Lena Olin

What draws me to Lena Olin is the lineage: discovered and mentored by Ingmar Bergman, she carries that distinctly Nordic gravity into every role. She has been nominated for the Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy, yet she never feels like an awards-chaser. There is a cool, intelligent restraint to her work, the kind that lets silence do the heavy lifting. I admire performers who trust quietness, and Olin is a master of it. She is proof that a screen actor can be magnetic without ever raising her voice, and I think she is criminally underdiscussed today.

Name (English)

Lena Olin

Name (Japanese)

レナ・オリン

Reading

れな・おりん

Born

March 22, 1955 (age 71)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

Origin

Oscar Parish, Stockholm County, Sweden

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / beauty pageant contestant / actor

Awards & achievements

• 1980 Ingmar Bergman Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena%20Olin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228862

Tags

• Stockholm County
• stage actor
• film actor
• beauty pageant contestant

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.