Lena Olin

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Nationality: Swedish
Birthdate: 03/22/1955
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

biography

A powerful and beautiful Swedish actress in the tradition of Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann, Lena Olin first came to prominence in Sweden as a "Bergman actress," working in plays and films directed by the great Ingmar Bergman. The child of actors—her father, Stig Olin, appeared in Bergman films during the 1940s and 50s—she gravitated to the profession in an attempt to overcome her crippling shyness, and though she failed her first audition for the Royal Dramatic Theater school, Bergman saw enough to cast her in a small role in his "Face to Face" (1976). She went on to appear in Continued

Credits

Rose Mather/Ilana Mather
2008
Lilith Beresford
2007
Andrea
2005
(TV Show)
2002-2005
Irina Derevko
2005
Irina Derevko/Laura Bristow
2003
Irina Derevko/Laura Bristow
2003
Irina Derevko/Laura Bristow
2002
Irina Derevko/Laura Bristow
2002
Irina Derevko/Laura Bristow
2002
+(1 More)
Maria
2004
Ruby
2003
Josephine Muscat
2000
Liana Telfer
2000
Jadzia Pzoniak
1998
Peggy Lindstrom
1997
Actor
1976
Sue
Anna Egerman
Libbie
Roberta 'Bobby' Duran
Faith Matheson
Lena--Johannes' Wife
Mona Demarkov
Annika

milestones

Year
Milestone
1972 
Met Ingmar Bergman for the first time at the age of 17
 
Worked as a substitute teacher and hospital orderly before enterting acting
1976 
Cast in a small role by Bergman in "Face to Face"
1978 
Joined the Royal Dramatic Theater
1978 
Had prominent film role in "Picassos Aventyr/The Adventures of Picasso"
Continued

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