Lena Olin

She currently lives in New York with her husband and two children. Adapted from the article Pérette Pradier (http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.phtml?title=P%E9rette_Pradier), from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.. Olin received immense critical acclaim for her part in Alias, and was rumored to have been offered a salary upwards of $100,000 per episode to remain part of the cast. She left the show after her first season, however, reportedly to spend more time with her family. In 1994, she did the voice of "Sarafina" in the French Version of Disney Studios animated feature film, "The Lion King.". From 2002 to 2003, Olin appeared opposite Jennifer Garner in the American television series Alias. For her role in the series as Irina Derevko/Laura Bristow, she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2003. In her long career, Perrette Pradier has also worked in live theatre, appearing in plays such as La Bonne Addresse as well as the longest running French play ever produced, Boeing Boeing . In 1994, she married Lasse Hallström, a film director with whom she worked in 2000 in Chocolat, giving one of the best perfomances of her career. In 1968 she returned to English language filming in the Universal Studios thriller, "House of Cards" with Orson Welles and George Peppard.

Her first spouse was Örjan Ramberg, from whom she divorced. Throughout the 1960s, she appeared in a number of films in her native France, then was contracted for Hollywood productions that included the Fred Zinnemann directed 1964 film "Behold a Pale Horse" starring luminaries Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif. Olin married twice. Two years after making her film debut, in 1961 Perrette Pradier was awarded the prestigious Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as most promising new actress in France for her performance as "Amenita" in the Sacha Guitry film, "Stop Thief." That year she gained further recognition for her role as "Constance Bonacieux" in two films based on the Three Musketeers. She appears in many different plays, from classic to contemporary. Perrette Pradier, born April 17, 1938, is a French actress. Olin is today a prominent member of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where she began her career as young actress. Les Scélérats (The Wretches) (1959).

In 1989, she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress Enemies: A Love Story, in which she portrayed the survivor of a Nazi camp. La Brune que voilà (There Is the Brunette) (1960). In 1988, she played in her first American film opposite Daniel Day-Lewis, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and became a well-known and respected actress. Au voleur (Stop Thief) (1960). The year before she had appeared in the Swedish film Fanny and Alexander, also directed by Bergman. L' Affaire Nabob (1960). Olin's international debut in an English-spoken film, again directed by Bergman, was in 1984 in After the Rehearsal. Les Trois mousquetaires: Les ferrets de la reine (The Fighting Musketeers) (1961).

Later she acted at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, directed by Bergman. Les Trois mousquetaires: La vengeance de Milady (Vengeance of the Three Musketeers) (1961). It was he who casted her for the first time, after she had not passed her first audition because of her shyness. Le Jeu de la vérité (The Game of Truth) (1961). After studying acting at the drama school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Olin performed on stage classic plays of Shakespeare and Ibsen and appeared in smaller roles of several Swedish films directed by Bergman. Les Amours de Paris (Paris Loves) (1961). Her father was also an actor and had appeared in several of Ingmar Bergman's films. Les Sept péchés capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins) (1962).

She was born in Stockholm. La Chambre ardente (The Burning Court) (1962). Lena Olin (born March 22, 1956) is a Swedish-born actress. Le Crime ne paie pas (Crime Does Not Pay) (1962). Face to Face (1976). Les Saintes nitouches (Wild Living) (1962). The Adventures of Picasso (1978). Blague dans le coin (1963).

Love (1980). Des frissons partout (Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent) (1963). One Week Bachelors (1982). Behold a Pale Horse (1964). Fanny and Alexander (1983). L' Amour à la chaine (Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures) (1964). After the Rehearsal (1984). Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 (OSS 117: Mission for a Killer) (1965).

Flight North (1986). L' Homme d'Istamboul (That Man in Istanbul) (1965). A Matter of Life and Death (1986). Le Judoka, agent secret (Judoka-Secret Agent) (1966). The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). Au théâtre ce soir: Boléro (1968) (TV). Friends (1988). House of Cards (1968).

S/Y Joy (1989). Céleste (1970). Enemies: A Love Story (1989). Le Temps de vivre, le temps d'aimer (1973) TV Miniseries. Havana (1990). Le Comédien (1976) (TV). Romeo Is Bleeding (1993). Comme une femme (1980).

Jones (1993). Les Dalton en cavale (1983) (voice). Mr. Fiével et le nouveau monde (An American tail) (1986). The Night and the Moment (1995). Le Roi Lion (The Lion King) (1994) (voice). Night Falls on Manhattan (1997).