Miina Turunen

This article is about the Finnish actress born in 1973. For the Finnish actress born in 1969, see Minna Turunen.

Miina Turunen
Born1973 (age 50–51)
Kouvola, Finland

Miina Turunen (born 1973 in Kouvola, Finland) is a Finnish actress.

Turunen attended Kallio High School [fi], a school in Helsinki which specialises in the performing arts,[1] and graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1997 with a Master's in theatre arts.[2] She began her professional career in 1996, starring in the film Sirpaleita, and starred in the 2003 film Sibelius working with Finnish director Timo Koivusalo and actors such as Martti Suosalo, Heikki Nousiainen and Seela Sella. She has also appeared in many theatrical roles,[2] including Sarasvatin hiekkaa with the Espoo City Theatre,[3] an adaptation by the Finnish National Theatre of A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz.[1][4] and as narrator in an adaptation she herself made for the Nukketeatterikeskus Poiju puppet theatre of "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Marjo Kytöharju, "Miina Turunen kertoo nukkejen avulla liikuttavan prinssisadun", Kirkko ja kaupunki [fi], 25 October 2016, (in Finnish).
  2. ^ a b "Näyttelijä Miina Turunen (synt.1973)", Ylen Vintti, Yle, (in Finnish), retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Karismaattisen näyttelijän tunnistaa läsnäolosta", Länsiväylä, 8 February 2012, (in Finnish).
  4. ^ "Tarina rakkaudesta ja pimeydestä" Archived 2 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Etelä-Saimaa, 18 January 2014, (in Finnish).