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name: "Alma Pöysti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alma-poysti"
fi1m_id: "alma-poysti"
imdb_id: "nm1728830"
tmdb_id: 1364782
wikidata_id: "Q95683960"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 March 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:58.685148+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alma Pöysti

## Identity

Alma Pöysti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alma-poysti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alma-poysti
- **IMDb ID:** nm1728830
- **TMDB ID:** 1364782
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95683960
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_P%C3%B6ysti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95683960, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1728830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1364782

Actor. Born 16 March 1981 in Helsinki, Finland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1981, Helsinki, Finland
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_P%C3%B6ysti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95683960, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1728830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1364782

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Fallen Leaves*](https://film.one/film/fallen-leaves.md) (83)

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## Biography

Alma Pöysti is a Finnish actress. Born on 16 March 1981 in Helsinki, she is a Swedish-speaking Finn who has also worked in Sweden.

She graduated from the Theatre Academy of Helsinki in 2007. She began her career on stage at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki and the Finnish National Theatre.

Pöysti is known for playing Tove Jansson in *Tove* (2020), for which she won a Jussi Award for Best Leading Actress, and Ansa in *Fallen Leaves* (2023). She won a second Jussi Award for *Four Little Adults* (2023) and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for *Fallen Leaves*. She is the daughter of director Erik Pöysti and granddaughter of actors Lasse Pöysti and Birgitta Ulfsson.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fallen Leaves* (2023), Fi1m 83, as Ansa — [page](https://film.one/film/fallen-leaves.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tell Everyone* (2026), Actor
- *Sukkwan Island* (2026), as Anna
- *Therapy* (2025), as Anna
- *The Elf* (2025), Actor
- *Orenda* (2025), as Nora
- *Raptures* (2025), as Lisa
- *Safe House* (2025), as Caroline
- *Deck 5B* (2024), as Mother
- *Children of War and Peace* (2024), as (Voice)
- *Four Little Adults* (2023), as Juulia
- *Fallen Leaves* (2023), as Ansa — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/fallen-leaves.md)
- *A Day and a Half* (2023), as Louise
- *Silkesapans skratt* (2023), as Silkesapan (voice)
- *The Good Driver* (2023), as Mia
- *Blackwater* (2023), series, as Ylja Happolati (1973)
- *JerryMaya's Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion* (2022), as Barbro Palm
- *Blue Note* (2022), as Leena
- *The Limelight Life* (2022), as TV Host
- *The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin* (2022), as Nuori Muumimamma / Mymmeli / Pikku Myy (voice)
- *Helsinki Crimes* (2022), series, as Hietanen
- *Spiral* (2021), as Anna
- *Future Remains* (2021), as Narrator (voice)
- *Tove* (2020), as Tove Jansson
- *The Explosion of a Swimming Ring* (2020), as Linda
- *Flowers of Evil* (2016), as Laura
- *Permission to Operate* (2015), as Tina
- *Tsamo* (2015), as Alisa Moore
- *Moomins on the Riviera* (2014), as Niiskuneiti (voice)
- *Kristuksen morsian* (2014), as Laura
- *Dagmamman* (2013), as Inka
- *Naked Harbour* (2012), as Marika
- *Where Once We Walked* (2011), as Aina Gadolin
- *Beatrice*, Actor
- *The Bottom Line*, as Iris

## Gallery

- ![Alma Pöysti](https://film.one/media/person/15160/gallery-351cac61a4c1.jpg) Alma Pöysti — Image via TMDB
- ![Alma Pöysti](https://film.one/media/person/15160/gallery-34409a4963bd.jpg) Alma Pöysti — Image via TMDB
- ![Alma Pöysti](https://film.one/media/person/15160/gallery-8b9a822a4fa2.jpg) Alma Pöysti — Image via TMDB
- ![Alma Pöysti](https://film.one/media/person/15160/gallery-838debfe2fa7.jpg) Alma Pöysti — Image via TMDB
- ![Alma Pöysti](https://film.one/media/person/15160/gallery-e8dc4a88fb5f.jpg) Alma Pöysti — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (nominated), for *Fallen Leaves*

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Jussi Award for Best Leading Actor 2024: Jussi Award for Best Leading Actor (won), for *Four Little Adults*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2023: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Fallen Leaves*
- Jussi Award for Best Leading Actress 2021: Jussi Award for Best Leading Actress (won), for *Tove*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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