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Seidi Haarla

Seidi Helena Alexandra Haarla (born January 1, 1984) is a Finnish actress. She played the female lead in Juho Kuosmanen's film Compartment No. 6 (2021). She won the European Film Promotion (EFP) Shooting Stars Award for her role as one of the most promising film actors of the year. Haarla was born in 1984 in Kirkkonummi in southern Finland. She comes from a family of actors and artists. Her father is artist Teuri Haarla (* 1955). Her younger sister Ruusu Haarla (* 1989) is a playwright and director. Her grandparents were actor Saulo Haarla (1930–1971) and soprano and actress Helena Salonius (1930–2012); her great-grandparents include stage actress Tyyne Haarla (1892–1968) and writer Lauri Haarla (1890–1944). In 2004, Haarla appeared in a student theater group in Helsinki. In 2005, she studied acting at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts in Saint Petersburg. She graduated from University of the Arts Helsinki in 2015 with a Master of Arts in Theater and Drama. Together with her sister Ruusu, Haarla wrote the plays The Trauma Body (2014) and New Childhood (2020), which were inspired by her own childhood experiences, and she also appeared on stage in their productions. Haarla has appeared in Finnish film and television productions since 2015. In 2021, she took on the female leading role of Laura in Juho Kuosmanen's film drama Compartment No. 6, which is based on Rosa Liksom's novel of the same name. Her performance earned her critical acclaim and an award as one of the European Shooting Stars 2021. Haarla was nominated for Best Actress at the European Film Awards 2021.


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Born:
Jan 1, 1984 In Kirkkonummi, Finland
Movie/TV Credits:
12
First Appeared:
In the movie Mother 2015-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie The Swedish Torpedo 2024-11-15
Known For
Poster of Written by AI
Poster of Prelude
Poster of Je'vida
Poster of Mother
Filmography
Movie The Swedish Torpedo Sigrid 2024-11-15
Series Port Poison - Santeri's Deal 2024-01-01
Movie Written by AI Jengipomo 2024-03-09
Movie Je'vida Sanna 2023-10-20
Series Estonia Kati Peltonen 2023-10-15
Movie Prelude Helena 2023-11-11
Series Detective Maria Kallio Anu Wallin 2021-08-19
Movie Compartment No. 6 Laura 2021-10-29
Series Kakarat Henkilöstöpäällikkö 2020-01-01
Movie Force of Habit Katja 2019-09-27
Movie Festive Spirit 2019-09-25
Movie Mother Mother 2015-01-01