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Lena Olin burst into the American movie consciousness wearing a bowler hat, a sexy smile and not much else in 1988's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, radiating European sensuality and beauty. Who knew, though, that the Swedish actress who trained with Ingmar Bergman on the stage - and who was considered a contemporary Ingrid Bergman - would emerge as one of the most memorable and deadly femme fatales of the 90s? Romeo Is Bleeding is a dark, mean little movie about a corrupt New York cop (Gary Oldman, back when he was still sexy) who tangles with Mona Demarkov (Olin), a vicious Russian assassin who would give the Terminator a run for his money. Ruthless as hell, Mona won't let handcuffs, bullets, or amputated body parts stand in the way of her freedom; she's like Double Indemnity's Phyllis Dietrichson outfitted with an arsenal and skimpy underwear. Olin gleefully laughs her way through the movie - Mona is a deeply perverse sadist above all - which culminates in a phenomenal action scene involving the two leads, a car, a pair of handcuffs, and the most lethal of weapons: Olin's lovely legs. Romeo Is Bleeding wasn't a big hit, but it forever changed Hollywood's perception of the Swedish beauty, who married Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom the same year Romeo came out and kept a low profile throughout the 90s. Olin did eventually return to murder and mayhem, though, with a year-long stint as Jennifer Garner's treacherous mother on the TV series Alias

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