birth_place article_title name birth_date
helsinki , finland anu palevaara
 anu irmeli palevaara 14 august 1971
anu palevaara

anu irmeli palevaara -lrb- born 14 august 1971 in helsinki -rrb- is a finnish actress , choreographer and dancer .
she is best known for her role as jenni vainio in the finnish soap opera `` salatut elämät '' which airs on mtv3 .
palevaara has been with the series from the beginning , but in year 2001 she had a child and left for maternity leave .
palevaara 's pregnancy was written in the series so that her character jenni had a child .
palevaara returned to the series after her maternity leave .
palevaara 's character jenni was killed off in 2013 .
anu palevaara studied dance , drama and singing in the laine theatre art - music theater school in england 1990 -- 1994 .
palevaara has made choreographies for the municipal theatre of lahti and to hot club company , to name a few .
she also starred as the leading woman in the successful finnish movie `` kuningasjätkä '' 1998 directed by markku pölönen as well as in the tv series `` iskelmäprinssi '' .
in 1998 she hosted `` tangomarkkinat '' with heikki hietamies .
