Actor
Maria Heiskanen
August 21, 1970 · Kuopio, Finland
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Sulevi Peltola
3 titles together
Lights in the Dusk, Kotikatu, Boy Upside Down
Antti Reini
3 titles together
Lights in the Dusk, Everlasting Moments, Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem
Kari Hietalahti
3 titles together
Hellsinki, The Longest Day, Boy Upside Down
Janne Virtanen
3 titles together
Transport, Kotikatu, Boy Upside Down
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Johanna Troell
3 titles together
Everlasting Moments, The Last Sentence, As White as in Snow
Janne Hyytiäinen
2 titles together
Fallen Leaves, Lights in the Dusk
Full filmography · 23
Fallen Leaves
as Matron
20237.1
The Longest Day
cast
2020
Ravens
as Gärd
2017
Boy Upside Down
as Katri
2014
Apeiron
as Umbra's Mother and as Umbra's mother
2013
Faro
as Socialkvinnan / The Social Services Woman
2013
Open Up to Me
as Silva
20135.5
The Last Sentence
as Pirjo
2012
All That Matters Is Past
as Ragnhild
20125.6
Hella W
as Kerttu Nuorteva, "Elina Sigrid Hämäläinen"
2011
Hellsinki
as Marja
20096.4
Everlasting Moments
as Maria Larsson
20087.3