Alma Pöysti

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.

Known For

Naked Harbour

Marika

Marcians

Self

Orenda

Nora

Flowers of Evil

Laura

Four Little Adults

Juulia

Where Once We Walked

Aina Gadolin

Sukkwan Island

Anna

Safe House

Caroline

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Sukkwan Island	Anna
2026	Tell Everyone
2025	Raptures	Lisa
2025	Orenda	Nora
2025	Safe House	Caroline
2025	The Elf
2025	Therapy	Anna
2024	Children of War and Peace	(Voice)
2024	Deck 5B	Mother
2023	Four Little Adults	Juulia
2023	A Day and a Half	Louise
2023	Silkesapans skratt	Silkesapan (voice)
2023	Fallen Leaves	Ansa
2023	The Good Driver
2023	The Good Driver	Mia
2022	The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin	Nuori Muumimamma / Mymmeli / Pikku Myy (voice)
2022	The Limelight Life	TV Host
2022	Blue Note	Leena
2022	JerryMaya's Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion	Barbro Palm
2021	Spiral	Anna
2021	Future Remains	Narrator (voice)
2020	Tove	Tove Jansson
2020	The Explosion of a Swimming Ring	Linda
2016	Flowers of Evil	Laura
2015	Permission to Operate	Tina
2015	Tsamo	Alisa Moore
2014	Kristuksen morsian	Laura
2014	Moomins on the Riviera	Niiskuneiti (voice)
2013	Dagmamman	Inka
2012	Naked Harbour	Marika
2011	Where Once We Walked	Aina Gadolin

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	Blackwater	Ylja Happolati (1973)
2017	Marcians	Self