Biography
The child of actors-her father, Stig Olin, appeared in Bergman films during the 1940s and 50s-she gravitated to the profession in an attempt to overcome her crippling shyness, and though she failed her first audition for the Royal Dramatic Theater school, Bergman saw enough to cast her in a small role in his "Face to Face" (1976). She went on to appear in "The Adventures of Picasso" (1978) and acted for Bergman in "Fanny and Alexander" (1982). …
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Career Milestones
2007 | Cast in the psychological thriller "Awake" with Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba | |
2005 | Cast in husband Lasse Hallström's "Casanova," opposite Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller | |
2004 | Starred as Anna Paquin's mother in the thriller "Darkness" | |
2004 | Starred with Kevin Spacey and Ryan Gosling in "The United States of Leland" | |
2003 | Cast as Harrison Ford's love interest in the action-comedy "Hollywood Homicide" | |
2002 | Joined the cast of ABC's "Alias," playing the mother of secret agent Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner); earned an Emmy (2003) nomination for Supporting Actress | |
2001 | Cast as a federal judge whose bodyguard uncovers a plot to overthrow the government in "Ignition" | |
2001 | Portrayed Maharet in the film version of Anne Rice's vampire-themed novel "Queen of the Damned" | |
2000 | Directed by husband Lasse Hallstrom in "Chocolat," playing a kleptomaniac who leaves her abusive husband and finds a new career assisting the recently arrived chocolatiere; reunited on screen with Stormare, Depp and Binoche | |
2000 | Led a satanic cult in Roman Polanski's "The Ninth Gate," co-starring Johnny Depp | |
1998 | Teamed with Gabriel Byrne to play Claire Danes' parents in Theresa Connelly's "Polish Wedding" | |
1998 | Acted with fellow Bergman protege Peter Stormare in the slick Swedish actioner "Hamilton" | |
1998 | Was a member of the Festival Jury at Cannes, headed by Martin Scorsese | |
1997 | Romanced Andy Garcia in "Night Falls on Manhattan," directed by Sidney Lumet | |
1994 | Emerged with her dignity intact from the moribund erotic costumer "The Night & the Moment" | |
1993 | Portrayed most extreme character to date; the outrageous hit woman Mona Demarkov in Peter Medak's "Romeo Is Bleeding" | |
1993 | Played a psychiatrist who falls in love with her manic-depressive patient (Richard Gere) in "Mr. Jones" | |
1991 | Starred in the title role in Ingmar Bergman's rendition of Strindberg's "Miss Julie" | |
1990 | Acted opposite Robert Redford in the large scale would be "Havana"; movie fizzled at the box office | |
1989 | Received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as a Polish immigrant and Holocaust survivor in Paul Mazursky's "Enemies, a Love Story" | |
1988 | Garnered international attention as the lusty Sabina in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," directed by Philip Kaufman and co-starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche | |
1985 | Played Cordelia in the Bergman-directed "King Lear" at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theater | |
1985 | US TV debut in "Wallenberg: A Hero's Story" (NBC) | |
1984 | Made international debut in a leading role, playing Anna in Bergman's "After the Rehearsal," a part written expressly for her by Bergman | |
1982 | Acted in Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander" | |
1978 | Had prominent film role in "Picassos Aventyr/The Adventures of Picasso" | |
1978 | Joined the Royal Dramatic Theater | |
1976 | Cast in a small role by Bergman in "Face to Face" | |
| Worked as a substitute teacher and hospital orderly before enterting acting | ||
1972 | Met Ingmar Bergman for the first time at the age of 17 | |
Awards
2003 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Alias |
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Chocolat |
2000 | BAFTA Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Chocolat |
1989 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Enemies, A Love Story |
1989 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in Enemies, A Love Story |
1988 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in The Unbearable Lightness of Being |