Acting

Kati Outinen

Born 1961-08-17 · Helsinki, Finland

Anna Katriina Outinen (born August 17, 1961) is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films. Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under Jouko Turkka during his "reign" of drama studies in Finland, she nevertheless has never been associated with the "turkkalaisuus" school of acting methodology. Her breakthrough role was as a tough girl in the generational classic youth film Täältä tullaan elämä by Tapio Suominen. In 1984, she appeared in Aikalainen. Besides a strong domestic reputation gained through a widely varied list of roles in theater and television drama, film director Aki Kaurismäki's films have brought Outinen international attention and even adulation, particularly in Germany and France. At the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, Outinen won the award for Best Actress for the Kaurismäki film The Man Without a Past.

Credits

Newest first

The Elf
2025
Justimus esittää: Henki Vex
as Aili
2025
Raptures
as Rakelin äiti
2025
Defiant
as Anneli
2025
Kyllä isä osaa
as Hautausurakoitsija
2024
Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes
as Migrén Senior
2024
Isolated
as Meri
2024
Family Stories Untold
2023
The Hullabaloos!
as Rikostutkija Schultz
2022
No Dot on the I
2022
Cheating Is Good for You
2021
Force of Habit
as Anja
2019
Play Rape
2019
The Hole in the Ground
as Noreen Brady
2019
The Bank
as Marja Lindroos
2018
Everything Outside
as Charlotte
2018
The Other Side of Hope
as Clothing Store Owner
2017
Dark Crimes
as Ms. Malinowska
2016
A Man and a Woman
as Taxi Driver
2016
Dirty Hands
as Jessica Barine
2015
Blue Eyes
as Irmeli
2014
Concerning Violence
as Narrator in Finnish version
2014
Clownwise
as Sylvie
2013
August Fools
as Elsa Aho
2013
Naked Harbour
as Bar Psychiatrist
2012
The Annunciation
as Director
2011
Le Havre
as Arletty
2011
Backwood Philosopher
as Kuoliaaksinaurattajan tytär
2009
Where Is Where?
as Poet
2009
The House of Branching Love
as Yrsa
2009
Sauna
as Old Woman
2008
Suojelijat
as Äiti
2008
The Home of Dark Butterflies
as Tyyne
2008
Avida
as La femme à la bonbonne d'eau
2006
Lights in the Dusk
as Supermarket Cashier
2006
Playa del Futuro
as Terhi
2005
Popular Music
as Päivi, Niila's Mother
2004
Guarded Secrets
2004
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
as (segment "Dogs Have No Hell")
2002
Dogs Have No Hell
as Woman
2002
Nude, Descending...
as Rose
2002
The Man Without a Past
as Irma
2002
Aki Kaurismäki
as Self
2001
VÄNÄ
2000
Spy Games
as Shopkeeper's Wife
1999
Juha
as Marja
1999
Hermit Crab
1999
Eros and Psyche
as Tarjoilija
1998
A Respectable Tragedy
as Midwife
1998
Train Birds
as Inkeri, Baggerfahrerin
1998
Freakin' Beautiful World
as Tarja, Ippen äiti
1997
Drifting Clouds
as Ilona
1996
Juna
as 1. nainen
1996
Kaikki pelissä
as Päivi Suomela
1994
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
as Tatjana
1994
All the best from Saara
as Saara
1991
The Match Factory Girl
as Iris Rukka
1990
Hamlet Goes Business
as Ofelia
1987
Shadows in Paradise
as Ilona
1986
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
as Caroline Mare's Mane
1986
The Wrestler
as Hoitaja
1985
Päivää, herra Kivi
as Coffee Vendor
1984
Aikalainen
1984
Prinsessa joka nukkui 100 vuotta
as Girl
1981
Täältä tullaan, elämä!
as Lissu
1980