Alma Pöysti
Born: 1981-03-16 in Helsinki, Finland
Known For: Acting
Biography
Alma Ilona Pöysti (born 16 March 1981) is a Finnish actress. She is the daughter of director Erik Pöysti and granddaughter of Finnish actors Lasse Pöysti and Birgitta Ulfsson. Pöysti has also lived and worked in Sweden. Pöysti studied at the University of the Arts Helsinki from 2003 to 2007, then worked at the Swedish Theatre and the Finnish National Theatre. In 2020, she played Tove Jansson in a biopic titled Tove. In 2023, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Fallen Leaves.
Filmography
2026
- Tell Everyone
- Sukkwan Island as Anna
2025
- Raptures as Lisa
- The Elf
- Safe House as Caroline
- Therapy as Anna
- Orenda as Nora
2024
- Children of War and Peace as (Voice)
- Deck 5B as Mother
2023
- Blackwater as Ylja Happolati (1973)
- Fallen Leaves as Ansa
- A Day and a Half as Louise
- Silkesapans skratt as Silkesapan (voice)
- Four Little Adults as Juulia
- The Good Driver
2022
- Helsinki Crimes as Hietanen
- The Limelight Life as TV Host
- Blue Note as Leena
- The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin as Nuori Muumimamma / Mymmeli / Pikku Myy (voice)
- JerryMaya's Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion as Barbro Palm
2021
- Spiral as Anna
- Future Remains as Narrator (voice)
2020
- Tove as Tove Jansson
- The Explosion of a Swimming Ring as Linda
2017
- Marcians as Self
2016
- Flowers of Evil as Laura
2015
- Tsamo as Alisa Moore
- Permission to Operate as Tina
2014
- Moomins on the Riviera as Niiskuneiti (voice)
- Kristuksen morsian as Laura
2013
- Dagmamman as Inka
2012
- Naked Harbour as Marika
2011
- Where Once We Walked as Aina Gadolin