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Alma Pöysti
Helsinki, Finland
Alma Pöysti (born Alma Ilona Pöysti on March 16, 1981, in Helsinki) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. Coming from an artistic family, she is the daughter of director Erik Pöy…
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Alma Pöysti (born Alma Ilona Pöysti on March 16, 1981, in Helsinki) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. Coming from an artistic family, she is the daughter of director Erik Pöysti and the granddaughter of actors Lasse Pöysti and Birgitta Ulfsson. A 2007 graduate of the Theatre Academy of Helsinki, she began her career on stage at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki and the Finnish National Theatre, while also performing in Sweden. She gained international recognition playing artist and author Tove Jansson in the biographical film Tove (2020), a role that earned her the Jussi Award for Best Leading Actress. She won a second Jussi Award for her performance in Four Little Adults (Neljä pientä aikuista, 2023). Her international profile grew further with the lead role of Ansa in Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet lehdet, 2023), a film awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Her filmography also includes the Swedish feature A Day and a Half (En dag och en halv, 2023) and the film Sukkwan Island (2025), as well as the television series Helsinki Syndrome, Harjunpää, and Blackwater (Händelser vid vatten).
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2026
Tell Everyone
Movie
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2026
Sukkwan Island
Movie Anna
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2025
Therapy
Movie Anna
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2025
The Elf
Movie
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2025
Orenda
Movie Nora
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2025
Raptures
Movie Lisa
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2025
Safe House
Movie Caroline
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2024
Deck 5B
Movie Mother
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2024
Children of War and Peace
Movie (Voice)
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2023
Four Little Adults
Movie Juulia
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2023
Fallen Leaves
Movie Ansa
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2023
A Day and a Half
Movie Louise
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2023
Silkesapans skratt
Movie Silkesapan (voice)
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2023
The Good Driver
Movie
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2023
Blackwater
TV show Ylja Happolati (1973)
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2022
JerryMaya's Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion
Movie Barbro Palm
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2022
Blue Note
Movie Leena
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2022
The Limelight Life
Movie TV Host
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2022
The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin
Movie Nuori Muumimamma / Mymmeli / Pikku Myy (voice)
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2022
Helsinki Crimes
TV show Hietanen
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2021
Spiral
Movie Anna
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2021
Future Remains
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2020
Tove
Movie Tove Jansson
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2020
The Explosion of a Swimming Ring
Movie Linda
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2017
Marcians
TV show Self
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2016
Flowers of Evil
Movie Laura
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2015
Permission to Operate
Movie Tina
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2015
Tsamo
Movie Alisa Moore
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2014
Moomins on the Riviera
Movie Niiskuneiti (voice)
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2014
Kristuksen morsian
Movie Laura
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2013
Dagmamman
Movie Inka
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2012
Naked Harbour
Movie Marika
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2011
Where Once We Walked
Movie Aina Gadolin
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Beatrice
Movie
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The Bottom Line
Movie Iris
