Penelope Ann Miller

She sometimes appears in credits as "Penelope Miller". She currently lives in New York with her husband and two children. In 2000, she married James Huggins and later that year had her first child Eloisa May. 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. She has appeared in a number of TV and theatrical movies since then, notably Carlito's Way in 1993. 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. Her film debut came in 1987 in Adventures in Babysitting, while in 1988 her role as Emily in Our Town garnered her a Tony award nomination. 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.

She moved to New York City to study theater after graduating from high school. Her first spouse was Örjan Ramberg, from whom she divorced. Born "Penelope Andrea Miller" in Los Angeles, California, she is the middle daughter of TV star and producer Mark Miller and costume designer / publicist Beatrice Miller. Olin married twice. Penelope Ann Miller (January 13, 1964) is an American actress. She appears in many different plays, from classic to contemporary. Olin is today a prominent member of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where she began her career as young actress.

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. 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. The year before she had appeared in the Swedish film Fanny and Alexander, also directed by Bergman. Olin's international debut in an English-spoken film, again directed by Bergman, was in 1984 in After the Rehearsal.

Later she acted at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, directed by Bergman. It was he who casted her for the first time, after she had not passed her first audition because of her shyness. 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. Her father was also an actor and had appeared in several of Ingmar Bergman's films.

She was born in Stockholm. Lena Olin (born March 22, 1956) is a Swedish-born actress. Face to Face (1976). The Adventures of Picasso (1978).

Love (1980). One Week Bachelors (1982). Fanny and Alexander (1983). After the Rehearsal (1984).

Flight North (1986). A Matter of Life and Death (1986). The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988). Friends (1988).

S/Y Joy (1989). Enemies: A Love Story (1989). Havana (1990). Romeo Is Bleeding (1993).

Jones (1993). Mr. The Night and the Moment (1995). Night Falls on Manhattan (1997).