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Television

YLE | Kom, vi flyger! | 2015​

Actress

YLE | Hittehatt | 20176

Guest Appearance

Andreas Westerberg | Short film Guldklockan | 2015

Actress

Selected stage works

Tanssiteatteri Raatikko | ”Ivan, Kettu ja Tulilintu” | 2021

Actress

 

Tushar Mathew & Steina Öhman | "Finale" | 2017

Actress and co-director

 

Auroville Theatre Group (India) & Polygon teatteri (Est) | "Fear Walkers" | 2016

Actress

 

Wusheng Company | ”Oikeamielinen kenraali karkotetaan” | 2016.

Beijing opera actress

 

Hanko Musicfest | "Indian breezes" - Rabindranath Tagore’s works through dance, with Lily-MarlenePuusepp, folk harp | 2013

Dancer

 

Aki Suzuki Spirits | "Giselle" | 2011-2012

Actress

 

CulturaMobila | "Speak No Evil" | 2011

Master of Ceremony (on stilts)

Chinese New Year fest, Helsinki | "Failed Robbery" | 2011

Beijing opera actor

 

Theatre ensemble Otkas in collab with Dancetheatre Hurjaruuth | "Puss in Boots" | 2009-2010

Actress

 

Wasa Teater | "Peer Gynt" | 2007-2008

Actress and choreographer

Commercials

Otto Tuotanto Oy | S-group "Herkku" | 2025​

Lead Actress

Special Skills

Martial art

Salsa, west coast swing

Classical Indian dances

Basics of beijing opera

Driving licence for car, truck, Indian motorcycle

Advanced diving licence

Watsu (water shiatsu)

About Me

Emotional range rooted in freedom of physical expression and presence. Background in physical theatre, a life long student in the martial art kalaripayattu. Enjoying life's quirkiness with salsa and west coast swing, finding joy in connection, stories and mesmerizing atmospheres.

Mother of a 4-year-old.

Height: 165
Hair Color: Fair
Eyes Color: Blue green
Location: Porvoo, Finland

Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, French

Selected Training & Workshops

Actors Academy Finland | Advanced Actors Lab | 2026

Meisner technique


UAS Novia | Theatre pedagogue | 2023

UAS Svenska Yrkeshögskolan | BA in Culture and Arts: Performing Arts, Physical Theatre | 2007

Acting traditions of Lecoq and Asian performing arts

Martial art kalarippayattu | Hindustan Kalari Sangam and KalariGram, Kerala & Tamil Nadu, India | 2005-2020, 2025

Classical Indian dance kuchipudi | Kalamandalam Husnabanu, Nirthakalanjaly and Kerala

Kalamandalam, Kerala, India | 2005, 2009-2010, 2013

Classical Indian dance mohiniyattam | Kalamandalam Husnabanu, India | 2010, 2013, 2025

Mizhavu drum, accompaniment instrument of sanskrit drama Koodiyattam | Chatakudam Krishnan Nambiar Mizhavu Kalari, Kerala, India | 2005, 2010, 2013, 2016

Indian classical performing art theory, nattuvangam, sanskrit and carnatic singing | 2005, 2009

 

Shakespeare on King Lear Tim Supple / Adishakti Laboratory of Theatre Arts & Research | 2014

Source of Performance Energy | Adishakti Laboratory of Theatre Arts & Research | 2015

Residency | Adishakti Laboratory of Theatre Arts & Research | 2016

Writing "Song of the Goddess"

Beijing opera | National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Beijing, China. 2010, 2013

 

Marionette theatre and marionette dance | Mandalay Marionettes Theatre, Mandalay, Burma | 2010

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