Kati Outinen
Acting • Born 1961-08-17
Biography
Anna Katriina Outinen (born August 17, 1961) is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films. Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under Jouko Turkka during his "reign" of drama studies in Finland, she nevertheless has never been associated with the "turkkalaisuus" school of acting methodology. Her breakthrough role was as a tough girl in the generational classic youth film Täältä tullaan elämä by Tapio Suominen. In 1984, she appeared in Aikalainen. Besides a strong domestic reputation gained through a widely varied list of roles in theater and television drama, film director Aki Kaurismäki's films have brought Outinen international attention and even adulation, particularly in Germany and France. At the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, Outinen won the award for Best Actress for the Kaurismäki film The Man Without a Past.
Filmography
62 credits
Shadows in Paradise
Movie • 1986
Ilona
Popular Music
Movie • 2004
Päivi, Niila's Mother
Lights in the Dusk
Movie • 2006
Supermarket Cashier
Family Stories Untold
Movie • 2023
The Home of Dark Butterflies
Movie • 2008
Tyyne
The Man Without a Past
Movie • 2002
Irma
Cheating Is Good for You
Movie • 2021
The Match Factory Girl
Movie • 1990
Iris Rukka
Drifting Clouds
Movie • 1996
Ilona
Hamlet Goes Business
Movie • 1987
Ofelia
The Hullabaloos!
Movie • 2022
Rikostutkija Schultz
All the best from Saara
Movie • 1991
Saara
Prinsessa joka nukkui 100 vuotta
Movie • 1981
Girl
Hermit Crab
Movie • 1999
Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes
Movie • 2024
Migrén Senior
Eros and Psyche
Movie • 1998
Tarjoilija
Sauna
Movie • 2008
Old Woman
Le Havre
Movie • 2011
Arletty
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Movie • 1994
Tatjana
Where Is Where?
Movie • 2009
Poet
The Annunciation
Movie • 2011
Director
Aikalainen
Movie • 1984
Dirty Hands
Movie • 2015
Jessica Barine
August Fools
Movie • 2013
Elsa Aho
Täältä tullaan, elämä!
Movie • 1980
Lissu
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Movie • 2002
(segment "Dogs Have No Hell")
Päivää, herra Kivi
Movie • 1984
Coffee Vendor
Clownwise
Movie • 2013
Sylvie
Playa del Futuro
Movie • 2005
Terhi
Kaikki pelissä
Movie • 1994
Päivi Suomela
Kyllä isä osaa
Movie • 2024
Hautausurakoitsija
Train Birds
Movie • 1998
Inkeri, Baggerfahrerin
Spy Games
Movie • 1999
Shopkeeper's Wife
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
Movie • 1986
Caroline Mare's Mane
Dark Crimes
Movie • 2016
Ms. Malinowska
Freakin' Beautiful World
Movie • 1997
Tarja, Ippen äiti
Juha
Movie • 1999
Marja
Avida
Movie • 2006
La femme à la bonbonne d'eau
The House of Branching Love
Movie • 2009
Yrsa
The Other Side of Hope
Movie • 2017
Clothing Store Owner
The Hole in the Ground
Movie • 2019
Noreen Brady
A Man and a Woman
Movie • 2016
Taxi Driver
Everything Outside
Movie • 2018
Charlotte
Naked Harbour
Movie • 2012
Bar Psychiatrist
Play Rape
Movie • 2019
Backwood Philosopher
Movie • 2009
Kuoliaaksinaurattajan tytär
Force of Habit
Movie • 2019
Anja
Aki Kaurismäki
Movie • 2001
Self
Guarded Secrets
Movie • 2004
The Wrestler
Movie • 1985
Hoitaja
A Respectable Tragedy
Movie • 1998
Midwife
Defiant
Movie • 2025
Anneli
The Elf
Movie • 2025
Raptures
Movie • 2025
Rakelin äiti
Nude, Descending...
Movie • 2002
Rose
Concerning Violence
Movie • 2014
Narrator in Finnish version
Dogs Have No Hell
Movie • 2002
Woman
Suojelijat
TV • 2008
Äiti
Blue Eyes
TV • 2014
Irmeli
Isolated
TV • 2024
Meri
The Bank
TV • 2018
Marja Lindroos
Justimus esittää: Henki Vex
TV • 2025
Aili