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Irina Derevko (a.k.a. Laura Bristow), played by Lena Olin, is Sydney Bristow's mother on the television series, Alias.
Irina Derevko was a long-term spy for the Soviet Union, assigned to marry Jack Bristow in order to get information from him. Together they had a child, Sydney, and a few years after her birth, Derevko disappeared, apparently dying in a car accident. At the end of the first season of Alias, it was revealed that Derevko was alive and well and was actually the leader of a criminal organization.
However, Derevko soon turned herself in to the CIA and was used as a source to help bring down SD-6 and assisted with other important missions before eluding capture during a mission. Her current whereabouts are unknown, although she continues to be in occasional contact with Jack via e-mail, and has arranged for her sister, Katya Derevko , to assist Jack and Sydney on occasion.
Series creator, J.J. Abrams has been working to return the character of Irina Derevko to the show, but there have been difficulties in negotiating the contract with actress Lena Olin.
See also: List of characters from Alias.