Maria Mikaela Markuntytär Ylipää (born 8 August 1981) is a Finnish singer and actress, who has starred in the musical '' Kristina från Duvemåla'' (Helsinki 2012, Göteborg 2014, Stockholm 2015) and acted in the films ''Keisarikunta'' (2004) and ''Pietà'' (2007). She has also appeared in the television series ''Rikospoliisi Maria Kallio'' (2003), ''Tappajan näköinen mies'' (2011) and ''Luottomies'' (2016) as well as musical theatres

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Swedish Theatre The Swedish Theatre ( sv, Svenska Teatern) is a Swedish-language theatre in Helsinki, Finland, and is located at the Erottaja ( sv, Skillnaden) square, at the end of Esplanadi ( sv, Esplanaden). It was the first national stage of Finland. Hi ...

, Gothenburg opera house and the Stockholm

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. Ylipää has sung with Jukka Leppilampi, Jiri Kurose and Jarmo Savolainen on their albums and in 2011, on the Dallapé Orchestra album, ''Soittajan sussu''. In spring 2009, she was also present at the music theatre 's performances. She has also released the solo album ''Onerva'' and made a joint album with Emma Salokoski. Ylipää graduated from Tampere Communal High School in 2000 and acting at the

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in 2005. In 2007, Ylipää was first elected as ambassador to the Church of Finland's External Aid together with musician Juha Tapio. Maria Ylipää's spouse is musician Matti Pentikäinen and they have two children.

Filmography

Films

*''Keisarikunta'' (2004) – Aila *''Pietà'' (television film, 2007) – Maria *''Miss Farkku-Suomi'' (2012) – Kara *''Ollaan vapaita'' (2015) – Selja *''Tappajan näköinen mies'' (2016) – Marja Takala

Television series

*''Tappajan näköinen mies'' (2011) – Marja Takala *''Moska'' (2011) – seller *''Luottomies'' (2016, 2017) – Harriet Mäkinen-Renwall *''Aallonmurtaja'' (2017) – Tuula *''

Lakeside Murders ''Lakeside Murders'' ( fi, Koskinen) is a Finnish crime drama and Nordic noir television series created by and starring Eero Aho. The series is based on the ''Koskinen'' book series by Seppo Jokinen and follows Inspector Sakari Koskinen and hi ...

'' (2021, 2022) – Ulla Lundelin

Voice roles

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'' (2011) –

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*''Helinä-Keiju ja siipien salaisuus'' (2012) – Fawn *''Helinä-keiju ja Mikä-mikä-hirviön arvoitus'' (2014) – Fawn *''Helinä-keiju ja merirosvokeiju'' (2014) – Fawn Source

Theatre roles

Helsinki City Theatre

*''Cherbourgin sateenvarjot'' (2002) *''Tuhkimo'' (2003) *''

Miss Saigon ''Miss Saigon'' is a stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera ''Madame Butterfly'', and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed roma ...

'' (2004) *''

Evita Evita may refer to: Arts * Evita (1996 film), ''Evita'' (1996 film), a 1996 American musical drama film based on the 1976 concept album of the same name * Evita (2008 film), ''Evita'' (2008 film), a documentary about Eva Péron * Evita (album), ''E ...

'' (2006) *''

Wicked Wicked may refer to: Books * Wicked, a minor character in the ''X-Men'' universe * '' Wicked'', a 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire that inspired the musical of the same name * ''Wicked'', the fifth novel in Sara Shepard's ''Pretty Little Liars'' s ...

'' (2010)

Tampere Workers' Theatre

*''Suruttomat''

Swedish Theatre

*''Spin'' (2005) *''Kristina från Duvemåla'' (2012) *''Chess'' (2018)

Gothenburg Opera

*''Kristina från Duvemåla'' (2014)

References

External links

Maria Ylipää Elonetissä
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Maria Ylipää on Actors in Scandinavian

Maria Ylipää – artikkelit
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