Merja Larivaara (born 4 July 1964 in

Haukipudas Haukipudas is a town and former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Its shore runs along the Gulf of Bothnia, with the river Kiiminkijoki running through the province. ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

) is a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. Larivaara began her career in 1988 in Rengasmatka and has thirty or so appearances on film and

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

, often appearing on shows as herself. She starred in the

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

film '' Aapo'' with actors such as

Taisto Reimaluoto Taisto Reimaluoto (born 28 September 1961, in Helsinki) is a Finnish actor. Reimaluoto began his career in films and in 1994, he appeared in '' Aapo'' as the lead character. However since 1995 he has become a prolific Finnish television actor ...

Ulla Koivuranta Ulla Koivuranta (born 19 March 1959, in Vaasa, Finland) is a Finnish actress. In 1991 she began work at the Turku Theatre. She played the role of Lempi in the 1994 film '' Aapo''. Filmography *''Hyvän tekijät'' (1997), released as Good Deeds ...

, Kai Lehtinen,

Martti Suosalo Martti Juhani Suosalo (born 19 July 1962) is a Finnish actor and singer. Suosalo was born in Oulu, and began his career in 1986 with an appearance in a TV series. He began to work as a regular actor on Finnish television but also appeared in s ...

and

Esko Nikkari Esko Nikkari (23 November 1938 – 17 December 2006) was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He was born in Lapua, and made his screen debut in 1974 in the movie ''Karvat''. Nikkari was a workhorse ...

. In 2005, she appeared in TV series ''Game Over''.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Well The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, normally shortened to The WELL, was launched in 1985. It is one of the oldest continuously operating virtual communities. By 1993 it had 7,000 members, a staff of 12, and gross annual income of $2 million. ...

'' (1992) * ''

Ripa Hits the Skids ''Ripa Hits the Skids'' ( fi, Ripa ruostuu) is a 1993 Finnish comedy film directed by Christian Lindblad. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Languag ...

'' (1993) * ''

The Path of the Righteous Men ''Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men'' ( fi, Vares – Kaidan tien kulkijat) is a 2012 Finnish crime film directed by Anders Engström and it is the sixth installment of the '' Vares'' film series. The film is the only of the film series wher ...

'' (2012)

References

External links

* 1964 births Living people People from Haukipudas Finnish actresses {{Finland-actor-stub