Alma Pöysti
Acting • Born 1981-03-16
Biography
Alma Ilona Pöysti (born 16 March 1981) is a Finnish actress. She is the daughter of director Erik Pöysti and granddaughter of Finnish actors Lasse Pöysti and Birgitta Ulfsson. Pöysti has also lived and worked in Sweden. Pöysti studied at the University of the Arts Helsinki from 2003 to 2007, then worked at the Swedish Theatre and the Finnish National Theatre. In 2020, she played Tove Jansson in a biopic titled Tove. In 2023, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Fallen Leaves.
Filmography
33 credits
Where Once We Walked
Movie • 2011
Aina Gadolin
Kristuksen morsian
Movie • 2014
Laura
Four Little Adults
Movie • 2023
Juulia
Permission to Operate
Movie • 2015
Tina
Raptures
Movie • 2025
Lisa
A Day and a Half
Movie • 2023
Louise
Silkesapans skratt
Movie • 2023
Silkesapan (voice)
Fallen Leaves
Movie • 2023
Ansa
Tsamo
Movie • 2015
Alisa Moore
Moomins on the Riviera
Movie • 2014
Niiskuneiti (voice)
The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin
Movie • 2022
Nuori Muumimamma / Mymmeli / Pikku Myy (voice)
Spiral
Movie • 2021
Anna
The Good Driver
Movie • 2023
Children of War and Peace
Movie • 2024
(Voice)
The Limelight Life
Movie • 2022
TV Host
Blue Note
Movie • 2022
Leena
Sukkwan Island
Movie • 2026
Anna
The Good Driver
Movie • 2023
Mia
Naked Harbour
Movie • 2012
Marika
Flowers of Evil
Movie • 2016
Laura
Orenda
Movie • 2025
Nora
Dagmamman
Movie • 2013
Inka
Tove
Movie • 2020
Tove Jansson
The Explosion of a Swimming Ring
Movie • 2020
Linda
Future Remains
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
JerryMaya's Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion
Movie • 2022
Barbro Palm
Safe House
Movie • 2025
Caroline
Deck 5B
Movie • 2024
Mother
The Elf
Movie • 2025
Tell Everyone
Movie • 2026
Therapy
Movie • 2025
Anna
Blackwater
TV • 2023
Ylja Happolati (1973)
Marcians
TV • 2017
Self