Anu Irmeli Palevaara (born 14 August 1971 in

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) is a Finnish actress, choreographer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Jenni Vainio in the Finnish soap opera ''

Salatut elämät ''Salatut elämät'' ("Secret Lives", literally "Concealed Lives") is a Finnish television soap opera that premiered on MTV3 on 25 January 1999. The series' storylines follow the daily lives of several families who live in the same apartment bl ...

'' which airs on

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. 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 Arts - 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 ''A Summer by the River'' ( fi, Kuningasjätkä) is a 1998 Finnish film written and directed by Markku Pölönen. The film is set in the 1950s Eastern Finland and tells the story of father Tenho (Pertti Koivula) and son Topi ( Simo Kontio) after T ...

'' 1998 directed by

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as well as in the TV series ''Iskelmäprinssi''. In 1998 she hosted ''

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'' with

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Movies

* ''Kuningasjätkä'' (Hilkka Mäkelä, 1997) * '' Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro - pisnismies'' (Rosa, daughter of the leaderess of cooperative store, 1998) * ''

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'' (A whore, 2017)

TV-series

* '' Iskelmäprinssi'' - ''Anita'' (1998–1999) * ''Torvensoittaja katolla revyy'' (1998) * ''

'' - ''Jenni Vainio'' (1999–2001, 2002–2011 and 2012–2013)

References

20th-century Finnish actresses Finnish choreographers Finnish women choreographers 1971 births Living people Actresses from Helsinki 21st-century Finnish actresses Finnish film actresses Finnish television actresses Finnish soap opera actresses {{Finland-actor-stub