Lena Maria Jonna Olin (born March 22, 1955) is a Swedish actress.
Olin, the youngest of three children, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of Britta Alice (née Holmberg), an actress and singer, and Stig Olin, a director, singer, composer, and an actor who appeared in several of Ingmar Bergman's early films. Her brother is the Swedish singer Mats Olin. She was a top student and graduated with a 4.9 average in her graduation scores (with t...
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Lena Maria Jonna Olin (born March 22, 1955) is a Swedish actress.
Olin, the youngest of three children, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of Britta Alice (née Holmberg), an actress and singer, and Stig Olin, a director, singer, composer, and an actor who appeared in several of Ingmar Bergman's early films. Her brother is the Swedish singer Mats Olin. She was a top student and graduated with a 4.9 average in her graduation scores (with the highest in Sweden being 5.0). In October 1975, Olin was crowned Miss Scandinavia in Helsinki, Finland. Before her acting career she worked both as a substitute teacher and as hospital nurse, and 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...
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