Maria Heiskanen

Maria Heiskanen
Born	Maria Heiskanen August 21, 1970 (1970-08-21) (age 41) Kuopio, Finland
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Riku
Awards	28th CIFF Gold Plaque Award, Achievement in Acting (Female) 1992 Il Capitano Valladolid International Film Festival, Best Actress 2008 Everlasting moments

Maria Heiskanen (born 1970) is a Finnish actress. She works in cinema, television and theatre.

Heiskanen received her breakthrough role in the 1991 Swedish film Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem directed by Jan Troell. For her role Heiskanen won the Gold Plaque Award in Chicago International Film Festival for the Best Actress in 1992. Heiskanen lived in Sweden during 1993 - 2003 and worked in movies and theatre. She played in Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern and in Riksteatern where she for example performed role of Masja in Anton Chekhovs The Seagull (2008) directed by Lars Norén.

In Finland Heiskanen has worked with Aki Kaurismäki in Lights in the Dusk (2006). She also played in Aleksi Salmenperä's A Man's Work (2007) and was nominated for Jussi Awards from both performances.

In 2008, Heiskanen starred in the leading role of Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments, for which she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress Award from Valladolid International Film Festival. The film won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Golden Globe Awards. It also made the January shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards, but wasn't selected as one of the final nominees.

Selected filmography

• Truth and Consequence (2012)
• Everlasting Moments (2008)
• Heaven (2007)
• A Man's Job (2007)
• Lights in the dusk (2006)
• Hus i helvete (2002)
• As White as in Snow (2001)
• 10:10 (2000)
• Moa & Malte (2000)
• Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991)

External links

• artistgruppen.se
• Maria Heiskanen at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Heiskanen, Maria
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Date of birth	August 21, 1970
Place of birth	Kuopio, Finland
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