Iina Kuustonen

{{Infobox person

| name = Iina Kuustonen

| image = Iina Kuustonen.jpg

| caption = Kuustonen in 2011

| birth_name = Iina Kuustonen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|04|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2005{{ndash}}present

| awards = Kultainen Venla for best actress

| children = 2

}}

Iina Kuustonen (born 18 April 1984) is a Finnish actress.

Kuustonen is best known for her appearances in the Finnish television series Putous (2011–2014), Helsingin herra (2012) and Syke (2014). She has also played in several movies, including The Kiss of Evil (2011) and FC Venus (2005). She won the Kultainen Venla, "Golden Venla" award for best actress for her roles in Helsingin Herra and Putous in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kultainenvenla.fi/arkisto/voittajat-2012/|title=Voittajat 2012|website=Kultainen Venla|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019}}

Life and career

Kuustonen was born in Helsinki, where she studied at the Helsinki theatre academy,{{Cite web|date=9 February 2019|title=Näyttelijä Iina Kuustoselta yllättävä paljastus – esiintyi nukkuville katsojille|url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/nayttelija-iina-kuustoselta-yllattava-paljastus-esiintyi-nukkuville-katsojille/7273482|access-date=7 July 2021|website=mtvuutiset.fi|language=fi}} and graduated with a master's degree in acting in 2011.

Kuustonen has done a lot of work in theatres, and for example performed as the second lead Pirkko Mannola in the musical Pirkko & Åke at the summer theatre of Valkeakoski in summer 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000000113326.html|title=He ovat kesämusikaalin Pirkko Mannola ja Åke Lindman!|last=Niiranen|first=Jussi|date=9 February 2010|website=Ilta-Sanomat|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019}} She has also performed in Ronia, the Robber's Daughter at Suomenlinna summer theatre in 2011,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ryhmateatteri.fi/ohjelmisto/ronja_ryovarintytar|title=Ohjelmisto {{!}} Ronja, ryövärintytär {{!}} Teatteri Esitykset {{!}} Ryhmäteatteri {{!}} Helsinki|website=www.ryhmateatteri.fi|language=en|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426091449/http://www.ryhmateatteri.fi/ohjelmisto/ronja_ryovarintytar|url-status=dead}} and in Espoo city theater's musical Kojoottikuu in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lansivayla.fi/tapahtumat/237737-kojoottikuu|title=Kojoottikuu|website=Länsiväylä|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507072501/https://www.lansivayla.fi/tapahtumat/237737-kojoottikuu|url-status=dead}}

She has also done a lot of Finnish dubs to movies, including Kung Fu Panda (2008), How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and The Croods (2013).

Finnish musician Mikko Kuustonen is Iina Kuustonen's father. Iina's sister Minka Kuustonen is also an actress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stara.fi/2008/02/05/haastattelussa-iina-kuustonen/|title=Iina Kuustonen|last=Stara.fi|date=5 February 2008|website=Stara|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019}}

Kuustonen was engaged to Sebastian Rejman but in June 2022 the couple announced that they have separated. Together they have a son born in September 2016{{Cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000001266076.html|title=Iina Kuustonen sai pojan|last=Tainola|first=Rita|date=21 September 2016|website=Ilta-Sanomat|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000001165517.html|title=Iina Kuustonen saa syysvauvan!|last=Tainola|first=Rita|date=25 April 2016|website=Ilta-Sanomat|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019}} and a daughter born in February 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/7b648a21-ff5c-428d-86e3-5fed3bebc171|title=IS: Iina Kuustonen ja Sebastian Rejman saivat toisen lapsen: tyttö tuli|website=www.iltalehti.fi|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019}}

Filmography

class="wikitable"

|+Movies{{Cite web|url=https://www.elonet.fi/fi/henkilo/1316806|title=Iina Kuustonen|website=Elonet|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019}}

!Year

!Title

!Role

2005

|FC Venus

|a woman in the bar

2007

|Uh-huh

|Hanna

2008

|8 päivää ensi-iltaan

|Noora

2011

|The Kiss of Evil

|Tuikku Sylvin

rowspan="6" |2013

|Miesten välisiä keskusteluja

|Noora

[https://ses.fi/en/films/film/?tx_browser_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=263&cHash=8151ff4b29bf318b5a563997afe0ced5 Rölli and the Golden Key]

|Sähinä

Kekkonen tulee!

|Sinikka

Parittomat

|Kisu

Nuoren Wertherin Jäljillä

|Kati

Ella ja Kaverit - Paterock

|Teacher's wife

rowspan="2" |2014

|Kummeli V

|Tupsu

Kesäkaverit

|Karoliina

rowspan="2" |2015

|Naisen nimi

|Annu

Viikossa aikuiseksi

|Kaisa-Leena

rowspan="2" |2016

|Äkkilähtö

|Ansku

[https://ses.fi/en/films/film/?tx_browser_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=803&cHash=23b88bda9b4c01ee3b0cc2c204106b2c Rölli and the Secret of All Time]

|Sähinä

2021

|Nurses – Dreadful Hospital Outage

|Iiris Ketola

rowspan="3" |2022

|Häät ennen hautajaisia

|Joanna

Witness the Fitness

|Kerttu

Herman the Circus Clown

|Viola

class="wikitable"

|+TV-shows{{Cite web|url=https://www.elonet.fi/fi/henkilo/1316806|title=Iina Kuustonen|website=Elonet|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019}}

!Year

!Title

!Role

rowspan="3" |2007

|Sanaton sopimus

|Krista Järvi

Kultainen noutaja

|Riina

Käenpesä

|woman in the art video

2008

|Suojelijat

|Sarita Anttila

2009

|Ihmebantu

|Multiple roles

2010

|Helppo elämä

|Rossu

rowspan="2" |2011

|Virta

|Hanna Miettinen

Hip Hop Hamlet

|Niina Saraste

2011–2013

|Putous

|Multiple roles

2012

|Helsingin herra

|Maisa Sinivuo

2014–2019, 2022–

|Syke

|Iiris Ketola

2012–2017

|Kimmo

|Irina

2015

|Kingi

|Tove Hansson, other characters

2015–2017

|Downshiftaajat

|Satu

2018

|Arctic Circle

|Nina Kautsalo

class="wikitable"

|+Voice acting (Finnish){{Cite web|url=https://www.elonet.fi/fi/henkilo/1316806|title=Iina Kuustonen|website=Elonet|language=fi|access-date=7 May 2019}}

!Year

!Title

!Role

2008

|Kung Fu Panda

|Master Viper

2010

|How to Train Your Dragon

|Astrid Hofferson

rowspan="3" |2011

|Kung Fu Panda 2

|Master Viper