
Alma Pöysti
Known For
Acting
Born
1981-03-16 in Helsinki, Finland
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.
Most Known For

Marcians
as Self

Safe House
as Caroline

Moomins on the Riviera
as Niiskuneiti (voice)

Tsamo
as Alisa Moore

Raptures
as Lisa

Therapy
as Anna

Fallen Leaves
as Ansa

Blackwater
as Ylja Happolati (1973)

Tell Everyone

The Elf

Kristuksen morsian
as Laura

Spiral
as Anna

Tove
as Tove Jansson

Naked Harbour
as Marika

Blue Note
as Leena

A Day and a Half
as Louise

Four Little Adults
as Juulia

Flowers of Evil
as Laura

JerryMaya's Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion
as Barbro Palm

Silkesapans skratt
as Silkesapan (voice)