Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 16, 1981
Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland
Credits
35 titles
Alma Pöysti
Biography
Alma Pöysti (born Alma Ilona Pöysti on March 16, 1981, in Helsinki) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. Coming from an artistic family, she is the daughter of director Erik Pöysti and the granddaughter of actors Lasse Pöysti and Birgitta Ulfsson. A 2007 graduate of the Theatre Academy of Helsinki, she began her career on stage at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki and the Finnish National Theatre, while also performing in Sweden. She gained international recognition playing artist and author Tove Jansson in the biographical film Tove (2020), a role that earned her the Jussi Award for Best Leading Actress. She won a second Jussi Award for her performance in Four Little Adults (Neljä pientä aikuista, 2023). Her international profile grew further with the lead role of Ansa in Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet lehdet, 2023), a film awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Her filmography also includes the Swedish feature A Day and a Half (En dag och en halv, 2023) and the film Sukkwan Island (2025), as well as the television series Helsinki Syndrome, Harjunpää, and Blackwater (Händelser vid vatten).
Known For
Filmography
Tell Everyone
Sukkwan Island
Anna
Therapy
Anna
The Elf
Orenda
Nora
Raptures
Lisa
Safe House
Caroline
Deck 5B
Mother
Children of War and Peace
(Voice)
Four Little Adults
Juulia
Fallen Leaves
Ansa
A Day and a Half
Louise
Silkesapans skratt
Silkesapan (voice)
The Good Driver
Blackwater
Ylja Happolati (1973)
JerryMaya's Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion
Barbro Palm
Blue Note
Leena
The Limelight Life
TV Host
The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin
Nuori Muumimamma / Mymmeli / Pikku Myy (voice)
Helsinki Crimes
Hietanen
Spiral
Anna
Future Remains
Narrator (voice)
Tove
Tove Jansson
The Explosion of a Swimming Ring
Linda
Marcians
Self
Flowers of Evil
Laura
Permission to Operate
Tina
Tsamo
Alisa Moore
Moomins on the Riviera
Niiskuneiti (voice)
Kristuksen morsian
Laura
Dagmamman
Inka
Naked Harbour
Marika
Where Once We Walked
Aina Gadolin
Beatrice
The Bottom Line
Iris