Alma Pöysti
Actor
Biography
Alma Ilona Pöysti (born 16 March 1981) is a Finnish actress. She is the daughter of director Erik Pöysti and granddaughter of Finnish actors Lasse Pöysti and Birgitta Ulfsson. Pöysti has also lived and worked in Sweden. Pöysti studied at the University of the Arts Helsinki from 2003 to 2007, then worked at the Swedish Theatre and the Finnish National Theatre.
In 2020, she played Tove Jansson in a biopic titled Tove. In 2023, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Fallen Leaves.
Filmography
A Day and a Half
as Louise 2023
Tove
as Tove Jansson 2020
Naked Harbour
as Marika 2012
Moomins on the Riviera
as Niiskuneiti (voice) 2014
Flowers of Evil
as Laura 2016
Safe House
as Caroline 2025
Four Little Adults
as Juulia 2023
Where Once We Walked
as Aina Gadolin 2011
Raptures
as Lisa 2025
JerryMaya's Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion
as Barbro Palm 2022
The Good Driver
2023
The Good Driver
as Mia 2023
Orenda
as Nora 2025
Kristuksen morsian
as Laura 2014
The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin
as Nuori Muumimamma / Mymmeli / Pikku Myy (voice) 2022
Silkesapans skratt
as Silkesapan (voice) 2023