Person
Kati Outinen
Acting · Born 1961-08-17 · Helsinki, Finland
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.
Known for
The Hole in the Ground
Noreen Brady
Le Havre
Arletty
The Bank
Marja Lindroos
Sauna
Old Woman
Suojelijat
Äiti
Blue Eyes
Irmeli
Shadows in Paradise
Ilona
Isolated
Meri
The Match Factory Girl
Iris Rukka
The Elf
2025
Filmography
- 2025The Elf
- 2025Justimus esittää: Henki VexAili
- 2025RapturesRakelin äiti
- 2025DefiantAnneli
- 2024Kyllä isä osaaHautausurakoitsija
- 2024Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing HolesMigrén Senior
- 2024IsolatedMeri
- 2023Family Stories Untold
- 2022The Hullabaloos!Rikostutkija Schultz
- 2021Cheating Is Good for You
- 2019Force of HabitAnja
- 2019Play Rape
- 2019The Hole in the GroundNoreen Brady
- 2018The BankMarja Lindroos
- 2018Everything OutsideCharlotte
- 2017The Other Side of HopeClothing Store Owner
- 2016Dark CrimesMs. Malinowska
- 2016A Man and a WomanTaxi Driver
- 2015Dirty HandsJessica Barine
- 2014Blue EyesIrmeli
- 2014Concerning ViolenceNarrator in Finnish version
- 2013ClownwiseSylvie
- 2013August FoolsElsa Aho
- 2012Naked HarbourBar Psychiatrist
- 2011The AnnunciationDirector
- 2011Le HavreArletty
- 2009Backwood PhilosopherKuoliaaksinaurattajan tytär
- 2009Where Is Where?Poet
- 2009The House of Branching LoveYrsa
- 2008SaunaOld Woman
- 2008SuojelijatÄiti
- 2008The Home of Dark ButterfliesTyyne
- 2006AvidaLa femme à la bonbonne d'eau
- 2006Lights in the DuskSupermarket Cashier
- 2005Playa del FuturoTerhi
- 2004Popular MusicPäivi, Niila's Mother
- 2004Guarded Secrets
- 2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet(segment "Dogs Have No Hell")
- 2002Dogs Have No HellWoman
- 2002Nude, Descending...Rose
- 2002The Man Without a PastIrma
- 2001Aki KaurismäkiSelf
- 1999Spy GamesShopkeeper's Wife
- 1999JuhaMarja
- 1999Hermit Crab
- 1998Eros and PsycheTarjoilija
- 1998A Respectable TragedyMidwife
- 1998Train BirdsInkeri, Baggerfahrerin
- 1997Freakin' Beautiful WorldTarja, Ippen äiti
- 1996Drifting CloudsIlona
- 1996Juna1. nainen
- 1994Kaikki pelissäPäivi Suomela
- 1994Take Care of Your Scarf, TatjanaTatjana
- 1991All the best from SaaraSaara
- 1990The Match Factory GirlIris Rukka
- 1987Hamlet Goes BusinessOfelia
- 1986Shadows in ParadiseIlona
- 1986Kuningas lähtee RanskaanCaroline Mare's Mane
- 1985The WrestlerHoitaja
- 1984Päivää, herra KiviCoffee Vendor
- 1984Aikalainen
- 1981Prinsessa joka nukkui 100 vuottaGirl
- 1980Täältä tullaan, elämä!Lissu
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