Irina Björklund
1973 (53 года)Irina Björklund (born 7 February 1973) is a Finnish actress.
Björklund was born in Danderyd, Stockholm County but she quickly moved to Finland with her family.[citation needed] She has acted in movies and in television series. Some well known movies include Rukajärven tie (int. Ambush), Levottomat (int. Restless), Minä ja Morrison (int. Me and Morrison), and Vieraalla Maalla (int. Land of Love). Björklund is married to Finnish actor Peter Franzén. In September 2007, Björklund gave birth to their first child, a boy.
Björklund moved to the United States in 1999. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband. She has also lived in France during her early years.
She fluently speaks Finnish, Swedish, French, English and also some Russian, and Spanish.[citation needed]. She studied in the Theatre Academy of Finland from 1993 to 1996.[citation needed] She left the school when Svenska Teatern (Swedish theatre in Helsinki) hired her.
In 1999, she was awarded the Jussi prize as best leading actress for her role as Milla in the movie Minä ja Morrison.She made her breakthrough in the movie Rukajärven tie where she played Lotta Kaarina Vainikainen. She was awarded the Shooting Star prize in the Berlin Film Festival in 2004.[citation needed]
In September 2010, Björklund's career in the United States took a leap, when she had a minor role in The American,[1] alongside George Clooney.[2] She played the role of Clooney's lover, Ingrid.
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Dustclouds
Filip Jan Rymsza
Irina Björklund, Wesley Walker
"Dustclouds" is an epic fever-dream, chronicling a long night's journey into day. As his wedding carriage rides beneath a starlit night, Getz vows to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Having worked his whole life, he has finally married. Yet as he lies in his bride's embrace, Getz already starts to question his happiness. Deep within, he yearns for "the perfect," which puts strain on his marriage. As the night progresses, inner turmoil unravels the fabric of Getz's being. Years begin to pass like seconds. Time, identity and purpose become unstuck. And a great sadness is borne into his life. Getz longs for answers, but is terrified by what he could lose in his search for truth? What follows is a quest deep into his heart of darkness.
Dustclouds
The Eternal Road
Antti-Jussi Annila
Tommi Korpela, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
The Eternal Road
Ambush
Olli Saarela
Peter Franzén, Irina Björklund
It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.
Ambush
Kolme viisasta miestä
Mika Kaurismäki
Kari Heiskanen, Pertti Sveholm
Three middle aged men, long time friends, get together in a normally closed Karaoke bar to drink their failed lives away. Secrets are revealed and sometimes discovered and they sing their miseries one by one during Karaoke sessions. The arrival of a lone woman to the bar will facilitate revealing of the final secret.
Three Wise Men
Tähtitaivas talon yllä
Saara Cantell
Irina Björklund, Leo Honkonen
Stars above follows the stories of three women from the same family across three different decades. The main characters – Saima, Tuulikki and Salla – each lives in the same country house. Saima´s story takes place in the war time 1942, when Finland fought against Soviet Union, Tuulikki´s story in colourful year 1978 and Salla´s story in the present day. Each woman is between 30 and 40. This deep and beautiful, yet humorous film pictures the encounters between people and the possibilities for choice. How much does the time we live in affect us - and our ability to hold on to our dreams? What are those things which we pass on from one generation to the next? What changes, what remains the same? And to what extent do mothers´ choices, let alone their unspoken secrets, affect their daughters´ lives?
Stars Above
The House of Branching Love
Mika Kaurismäki
Elina Knihtilä, Hannu-Pekka Björkman
A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family therapist, and his wife, Tuula, a successful business trainer.
The House of Branching Love
The Unattainable Story
Emilia Ferreira
Irina Björklund, Harry Hamlin
The lines of real life and fantasy begin to blur, as the director starts to suspect that he may only be a character in the story manipulated by the writer in order to get him to direct the play the way she wants, but also to stimulate her creativity.
The Unattainable Story
Colorado Avenue
Claes Olsson
Birthe Wingren, Nicke Lignell
In the early 1900s, emigrant Hanna returns from Colorado to Finland. In America she was known as Dollar-Hanna, but in Finland she has to endure the Civil War and live through the prohibition. Hanna's independent spirit will guide her.
Colorado Avenue
Priest of Evil
Olli Saarela
Peter Franzén, Irina Björklund
Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic way. Despite the support of his closest colleague, Constable Onerva Nykänen, Harjunpää is unable to recover from the loss of his family. He seeks revenge against his daughter's killer, while in his work he investigates strange deaths in the Helsinki metro that turn out to be the work of a serial killer.
Priest of Evil
Lost
Darren Lemke
Dean Cain, Ashley Scott
Trapped in a maze of endless desert highways, bound by a vital deadline, and pursued by an unseen menace....Jeremy Stanton is about to take the longest ride of his life. He will learn that when you reach the crossroads of life...you must be careful which way you turn.
Lost
