Seidi Haarla

Seidi Helena Alexandra Haarla born January 1 1984 is a Finnish actress She played the female lead in Juho Kuosmanens film Compartment No 6 2021 She won the European Film Promotion EFP Shooting Stars Award for her role as one of the most promising film actors of the year Haarla was born in 1984 in Kirkkonummi in southern Finland She comes from a family of actors and artists Her father is artist Teuri Haarla 1955 Her younger sister Ruusu Haarla 1989 is a playwright and director Her grandparents were actor Saulo Haarla 19301971 and soprano and actress Helena Salonius 19302012 her greatgrandparents include stage actress Tyyne Haarla 18921968 and writer Lauri Haarla 18901944 In 2004 Haarla appeared in a student theater group in Helsinki In 2005 she studied acting at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts in Saint Petersburg She graduated from University of the Arts Helsinki in 2015 with a Master of Arts in Theater and Drama Together with her sister Ruusu Haarla wrote the plays The Trauma Body 2014 and New Childhood 2020 which were inspired by her own childhood experiences and she also appeared on stage in their productions Haarla has appeared in Finnish film and television productions since 2015 In 2021 she took on the female leading role of Laura in Juho Kuosmanens film drama Compartment No 6 which is based on Rosa Liksoms novel of the same name Her performance earned her critical acclaim and an award as one of the European Shooting Stars 2021 Haarla was nominated for Best Actress at the European Film Awards 2021