Alma Pöysti | |
Birth Name: | Alma Ilona Pöysti |
Birth Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Occupation: | Actress |
Father: | Erik Pöysti |
Relatives: | Lasse Pöysti (grandfather) Birgitta Ulfsson (grandmother) |
Alma Ilona Pöysti (in Finnish ˈɑlmɑ ˈpøy̯sti/; born 16 March 1981) is a Finnish actress. She is the daughter of director Erik Pöysti and granddaughter of Finnish actors Lasse Pöysti and Birgitta Ulfsson.[1] Pöysti has also lived and worked in Sweden.[2] [3]
In 2023 she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Fallen Leaves.[4] [5]
Pöysti studied at the University of the Arts Helsinki from 2003 to 2007, then worked at the Swedish Theatre and the Finnish National Theatre.[6] [7]
In 2020, she played Tove Jansson in a biopic titled Tove.[5] [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2011 | Where Once We Walked | Aina Gadolin | Cut-down film version of the TV series | |
2012 | Naked Harbour | Marika | ||
Animal Day | Singer | Short | ||
2014 | Moomins on the Riviera | Snorkmaiden (voice) | Finnish version | |
2015 | Tsamo | Alisa | ||
Det går att operera | Tina | Short | ||
2016 | Flowers of Evil | Laura | ||
2020 | Explosionen av en badring | Linda | Short | |
Tove[9] | Tove Jansson | |||
2023 | Four Little Adults | Juulia | ||
Fallen Leaves | Ansa | |||
A Day and a Half | Louise | |||
Comet in Moominland | Snorkmaiden (voice) | 2020 remaster | ||
Rörelser | Lisa | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2004 | Fling | Alva | Episode: "Soffan" | |
2011 | Where Once We Walked | Aina Gadolin | ||
2013 | Dagmamman | Inka | TV movie | |
2014 | Kristuksen morsian | Laura | TV movie | |
Luolasto | TV movie | |||
2018 | Liberty | Tita | Miniseries | |
2020 | Tre berättelser om längtan | TV Movie segment: "Shukran habibi" | ||
2022 | Helsinki Crimes | Hietanen | 8 episodes | |
2023 | Blackwater | Ylja Happolati (1973) | Miniseries |
Date of ceremony | Category | Film | Result | ||
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Astra Film Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best International Actress | Fallen Leaves | [10] | |
European Film Awards | 9 December 2023 | Best Actress | [11] | ||
Golden Globe Awards | 7 January 2024 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | [12] | ||
Gothenburg Film Festival | 5 February 2023 | Dragon Award for Best Acting | Four Little Adults | [13] | |
Jussi Awards | 15 September 2021 | Best Actress | Tove | [14] | |