 2000 film
Chocolat (movie) | Chocolat. Chocolat went on to
receive five Academy Award nominations.

From 2002 to 2003, Olin appeared opposite Jennifer
Garner in her first television role on the second
season of the United States|American television
series Alias (television)|Alias. For her work on
the series as Irina Derevko, Olin received an Emmy
Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in 2003.  Olin received immense critical
acclaim for her part in Alias, and was rumored to
have been offered a salary upwards of $100,000 per
episode to remain part of the cast.  She left the
show after her first and only season, however, to
spend more time with her family in New York. 

In May 2005, Olin returned for a two-episode
appearance at the end of the show's fourth season.
The Post Gazette reports that Olin will make at
least a few appearances in the upcoming fifth
season, which premieres in September.

She currently lives in New York, New York|New York
with her husband and two children, August and
Tora.

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

==External link==
*http://www.lena-olin.com/ Unofficial Lena Olin
Website
*imdb name|id=0000565|name=Lena Olin

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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 William
Shakespeare|Shakespeare and Henrik Ibsen|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 Dramaten|Royal Dramatic Theatre in
Stockholm, directed by Bergman.

Olin's international debut in a lead role was in
the 1984 Swedish film After the Rehearsal, which
directed by Bergman. The year before she appeared
in Bergman's Fanny and Alexander. In 1988, Olin
starred opposite Daniel Day-Lewis  in her first
American film, The  Unbearable Lightness of Being,
and became a well-known and respected actress. In
1989, she earned an Academy Award nomination for
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best
Supporting Actress  for her work in Enemies: A
Love Story, in which she portrayed the survivor of
a Nazi camp.

Olin is today a prominent member of the Royal
Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where she began her
career as young actress. She appears in many
different plays, from classic to contemporary.

Olin married twice. Her first spouse was Örjan
Ramberg, from whom she divorced. In 1994, she
married Lasse Hallström, a film director with
whom she collaborated with in the 2000 film
Chocolat (movie) | Chocolat. Chocolat went on to
receive five Academy Award nominations.

From 2002 to 2003, Olin appeared opposite Jennifer
Garner in her first television role on the second
season of the United States|American television
series Alias (television)|Alias. For her work on
the series as Irina Derevko, Olin received an Emmy
Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in 2003.  Olin received immense critical
acclaim for her part in Alias, and was rumored to
have been offered a salary upwards of $100,000 per
episode to remain part of the cast.  She left the
show after her first and only season, however, to
spend more time with her family in New York. 

In May 2005, Olin returned for a two-episode
appearance at the end of the show's fourth season.
The Post Gazette reports that Olin will make at
least a few appearances in the upcoming fifth
season, which premieres in September.

She currently lives in New York, New York|New York
with her husband and two children, August and
Tora.

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

==External link==
*http://www.lena-olin.com/ Unofficial Lena Olin
Website
*imdb name|id=0000565|name=Lena Olin