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Kati Outinen

Kati Outinen

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.

Uhma

2025

Kyllä isä osaa

2024

as Hautausurakoitsija

Snot and Splash

2024

as Migrén Senior

Utö

2024

as Meri

Family Stories Untold

2023

The Hullabaloos!

2022

as Rikostutkija Schultz

Cheating Is Good for You

2021

Force of Habit

2019

as Anja

Play Rape

2019

The Hole in the Ground

2019

as Noreen Brady

The Bank

2018

as Marja Lindroos

Everything outside

2018

as Charlotte

The Other Side of Hope

2017

as Clothing Store Owner

Dark Crimes

2016

as Ms. Malinowska

A Man and a Woman

2016

as Taxi Driver

Blue Eyes

2014

as Irmeli

Clownwise

2013

as Sylvie

August Fools

2013

as Elsa Aho

Naked Harbour

2012

as Bar Psychiatrist

The Annunciation

2011

as Director

Le Havre

2011

as Arletty

Backwood Philosopher

2009

as Kuoliaaksinaurattajan tytär

Where Is Where?

2009

as Poet

The House of Branching Love

2009

as Yrsa

Sauna

2008

as Old Woman

Suojelijat

2008

as Äiti

The Home of Dark Butterflies

2008

as Tyyne

Avida

2006

as La femme à la bonbonne d'eau

Lights in the Dusk

2006

as Supermarket Cashier

Playa del Futuro

2005

as Terhi

Popular Music

2004

as Päivi, Niila's Mother

Guarded Secrets

2004

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

2002

as (segment "Dogs Have No Hell")

The Man Without a Past

2002

as Irma

Aki Kaurismäki

2001

Spy Games

1999

as Shopkeeper's Wife

Juha

1999

as Marja

Eros and Psyche

1998

as Tarjoilija

A Respectable Tragedy

1998

as Midwife

Train Birds

1998

as Inkeri, Baggerfahrerin

Freakin' Beautiful World

1997

as Tarja, Ippen äiti

Drifting Clouds

1996

as Ilona

Kaikki pelissä

1994

as Päivi Suomela

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana

1994

as Tatjana

All the best from Saara

1991

as Saara

The Match Factory Girl

1990

as Iris Rukka

Dirty Hands

1989

as Jessica Barine

Hamlet Goes Business

1987

as Ofelia

Shadows in Paradise

1986

as Ilona

Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

1986

as Caroline Mare's Mane

The Wrestler

1985

as Hoitaja

Päivää, herra Kivi

1984

as Coffee Vendor

Aikalainen

1984

Täältä tullaan, elämä!

1980

as Lissu

Prinsessa joka nukkui 100 vuotta

as Girl

Hermit Crab