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Maria Heiskanen

Maria Heiskanen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maria Heiskanen (born 1970) is a Finnish actress. She works in cinema, television and theatre. Heiskanen received her breakthrough role in the 1991 Swedish film Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem directed by Jan Troell. For her role Heiskanen won the Gold Plaque Award in Chicago International Film Festival for the Best Actress in 1992. Heiskanen lived in Sweden during 1993 - 2003 and worked in movies and theatre. She played in Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern and in Riksteatern where she for example performed role of Masja in Anton Chekhovs The Seagull (2008) directed by Lars Norén. In Finland Heiskanen has worked with Aki Kaurismäki in Lights in the Dusk (2006). She also played in Aleksi Salmenperä's A Man's Work (2007) and was nominated for Jussi Awards from both performances. In 2008, Heiskanen starred in the leading role of Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments, for which she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress Award from Valladolid International Film Festival. The film won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Golden Globe Awards. It also made the January shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards, but wasn't selected as one of the final nominees. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Heiskanen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Personal information

Birthday

1970-08-21

Birth Place

Kuopio, Finland

Movies and TV shows :

All That Matters Is Past

All That Matters Is Past

2012

5.7

Movie
Apeiron

Apeiron

2013

3.2

Movie
As White as in Snow

As White as in Snow

2001

5.6

Movie
Boy Upside Down

Boy Upside Down

2014

6.0

Movie
Brandbilen som försvann

Brandbilen som försvann

1993

5.6

Movie
Everlasting Moments

Everlasting Moments

2008

7.3

Movie
Fallen Leaves

Fallen Leaves

2023

7.2

Movie
Faro

Faro

2013

5.6

Movie
Hella W

Hella W

2011

4.7

Movie
Hellsinki

Hellsinki

2009

6.4

Movie
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem

Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem

1991

6.3

Movie
poster

Inget Ljus i Tunneln

2011

8.0

TV
poster

Kotikatu

1995

3.5

TV
Lights in the Dusk

Lights in the Dusk

2006

6.7

Movie
Man's Job

Man's Job

2007

6.0

Movie
Open Up to Me

Open Up to Me

2013

5.7

Movie
poster

Raja

2014

6.0

TV
Ravens

Ravens

2017

6.4

Movie
poster

Sata lasissa

2013

1.0

TV
Siilijuttu

Siilijuttu

0.0

Movie
poster

Solsidan

2010

7.0

TV
The Last Sentence

The Last Sentence

2012

6.1

Movie
The Longest Day

The Longest Day

2020

6.3

Movie
poster

Transport

2022

6.2

TV