Alma Pöysti

Alma Pöysti (born March 16, 1981) is a Finnish-Swedish film director and actor. She is the daughter of director Erik Pöysti and granddaughter of Finnish actors Lasse Pöysti and Birgitta Ulfsson.[1]

Alma Pöysti
Born(1981-03-16)16 March 1981
Helsinki, Finland
Occupationactor

Biography

Pöysti studied at the University of the Arts Helsinki from 2003 to 2007 before working at the Swedish Theatre and the Finnish National Theatre.[2][3]

In 2020 it was announced she would play Tove Jansson in a biopic titled Tove.[4]

Filmography
  • Fling (2004)[5]
  • Where Once We Walked (2011)
  • Naked Harbour (2012)
  • Animal Day (short) (2012)
  • Dagmamman (2013)
  • Kristuksen morsian (2014)
  • Moomins on the Riviera (Finnish version) (Voice) (2014)
  • Luolasto (2014)
  • Tsamo (2015)
  • Det går att operera (short) (2015)
  • Flowers of Evil (2016)
  • Liberty (2018)
  • Explosionen av en badring (short) (2020)
  • Tre berättelser om långtan (2020)
  • Comet in Moominland (2020 remaster)
  • Tove (2020)[6]

References
  1. Mitchell, Wendy (2020-01-16). "Alma Pöysti to play Moomins creator Tove Jansson in biopic 'Tove' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. "Lead cast and national premiere for the first feature drama film about Tove Jansson announced". Moomin. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  3. "Televisioarvostelu | Perheen yhteinen lomapäivä päättyy tragediaan kylpylässä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. Mitchell2020-01-16T10:45:00+00:00, Wendy. "Alma Pöysti to play Moomins creator Tove Jansson in biopic 'Tove' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  5. "Alma Pöysti". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  6. "Finnish actor lands "role of lifetime" as lead in Tove Jansson biopic". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2020-06-22.


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