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Kati Outinen

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Kati Outinen

Born August 17, 1961 in Helsinki, Finland53 films

Anna Katriina Outinen (born August 17, 1961) is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films.

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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 won the award for Best Actress for the Kaurismäki film The Man Without a Past.

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The Man Without a Past posterFirst watchThe Man Without a Past20027.4as IrmaArriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Shadows in Paradise poster7.3Shadows in Paradise1986Le Havre poster7.0Le Havre2011The Match Factory Girl poster7.4The Match Factory Girl1990The Other Side of Hope poster6.9The Other Side of Hope2017Drifting Clouds poster7.6Drifting Clouds1996The Hole in the Ground poster5.7The Hole in the Ground2019Lights in the Dusk poster6.8Lights in the Dusk2006Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana poster6.8Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana1994

Filmography

53 films as actor
  1. 2025The Elf
  2. 2025RapturesRakelin äiti
  3. 2025DefiantAnneli
  4. 2024Kyllä isä osaaHautausurakoitsija
  5. 2024Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing HolesMigrén Senior
  6. 2022The Hullabaloos!Rikostutkija Schultz
  7. 2022No Dot on the I
  8. 2019Force of HabitAnja
  9. 2019Play Rape
  10. 2019The Hole in the GroundNoreen Brady
  11. 2018Everything OutsideCharlotte
  12. 2017The Other Side of HopeClothing Store Owner
  13. 2016Dark CrimesMs. Malinowska
  14. 2016A Man and a WomanTaxi Driver
  15. 2015Dirty HandsJessica Barine
  16. 2013ClownwiseSylvie
  17. 2013August FoolsElsa Aho
  18. 2012Naked HarbourBar Psychiatrist
  19. 2011Le HavreArletty
  20. 2009Backwood PhilosopherKuoliaaksinaurattajan tytär
  21. 2009Where Is Where?Poet
  22. 2009The House of Branching LoveYrsa
  23. 2008SaunaOld Woman
  24. 2008The Home of Dark ButterfliesTyyne
  25. 2006AvidaLa femme à la bonbonne d'eau
  26. 2006Lights in the DuskSupermarket Cashier
  27. 2005Playa del FuturoTerhi
  28. 2004Popular MusicPäivi, Niila's Mother
  29. 2004Guarded Secrets
  30. 2002Dogs Have No HellWoman
  31. 2002Nude, Descending...Rose
  32. 2002The Man Without a PastIrma
  33. 1999Spy GamesShopkeeper's Wife
  34. 1999JuhaMarja
  35. 1999Hermit Crab
  36. 1998Eros and PsycheTarjoilija
  37. 1998A Respectable TragedyMidwife
  38. 1998Train BirdsInkeri, Baggerfahrerin
  39. 1997Freakin' Beautiful WorldTarja, Ippen äiti
  40. 1996Drifting CloudsIlona
  41. 1996Juna1. nainen
  42. 1994Kaikki pelissäPäivi Suomela
  43. 1994Take Care of Your Scarf, TatjanaTatjana
  44. 1991All the best from SaaraSaara
  45. 1990The Match Factory GirlIris Rukka
  46. 1987Hamlet Goes BusinessOfelia
  47. 1986Shadows in ParadiseIlona
  48. 1986Kuningas lähtee RanskaanCaroline Mare's Mane
  49. 1985The WrestlerHoitaja
  50. 1984Päivää, herra KiviCoffee Vendor
  51. 1984Aikalainen
  52. 1981Prinsessa joka nukkui 100 vuottaGirl
  53. 1980Täältä tullaan, elämä!Lissu