Kati Outinen

Acting · Born 1961-08-17 in Helsinki, Finland

Biography

Anna Katriina Outinen (born August 17, 1961) is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films. Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under Jouko Turkka during his "reign" of drama studies in Finland, she nevertheless has never been associated with the "turkkalaisuus" school of acting methodology. Her breakthrough role was as a tough girl in the generational classic youth film Täältä tullaan elämä by Tapio Suominen. In 1984, she appeared in Aikalainen. Besides a strong domestic reputation gained through a widely varied list of roles in theater and television drama, film director Aki Kaurismäki's films have brought Outinen international attention and even adulation, particularly in Germany and France. At the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, Outinen…

Filmography

• Shadows in Paradise as Ilona
• The Man Without a Past as Irma
• The Match Factory Girl as Iris Rukka
• Le Havre as Arletty
• The Other Side of Hope as Clothing Store Owner
• Popular Music as Päivi, Niila's Mother
• Lights in the Dusk as Supermarket Cashier
• The Home of Dark Butterflies as Tyyne
• Drifting Clouds as Ilona
• Hamlet Goes Business as Ofelia

TV

• Suojelijat as Äiti
• Blue Eyes as Irmeli
• Isolated as Meri
• The Bank as Marja Lindroos
• Justimus esittää: Henki Vex as Aili