Mimosa Willamo

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Mimosa Helena Willamo (born 1994) is a Finnish actress. In 2015, she was awarded a Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Headfirst.

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Early life

Willamo was born in 1994 [1] into a bilingual, Finnish- and Swedish-speaking family, and she was raised in Espoo. [2] [3]

Career

Willamo has performed roles in both Finnish and Swedish languages. [4] [5]

She is known for her roles in the films Headfirst  [ fi ] (2014), Lake Bodom (2016), Born in Heinola  [ fi ] (2016), Somebody Should Do Something  [ fi ] (2019), and Sisu (2022), among others.[ citation needed ]

From 2018 to 2021, Willamo starred in the series Deadwind , playing the role of Henna, the main protagonist's teenage stepdaughter who is involved with drugs. [6] [7] [8]

Willamo starred with Leonard Terfelt as detectives Ewert Grens and Mariana Hermansson in two Nordic noir TV series based on crime novels by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström, Box 21 (2020) and Cell 8 (2022). Both were directed by Johan Brisinger. [9]

Awards

Willamo was awarded Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Headfirst, and she won the Best Actress award in 2016 for her role in Lake Bodom at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles. [10] [11] For her role in Lake Bodom, Willamo was also nominated for a Jussi Award for Best Actress. [12] [13]

Partial filmography

Films

Television series

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References

  1. ↑ von Alfthan, Helena (3 August 2016). "Stjärnan i nya Bodomfilmen Mimosa Willamo har vuxit upp nära sjön" (in Swedish). Yle . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Pystynen, Venla (19 September 2022). "Mimosa Willamo kasvoi viisilapsisessa suurperheessä ja kertoo nyt, miten se on häneen vaikuttanut". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Pystynen, Venla (7 September 2022). "Suurperheessä kasvanut Mimosa Willamo, 27, luovuttaa munasolujaan – kertoo, millainen toimenpide on kyseessä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Kallion lukio" (in Finnish). Yle. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Annika Hällsten: Mimosa Willamo i rollen som Aurora: Vem vill inte vara fräck och vacker? Hufvudstadsbladet , 13 January 2019, 36 pp.
  6. ↑ Kurki-Myllymäki, Kirsti (17 May 2020). "Karppi-sarjan Mimosa Willamo ja epätavallinen tarina: "Mulla on käynyt epäreilun hyvä sauma..."". Suomi24 (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Partanen, Pasi (2 April 2020). "Mitä tapahtui Karpin ensimmäisellä kaudella? Kertaa tärkeimmät asiat". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  8. ↑ Virtanen, Leena (31 October 2021). "Tarina rikosetsivä Sofia Karpista päättyy raakoihin murhiin, parasta sarjassa on paikan tuntu". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  9. ↑ Morris, Anthony (20 July 2023). "Nordic Noir gets personal: director Johan Brisinger on murder mystery 'Cell 8'". SBS Television . Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Screamfest 2016: Winners Announced! Screamfest, 30 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Mimosa Willamolle parhaan naisnäyttelijän palkinto Bodom-elokuvasta Los Angelesissa" (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  12. ↑ Määttänen, Juuso (24 March 2017). "Tässä ovat Jussi-gaalan kaikki voittajat: Hymyilevä mies on paras elokuva - voitti yhteensä 8 palkinto" (in Finnish). Iltalehti . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "Jussi-ehdokkaat julkistettiin – miespääosassa historiallinen ratkaisu!" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2020.


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