- Irina Björklund
Irina Björklund (born
February 7 ,1973 inDanderyd ,Sweden ) is a Finnish actress.She has acted in
movie s and intelevision series. Some well known movies include "Rukajärven tie " (int. Ambush), "Levottomat " (int. Restless), "Minä ja Morrison " (int. Me and Morrison), and "Vieraalla Maalla " (int. Land of Love). Björklund is married toPeter Franzén , who is a Finnish actor. In September 2007, Björklund gave birth to their first child, a boy.Björklund moved to the
United States in1999 . She currently lives inLos Angeles together with her husband. She used to danceballet and dreamed about professional ballet career but had to stop at the age of 14 due problems with herjoint s. She was born in Sweden but moved to Finland at the age of 1. She has also lived inFrance during her early years.She fluently speaks Finnish, Swedish, French, English and also some Russian, and Spanish, and counts
musical saw playing among her hobbies. She studied in the Theatre Academy of Finland from1993 to1996 . She left the school whenSvenska Teatern (Swedish theatre inHelsinki ) hired her.In
1999 she was awarded theJussi prize for best leading actress in her role as Milla in the movie "Minä ja Morrison". She made her breakthrough through the movie "Rukajärven tie" where she played lotta Kaarina Vainikainen. She was awarded the Shooting Star prize in theBerlin Film Festival in2004 .Filmography
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Dustclouds (2007)
* Perviy posle Boga (2005)
* Red Lightning (2005)
* Trouble with Sex (2005)
* Red Is the Color of (2004)
* Kolmas aalto / The Third Wave (2003)
* Honey Baby (2003)
* Vieraalla maalla / Land of Love (2003)
* Talismanen (2002) (TV series)
* Yorick (2002)
* Muodollisesti pätevä (1999) (TV series)
* Minä ja Morrison / Me and Morrison (2001)
* Dirlandaa (2000) (TV series)
* The Dummy (2000)
* Levottomat / Restless (2000)
* Jakkulista feministi (1999)
* Lapin kullan kimallus / Gold Fever in Lapland (1999)
* Rukajärven tie / Ambush (1999)
* Asphalto (1998)
* Vägsjälar (1998) (TV series)
* Ihanat naiset rannalla / Amazing Women by the Sea (1998)
* Svart, vitt, rött (1996)
* Maigret Suomessa (1996)
* Tie naisen sydämeen (1996)
* Ottaako sydämestä? (1995) (TV series)External links
* [http://www.actors.fi/bjorklund.html Actors.fi - Irina Björklund]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084950/ Irina Björklund at IMDB]
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