Lena Olin Movies and Career Information

Lena Maria Jonna Olin (born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. Olin, the youngest of three children, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of Britta Holmberg, an actress and singer, and Stig Olin, a director, singer, composer, and an actor who appeared in several of Ingmar Bergman's late films. Her brother is the Swedish singer Mats Olin. She graduated with a 4.9 (out of 5 points)average. In October 1974, Olin was crowned Miss Scandinavia 1975 in Helsinki, Finland. She also studied Medicine at university. After studying acting at Sweden's National Academy of Dramatic Art (Scenskolan aka NAMA today) 1976-79, Olin performed for over a decade with Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre-ensemble (1980–1994) in classic plays by Shakespeare and Strindberg, and appeared in smaller roles of several Swedish films directed by Bergman and in productions of Swedish Television's TV-Theatre Company. Olin worked both as a substitute teacher and as a hospital nurse before becoming an actress. Ingmar Bergman cast Olin in Face to Face. Later she acted at the national stage in Stockholm in several productions directed by Bergman, and with Bergman's production of King Lear (in which Olin played