Irina Björklund
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irina Björklund (born 7 February 1973) is a Finnish actress. Björklund was born in Danderyd, Stockholm County but she quickly moved to Finland with her family.[citation needed] She has acted in movies and in television series. Some well known movies include Rukajärven tie (int. Ambush), Levottomat (int. Restless), Minä ja Morrison (int. Me and Morrison), and Vieraalla Maalla (int. Land of Love). Björklund is married to Finnish actor Peter Franzén. In September 2007, Björklund gave birth to their first child, a boy. Björklund moved to the United States in 1999. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband. She has also lived in France during her early years. She fluently speaks Finnish, Swedish, French, English and also some Russian, and Spanish.[citation needed]. She studied in the Theatre Academy of Finland from 1993 to 1996.[citation needed] She left the school when Svenska Teatern (Swedish theatre in Helsinki) hired her. In 1999, she was awarded the Jussi prize as best leading actress for her role as Milla in the movie Minä ja Morrison.She made her breakthrough in the movie Rukajärven tie where she played Lotta Kaarina Vainikainen. She was awarded the Shooting Star prize in the Berlin Film Festival in 2004.[citation needed] In September 2010, Björklund's career in the United States took a leap, when she had a minor role in The American,[1] alongside George Clooney.[2] She played the role of Clooney's lover, Ingrid. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irina Björklund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The American
as IngridDispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double...
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Restless
as Hanna-RiikkaAri, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the...
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The Eternal Road
as SofiaJussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing...
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Moomins on the Riviera
as Audrey Glamour (voice)The Moomins along with Little My and Snorkmaiden had a sea journey that after storms and desert...
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The Butcher
as JackieA mob enforcer is set up to take the fall for a multi-million dollar heist involving a rival...
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Lost
as Cora StantonTrapped in a maze of endless desert highways, bound by a vital deadline, and pursued by an...
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Ambush
as Kaarina VainikainenIt is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A...
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Road North
as TiiaA father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to set on a journey...
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The Third Wave
as RebeccaJohan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he...
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Honey Baby
as Natasha (Honey Baby)An American, with a past as a successful musician, makes a living by playing at weddings and the...
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Priest of Evil
as Elisa HarjunpääDetective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a...
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Land of Love
as Hanne SalmiA comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds...
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Blackout
as Anne HartelaRecovering from a nail gun shot to the head and 13 months of coma, doctor Pekka Valinta starts...
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Me and Morrison
as MillaA bittersweet tale of a love affair between two people whose lives seem to have lost all...
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The First After God
as AnnaThe film is based on the true story of Captain Marinesku and set in 1944 during WWII at the...
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The House of Branching Love
as MarjutA sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching...
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Three Wise Men
as MagdaleenaThree middle aged men, long time friends, get together in a normally closed Karaoke bar to drink...
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The Unattainable Story
as uncreditedThe lines of real life and fantasy begin to blur, as the director starts to suspect that he may...
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Colorado Avenue
as Anna BoströmIn the early 1900s, emigrant Hanna returns from Colorado to Finland. In America she was known as...
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Apeiron
as IrisUmbra is a scientist who wants to prove his theory that human beings are ruled by chance and...
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Stars Above
as SaimaStars above follows the stories of three women from the same family across three different...
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Red Is the Color of
as Mary ShawThe tense marriage between two painters is shaken and stirred when the husband's provocative...
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Rosegarden
as KreetaSisters Marjaana and Kreeta live alone in a deteriorating country house. Their mother has...
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Lapin kullan kimallus
as Rimma KyröIn 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in...
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Cewek Gokil
as uncreditedWhat do you really need in a girl? Handsome boyfriend? Sweet and kind older sister? Keke is not...
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Trouble with Sex
as EvaA sexy romantic drama in which, at the outset, the characters are leading their own lives in...
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The Café of My Memories
as CharlottaA musical film about human relationships and how today's working life and the pressures of our...
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Amazing Women by the Sea
as RenéeIn the early 1960s, Bella, her husband Kajus and their young son, Thomas, spend seemingly...
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Talismanen
as TanjaWallton, a sacked former policeman, is assigned to locate a priceless Arabian jewelry, a...
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Peacemaker
as Ann-Mari SundellFinnish peace negotiator Ann-Mari Sundell has recently retired from her post as a crisis...
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