birth_place awards birth_date spouse yearsactive birthname article_title
kuopio , finland '' in acting -lrb- female -rrb- '' ' 1992 '' il ' capitano '' '' ` valladolid international film festival , best 28th actress '' ' 2008 '' everlasting moments '' ciff gold plaque award , achievement 21 august 1970 sami tossavainen 1991 -- present maria heiskanen maria heiskanen

maria heiskanen

maria heiskanen -lrb- born august 21 , 1970 -rrb- is a finnish actress .
she works in cinema , television and theatre .
heiskanen received her breakthrough role in the 1991 swedish film '' '' directed by jan troell .
for her role heiskanen won the gold plaque award in chicago international film festival for the best actress in 1992 .
heiskanen lived in sweden during 1993 - 2003 and worked in movies and theatre .
she played in kungliga dramatiska teatern and in riksteatern where she for example performed the role of masja in anton chekhovs `` the seagull '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- directed by lars norén .
in finland heiskanen has worked with aki kaurismäki in `` lights in the dusk '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- .
she also played in aleksi salmenperä 's `` a man 's work '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- and was nominated for jussi awards from both performances .
in 2008 , heiskanen starred in the leading role of jan troell 's `` everlasting moments '' , for which she won the guldbagge award for best actress and the best actress award from valladolid international film festival .
the film won the guldbagge award for best film and was nominated for best foreign language film at the 66th golden globe awards .
it also made the january shortlist for best foreign language film at the 81st academy awards , but was n't selected as one of the final nominees .
