Seela Maini Marjatta Sella (née Virtanen, b. 30 December 1936) is a Finnish film actress. She was born in

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

, Finland. During her career, which has spanned more than 60 years to date, Seela Sella has had roles in productions at the

Finnish National Theatre The Finnish National Theatre ( fi, Suomen Kansallisteatteri), established in 1872, is a theatre located in central Helsinki on the northern side of the Helsinki Central Railway Station Square. The Finnish National Theatre is the oldest Finnish ...

, the TTT-Theatre, the Tampere Comedy Theatre, etc. and has made almost 35 appearances in film and television. She has also organized monologue, song and recital nights. Sella has worked with Finnish director

Timo Koivusalo Timo Johannes Koivusalo (born 31 October 1963) is a Finnish actor, director, writer, composer and musician. His most successful film to date was '' Rentun Ruusu'', released in 2001. Life and career Koivusalo was born in Pori, and trained as a ...

on a number of films such as ''

Sibelius Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often ...

'' (2003) and '' Kalteva torni'' (2006). Sella has also done voice-overs for the Finnish versions of such animated movies as ''

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'' and ''

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''. Sella received an award for her work from the

Alfred Kordelin Foundation Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

in 2000.

Personal life

Seela has two children, Ariel and Ilana. She converted to Judaism when she married the Finnish Jew

Elis Sella Elis Sella (25 September 1930 Viipuri, Finland – 8 December 1992 ) was a Finnish actor. Sella's father was History of Jews in Poland, Polish-Jewish and mother Lithuanian Jews, Lithuanian-Jewish. He was married to actress Seela Sella. The couple ...

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* 1936 births Living people actresses from Tampere Finnish Jews Finnish film actresses Converts to Judaism Finnish stage actresses Finnish voice actresses Finnish television actresses 20th-century Finnish actresses 21st-century Finnish actresses {{Finland-actor-stub