Maria Heiskanen
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Lights in the Dusk
as Aila 2006
Everlasting Moments
as Maria Larsson 2008
Hellsinki
as Marja 2009
Man's Job
as Katja 2007
The Fire Engine That Disappeared
as Carla 1993
Open Up to Me
as Silva 2013
All That Matters Is Past
as Ragnhild 2012
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem
as Minna 1991
The Last Sentence
as Pirjo 2012
Ravens
as Gärd 2017
Hella W
as Kerttu Nuorteva, "Elina Sigrid Hämäläinen" 2011
As White as in Snow
as Merja 2001
Faro
as Socialkvinnan / The Social Services Woman 2013
Boy Upside Down
as Katri 2014
The Longest Day
2020
Apeiron
as Umbra's Mother 2013