Lena Endre (born 8 July 1955) is a Swedish actress of film and
television, primarily in the Swedish and Norwegian markets, known for
her parts in the Liv Ullmann film Trolösa (2000), and the Millennium
series of films (e.g., The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), based on the
eponymous trio of Stieg Larsson books. Endre made her English-language
debut in 2012, in Paul Thomas Anderson's movie The Master, starring
Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.Endre was born in Lidingö,
Stockholm County to Beryl (née Forsman) and Ants Endre and she has
two brothers, she grew up in Härnösand, Ångermanland, and
Trollbäcken, Tyresö. Initially, she was studying Marine Biology
before dropping out to work at a record store; she participated in
amateur theater during this time. She acted as a part of the Teater
Sputnik and Inge Waern's Theatre Studio theater groups in 1979. In
1983, she was accepted to the Stockholm Academy of the Performing
Arts.Endre graduated Stockholm Academy of the Performing Arts in 1986
and had her breakthrough in the Swedish television series The
Department Store and Lorry in the 1980s. She left the cast of The
Department Store after identifying too closely with her character.
Endre was hired by the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1987. Prior to her
role on The Department Store, she had a small part in the film The
Inside Man in 1984.Since then she has acted in a number of television
and film productions, primarily in Sweden and Norway.
television, primarily in the Swedish and Norwegian markets, known for
her parts in the Liv Ullmann film Trolösa (2000), and the Millennium
series of films (e.g., The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), based on the
eponymous trio of Stieg Larsson books. Endre made her English-language
debut in 2012, in Paul Thomas Anderson's movie The Master, starring
Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.Endre was born in Lidingö,
Stockholm County to Beryl (née Forsman) and Ants Endre and she has
two brothers, she grew up in Härnösand, Ångermanland, and
Trollbäcken, Tyresö. Initially, she was studying Marine Biology
before dropping out to work at a record store; she participated in
amateur theater during this time. She acted as a part of the Teater
Sputnik and Inge Waern's Theatre Studio theater groups in 1979. In
1983, she was accepted to the Stockholm Academy of the Performing
Arts.Endre graduated Stockholm Academy of the Performing Arts in 1986
and had her breakthrough in the Swedish television series The
Department Store and Lorry in the 1980s. She left the cast of The
Department Store after identifying too closely with her character.
Endre was hired by the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1987. Prior to her
role on The Department Store, she had a small part in the film The
Inside Man in 1984.Since then she has acted in a number of television
and film productions, primarily in Sweden and Norway.
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