Met Ingmar Bergman for the first time at the age of 17

Worked as a substitute teacher and hospital orderly before enterting acting

Cast in a small role by Bergman in "Face to Face"

Joined the Royal Dramatic Theater

Had prominent film role in "Picassos Aventyr/The Adventures of Picasso"

Acted in Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander"

Made international debut in a leading role, playing Anna in Bergman's "After the Rehearsal," a part written expressly for her by Bergman

US TV debut in "Wallenberg: A Hero's Story" (NBC)

Played Cordelia in the Bergman-directed "King Lear" at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theater

Garnered international attention as the lusty Sabina in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," directed by Philip Kaufman and co-starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche

Received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as a Polish immigrant and Holocaust survivor in Paul Mazursky's "Enemies, a Love Story"

Acted opposite Robert Redford in the large scale would be "Havana"; movie fizzled at the box office

Starred in the title role in Ingmar Bergman's rendition of Strindberg's "Miss Julie"

Played a psychiatrist who falls in love with her manic-depressive patient (Richard Gere) in "Mr. Jones"

Portrayed most extreme character to date; the outrageous hit woman Mona Demarkov in Peter Medak's "Romeo Is Bleeding"

Emerged with her dignity intact from the moribund erotic costumer "The Night & the Moment"

Romanced Andy Garcia in "Night Falls on Manhattan," directed by Sidney Lumet

Was a member of the Festival Jury at Cannes, headed by Martin Scorsese

Acted with fellow Bergman protege Peter Stormare in the slick Swedish actioner "Hamilton"

Teamed with Gabriel Byrne to play Claire Danes' parents in Theresa Connelly's "Polish Wedding"

Led a satanic cult in Roman Polanski's "The Ninth Gate," co-starring Johnny Depp

Directed by husband Lasse Hallstrom in "Chocolat," playing a kleptomaniac who leaves her abusive husband and finds a new career assisting the recently arrived chocolatiere; reunited on screen with Stormare, Depp and Binoche

Portrayed Maharet in the film version of Anne Rice's vampire-themed novel "Queen of the Damned"

Cast as a federal judge whose bodyguard uncovers a plot to overthrow the government in "Ignition"

Joined the cast of ABC's "Alias," playing the mother of secret agent Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner); earned an Emmy (2003) nomination for Supporting Actress

Cast as Harrison Ford's love interest in the action-comedy "Hollywood Homicide"

Starred with Kevin Spacey and Ryan Gosling in "The United States of Leland"

Starred as Anna Paquin's mother in the thriller "Darkness"

Cast in husband Lasse Hallström's "Casanova," opposite Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller

Cast in the psychological thriller "Awake" with Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba