Lena Olin

Swedish-born 'Lena Olin' (qv) already had a successful career as an actress before she came to Hollywood. She acted at the Royal Theatre in Stockholm and was directed by 'Ingmar Bergman' (qv). She was born in Stockholm, to actors 'Britta Holmberg' (qv) and 'Stig Olin' (qv), who appeared in six of Bergman's films. Lena also belongs to the Bergman "family". As a young actress, she played in the great classics of 'William Shakespeare' (qv), 'Henrik Ibsen' (qv) and 'August Strindberg' (qv). She made her international debut as a movie actress in _After the Rehearsal (1984)_ (qv) (aka "After the Rehearsal"), directed by Bergman. In western Europe, she became well-known in the political movie _The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)_ (qv) as "Sabina", in a story about the Prague spring (1968). After coming to the US, she played mostly distinguished, exotic temptresses, intelligent women and crude vamps. Bergman had developed Lena's artistic gift to play different human emotions and express them in a subtle way. 'Sydney Pollack' (qv), director of _Out of Africa (1985)_ (qv), rewrote the screenplay for _Havana (1990)_ (qv) especially for her. This explains why this film recalls associations with the classic _Casablanca (1942)_ (qv), starring 'Ingrid Bergman' (qv), also from Sweden. Olin received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in _Enemies, A Love Story (1989)_ (qv). She went on to have a choice role in _Chocolat (2000)_ (qv), which received a Best Picture Oscar nomination, and received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She made a move to the smaller screen and played the role for one season as the deliciously evil "Irina Derevko", the mother to 'Jennifer Garner' (qv)'s "Sydney Bristow" in the series _Alias (2001)_ (qv). Olin received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.::Waldimir van Heemst <clar@kabelfoon.nl>