Kati Outinen
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
A Man and a Woman
2016
as Taxi Driver
Sauna
2008
as Old Woman
The Hole in the Ground
2019
as Noreen Brady
Dark Crimes
2016
as Ms. Malinowska
Le Havre
2011
as Arletty
The Other Side of Hope
2017
as Clothing Store Owner
Train Birds
1998
as Inkeri, Baggerfahrerin
Shadows in Paradise
1986
as Ilona
Raptures
2025
as Rakelin äiti
Dirty Hands
2015
as Jessica Barine
Naked Harbour
2012
as Bar Psychiatrist
Popular Music
2004
as Päivi, Niila's Mother
Lights in the Dusk
2006
as Supermarket Cashier
The Man Without a Past
2002
as Irma
The Match Factory Girl
1990
as Iris Rukka
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002
as (segment "Dogs Have No Hell")
Spy Games
1999
as Shopkeeper's Wife
The Home of Dark Butterflies
2008
as Tyyne
Backwood Philosopher
2009
as Kuoliaaksinaurattajan tytär
Concerning Violence
2014
as Narrator in Finnish version