Iina Kuustonen

Iina Kuustonen (born 18 April 1984 in Helsinki) is a Finnish actress.

Iina Kuustonen
Iina Kuustonen in 2011 Jussi Awards.
Born
Iina Kuustonen

(1984-04-18) April 18, 1984
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
AwardsKultainen Venla for best actress

Kuustonen is most famous for her appearances in the Finnish television series Putous (2011-2014), Helsingin herra (2012) and Syke (2014). She has also played in several movies, including The Kiss of Evil (2011) and FC Venus (2005). She won the Kultainen Venla, "Golden Venla" award for best actress for her roles in Helsingin Herra and Putous in 2012.[1]

Life and career

Kuustonen studied in Helsinki theatre academy, where she graduated with a master's degree in acting in 2011.

Kuustonen has done a lot of work in theatres, and for example performed as the second lead Pirkko Mannola in the musical Pirkko & Åke at the summer theatre of Valkeakoski in summer 2010.[2] She has also performed in Ronia, the Robber's Daughter at Suomenlinna summer theatre in 2011,[3] and in Espoo city theater's musical Kojoottikuu in 2014.[4]

She has also done a lot of Finnish dubs to different movies like Kung Fu Panda (2008), How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and The Croods (2013), just to name a few.

Finnish musician Mikko Kuustonen is Iina Kuustonen's father. Iina's sister Minka Kuustonen is also an actress.[5]

Kuustonen is engaged to Sebastian Rejman and together they have a son born in September 2016[6][7] and a daughter born in February 2019.[8]

Filmography

Movies[9]
Year Title Role
2005 FC Venus a woman in the bar
2007 Uhripuu Hanna
2008 8 päivää ensi-iltaan Noora
2011 The Kiss of Evil Tuikku Sylvin
2013 Miesten välisiä keskusteluja Noora
Rolli and the Golden Key Sähinä
Kekkonen tulee! Sinikka
Parittomat Kisu
Nuoren Wertherin Jäljillä Kati
Ella ja Kaverit - Paterock Teacher's wife
2014 Kummeli V Tupsu
Kesäkaverit Karoliina
2015 Naisen nimi Annu
Viikossa aikuiseksi Kaisa-Leena
2016 Äkkilähtö Ansku
Rolli and the Secret of All Time Sähinä
TV-shows[10]
Year Title Role
2007 Sanaton sopimus Krista Järvi
Kultainen noutaja Riina
Käenpesä woman in the art video
2008 Suojelijat Sarita Anttila
2009 Ihmebantu Multiple roles
2010 Helppo elämä Rossu
2011 Virta Hanna Miettinen
Hip Hop Hamlet Niina Saraste
2011-2013 Putous Multiple roles
2012 Helsingin herra Maisa Sinivuo
2014-2017 Syke Iiris Ketola
2012-2017 Kimmo Irina
2015 Kingi Tove Hansson, other characters
2015-2017 Downshiftaajat Satu
2018 Arctic Circle Nina Kautsalo


Voice acting (Finnish)[11]
Year Title Role
2008 Kung Fu Panda Master Viper
2010 How to Train Your Dragon Astrid Hofferson
2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 Master Viper
Arthur Christmas Many roles
Happy Feet Two Carmen
2012 Secret of the Wings Gliss
Pajunkissametsä Multiple roles
2013 Wreck-It Ralph Vanellope von Schweetz
The Croods Eep Crood
Boule et Bill Caroline
2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Astrid Hofferson
The Lego Movie Lucy/Wyldstyle
Leonard Nappula Multiple roles
2016 Zootopia Officer Judy Hopps
Kung Fu Panda 3 Master Viper
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Vanellope von Schweetz
2019 The Lego Movie 2 Lucy

References

  1. "Voittajat 2012". Kultainen Venla (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. Niiranen, Jussi (2010-02-09). "He ovat kesämusikaalin Pirkko Mannola ja Åke Lindman!". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  3. "Ohjelmisto | Ronja, ryövärintytär | Teatteri Esitykset | Ryhmäteatteri | Helsinki". www.ryhmateatteri.fi. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  4. "Kojoottikuu". Länsiväylä (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  5. Stara.fi (2008-02-05). "Iina Kuustonen". Stara (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  6. Tainola, Rita (2016-09-21). "Iina Kuustonen sai pojan". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  7. Tainola, Rita (2016-04-25). "Iina Kuustonen saa syysvauvan!". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  8. "IS: Iina Kuustonen ja Sebastian Rejman saivat toisen lapsen: tyttö tuli". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  9. "Iina Kuustonen". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  10. "Iina Kuustonen". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  11. "Iina Kuustonen". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-07.


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