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Seidi Haarla

1984-01-01 (40 years old) in Kirkkonummi, Finland

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.

Movies

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The Swedish Torpedo
0 %|Nov 15, 2024
Drama, History
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Written by AI
0 %|Mar 9, 2024
Documentary
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Prelude
0 %|Nov 11, 2023
Drama, Thriller
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Je'vida
68 %|Oct 20, 2023
Drama
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Nightborn
0 %|Invalid Date
Horror
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Compartment No. 6
70 %|Oct 29, 2021
Drama
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Force of Habit
60 %|Sep 27, 2019
Drama, Comedy
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Festive Spirit
80 %|Sep 25, 2019
Drama
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Mother
40 %|Jan 1, 2015
Drama, Family

Series

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Port Poison - Santeri's Deal
65 %|Jan 1, 2024
Crime, Drama
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Estonia
65 %|Oct 15, 2023
Documentary, Drama
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Detective Maria Kallio
63 %|Aug 19, 2021
Crime, Drama
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Kakarat
0 %|Jan 1, 2020
Drama