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LAURA BIRNLaura Eveliina Birn is a Finnishactress born in Helsinki on the 25th ofApril 1981. She has gained a strongreputation through a widely variedlist of roles in theatre, television andfilm.At the age of seventeen, Laura Birnspent a year in Brazil as an exchangestudent. In South America she foundher interest for theatre and startedperforming with a Brazilian theatregroup. After having moved back toFinland, she received leading roles intwo short films. Her bigger on-screendebut took place in 2002, starringin the Finnish feature film Pigs andpearls, directed by Perttu Leppä. Shewas nominated for best supportingactress in the Finnish film awards,Jussi awards, for her first film role.The same year, in 2002, she startedher acting studies at Helsinki TheatreAcademy.Despite her studies Birn continuedacting actively. She played theleading female role in four featurefilms; The Promise, The ChristmasStory, 8 Days to Premiere and Rallyon. Birn also starred in several TVseries,such as the drama mini-seriesJumalan kaikki oikut, the dramaseries Karjalan kunnailla set in thecountry side of Finland, Suojelijat adrama series about security guards,the drama series Morsian and thedetective series Virta.As for theatre, Birn acted on stage inboth Helsinki and Barcelona duringher years at the Theatre Academy.Her breakthrough stage performancewas in the Finnish drama playSydänmaa at Helsinki City Theatrein 2005 to 2006. In Barcelona sheperformed in two plays called TheBunnygirl and The Little Jesus.She finished her MA degree in2008 and after graduating she hascontinued working with both theatreand film. Her latest work includestwo successful Finnish feature filmscalled Naked Harbour and Purge.Purge got selected as Finland’sentry for the Oscars 2012. Purge isa suspenseful story of two womendogged by their own shameful pastsand the dark, unspoken history thatbinds them. Birn´s performance asAliide Truu received outstandingcritics, and won her a nomination forbest leading actress in the GoldenSatellite Awards and Jussi Awards.Her performance in Naked Harbour,an episode film about multiculturalsuburbia in Helsinki, as an unstablegirl with a drug addiction also wonher a nomination for best supportingactress in Jussi Awards.Birn is chosen as one of Europe’smost talented young actors to beawarded at the Berlin Film Festival2013.Birn speaks five languages, Finnishas her native language, English,Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.She has also studied dancing andsinging for many years.REPRESENTATION:ACTORS IN SCANDINAVIA,HELSINKI/STOCKHOLMWWW.ACTORSINSCANDINAVIA.COMPHOTO MARICA ROSENGÅRD8