Anna Katriina "Kati" Outinen (born 17 August 1961) is a

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actress who has often played leading female roles in

Aki Kaurismäki Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning '' Drifting Clouds'' (1996), ''The Man Without a Past'' (2002), ''Le Havre'' (2011) and ''The Other Side of Hope'' (20 ...

's films. Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under

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during his "reign" of drama studies in Finland, she nevertheless has never been associated with the "''turkkalaisuus''" school of acting methodology. Her breakthrough role was as a tough girl in the generational classic youth film '' Täältä tullaan elämä'' (1980) by

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. In 1984, she appeared in '' Aikalainen''. Besides a strong domestic reputation gained through a widely varied list of roles in theater and television drama, film director Aki Kaurismäki's films have brought Outinen international attention and even adulation, particularly in Germany and France. Her first work together with Kaurismäki was '' Shadows in Paradise'' in 1986. At the

2002 Cannes Film Festival The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski. The festival opened with '' Hollywood Ending'', direct ...

, Outinen won the award for

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for the Kaurismäki film ''

The Man Without a Past ''The Man Without a Past'' ( fi, Mies vailla menneisyyttä) is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä, it is the second installment in Kaur ...

''. The most recent time that Outinen and Kaurismäki worked together was in the film ''

The Other Side of Hope ''The Other Side of Hope'' ( fi, Toivon tuolla puolen) is a 2017 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film was produced by Kaurismäki's Finnish company Sputnik. In December 2016, it was selected to pla ...

'' (2017). She has also contributed to the screenplay of the Finnish soap opera ''

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''. Outinen portrayed the central character of a Swedish bank manager in the Estonian series ''The Bank'' (2018). She has appeared as a voice actress in the animation series ''

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''. She has also given her voice to Ritva Tuomivaara on the video game '' Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus'' (2017). In 2016, Outinen played with

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in the film ''

Dark Crimes ''Dark Crimes'' (originally released in film festivals before 2018 as ''True Crimes'') is a 2016 crime drama film directed by Alexandros Avranas and written by Jeremy Brock. The film was based on a 2008 article in ''The New Yorker'' by David Gran ...

''. Outinen worked as a Professor in Acting at the Theatre Academy Helsinki from 2002–2013.

Partial filmography

* '' Shadows in Paradise'' (1986) * ''

Hamlet Goes Business ''Hamlet Goes Business'' () is a 1987 Finnish comedy film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius. It is based on William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'', but the events are housed in a modern Finnish wood processing famil ...

'' (1987) * ''

The Match Factory Girl ''The Match Factory Girl'' () is a 1990 Finnish-Swedish film edited, written, co-produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki, the final installment of his Proletariat Trilogy, after his '' Shadows in Paradise'' and '' Ariel''. It follows Iris, a yo ...

'' (1990) * '' Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana'' (1994) * '' Drifting Clouds'' (1996) * ''

Freakin' Beautiful World ''Freakin' Beautiful World'' ( fi, Sairaan kaunis maailma) is a 1997 Finland, Finnish drama film written and directed by Jarmo Lampela. The film is about two teenage boys from Helsinki who owe money to a local drug dealer. In order to pay their deb ...

'' (1997) * ''

Trains'n'Roses ''Trains'n'Roses'' (german: Zugvögel ... Einmal nach Inari) is a 1998 Germany, German-Finland, Finnish romantic comedy film directed by Peter Lichtefeld. Plot Hannes, a truck driver from Germany, is a train timetable enthusiast who dreams of ...

'' (1998) * ''

Juha Juha is a masculine given name of Finnish origin derived from Johannes (or John in English language contexts). Notable people with the name include: * Juha Alén * Juha Gustafsson * Juha Hakola * Juha Harju * Juha Haukkala * Juha Hautamäki ...

'' (1999) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

Lights in the Dusk ''Lights in the Dusk'' ( fi, Laitakaupungin valot) is a 2006 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best know ...

'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

The House of Branching Love ''The House of Branching Love'' ( fi, Haarautuvan rakkauden talo) is a 2009 Finnish comedy-drama film directed by Mika Kaurismäki. It is based on the novel ''Haarautuvan rakkauden talo'' by Petri Karra. The film is about a married couple going ...

'' (2009) * ''

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

'' (2011) * ''

August Fools ''August Fools'' ( fi, Mieletön elokuu) is a 2013 comedy film directed by Taru Mäkelä. It is a Finnish-Czech co-production set in Helsinki, Finland in the early 1960s. Main cast *Kati Outinen *Esko Salminen Esko Salminen (born 12 October ...

'' (2013) * ''

'' (2016) * ''

'' (2017) * '' The Hole in the Ground'' (2019)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Outinen, Kati 1961 births Finnish film actresses Finnish stage actresses Actresses from Helsinki Living people Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners