Seidi Haarla

Born: 1984-01-01

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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Compartment No. 6

as Laura
Released: 2021-10-29

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the...

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The Swedish Torpedo

as Sigrid
Released: 2024-11-15

World War II is around the corner, but the only thing Sally Bauer can think of is the ocean. Her...

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Je'vida

as Sanna
Released: 2023-10-20

Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced...

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Mother

as Mother
Released: 2015-01-01

Elias, 10, is afraid of losing his mother who at times disappears from his life due to her...

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Festive Spirit

as uncredited
Released: 2019-09-25

The festive spirit of an office party is ruined, when a woman accidentally reveals that their...

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Force of Habit

as Katja
Released: 2019-09-27

Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic...

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Written by AI

as Jengipomo
Released: 2024-03-09

The film reveals, what kind of a film AI would write based on previous Finnish popular films.

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Prelude

as Helena
Released: 2023-11-11

Helena is spending an evening with her family when someone knocks on the door. Unknown man...

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Estonia

as Kati Peltonen
First aired: 2023-10-15

Estonia tells the story of the tragic accident of the car-ferry MS Estonia, which deeply shocked...

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Detective Maria Kallio

as Anu Wallin
First aired: 2021-08-19

Maria Kallio is a Finnish police series based on the novels of the same name by Leena Lehtolainen.

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Kakarat

as Henkilöstöpäällikkö
First aired: 2020-01-01

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Port Poison - Santeri's Deal

as uncredited
First aired: 2024-01-01

Student Santeri Manni accidentally finds a bag of amphetamines. To help his alcoholic mother get...

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