Lena Maria Jonna Olin (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈlÃªË na ʊˈliË n]
(listen); born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has been
nominated for several acting awards, including a Golden Globe for The
Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) and an Academy Award for Enemies,
A Love Story (1989). Other well-known films in which she has appeared
include After the Rehearsal (1984) by Ingmar Bergman, Chocolat (2000),
directed by her husband Lasse Hallström, Queen of the Damned (2002),
Casanova (2005), and The Reader (2008). Olin was also a main cast
member in the second season (and a recurring guest star in later
seasons) of the television series Alias, and starred in the
American-Swedish sitcom Welcome to Sweden.Olin, the youngest of three
children, was born in Stockholm, Sweden. An older brother died of
cancer in 1960, 10 years old. She is the daughter of actress Britta
Holmberg and director Stig Olin. She studied acting at Sweden's
National Academy of Dramatic Art.In October 1974, at age 19, Olin was
crowned Miss Scandinavia 1974 in Helsinki, Finland.
(listen); born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has been
nominated for several acting awards, including a Golden Globe for The
Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) and an Academy Award for Enemies,
A Love Story (1989). Other well-known films in which she has appeared
include After the Rehearsal (1984) by Ingmar Bergman, Chocolat (2000),
directed by her husband Lasse Hallström, Queen of the Damned (2002),
Casanova (2005), and The Reader (2008). Olin was also a main cast
member in the second season (and a recurring guest star in later
seasons) of the television series Alias, and starred in the
American-Swedish sitcom Welcome to Sweden.Olin, the youngest of three
children, was born in Stockholm, Sweden. An older brother died of
cancer in 1960, 10 years old. She is the daughter of actress Britta
Holmberg and director Stig Olin. She studied acting at Sweden's
National Academy of Dramatic Art.In October 1974, at age 19, Olin was
crowned Miss Scandinavia 1974 in Helsinki, Finland.
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