Laura Birn
Date of birth: 1981-04-25
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: ラウラ・ビルン, Laura Eveliina Birn, Лаура Бірн, 蘿拉・伯恩, لورا بیرن
Biography
Laura Eveliina Birn (born 25 April 1981 in Helsinki) is a Finnish actress. She has tackled roles in historical dramas, lighthearted comedies, and thought-provoking art-house films with equal finesse. Her performance in the 2012 film Purge earned her a Jussi Award for Best Actress and a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actress. In 2021 she began playing the role of robot Eto Demerzel in the series Foundation. Birn has also appeared in films Pearls and Pigs (2003), Promise (2005), Christmas Story (2007), Naked Harbour (2012), Heart of a Lion (2013), Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), The Ones Below (2015), Helene (2020), and The Crow (2024). Her performance in the mystery drama series Munkkivuori earned her a Golden Venla award for Best Supporting Actress in 2022. Birn completed her master's degree from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2008. In 2024, Finnish weekly news magazine Suomen Kuvalehti wrote, sourcing publicly available tax records, that Birn is the most highly-paid Finnish actor or actress of all time.
Movie Credits
Seamstress
2015-09-25
A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943.
8 Days to Premiere
2008-01-25
A love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season's grand premiere. Noo
Promise
2005-12-02
The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through th
Must Have Been Love
2012-10-19
A Finnish-Norwegian love story with an unexpected shape and development. Shot in Oslo, Helsinki, Ist
Purge
2012-09-07
Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people wer
Little Hearts
2001-12-04
The Finnish short film is a tragic tale of a young boy who falls in love with a dangerous older girl
Heart of a Lion
2013-10-18
Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting
Rock'n Roll Never Dies
2006-12-22
The story of a simple and good-natured rocker in his late thirties who has a homemade electric guita
The Crow
2024-08-21
Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them.
August Fools
2013-10-04
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in compl
Light Light Light
2023-10-13
Mariia visits her childhood home and reminisces about the summer of 1986, when a girl named Mimi arr
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014-09-18
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murder
Armi Alive!
2015-03-20
Armi Ratia is the woman behind the legendary design company Marimekko and a worldwide celebrity. A t
The Girl King
2015-12-11
A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the cons
Distractions
2015-09-11
Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grav
Absolution
2015-04-10
Kiia and Lauri, speeding toward the hospital overnight. Kiia in pain, holding the wheel with one han
Inner Trial
2008-10-17
Noa is a young slacker who prefers to spend his days smoking weed. Together with his friends, he mee
Pearls and Pigs
2003-08-29
When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his
The Ones Below
2016-03-11
A young affluent couple expecting their first child hits it off with the new couple that moves in do
Love and Fury
2016-10-14
In 1980's Helsinki, a city about to burst with young energy and rebellion, two young writers determi
Alma de Sant Pere
2016-11-04
Alma is a young ambitious woman working in her own small company in Barcelona. She is happy in life
Rally On!
2009-02-27
This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo 'Sl
Jäät
2010-10-04
The story of Leena and Kai, a couple working in the rescue services, whose relationship falls into c
95
2017-12-25
Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlappi
The Birdcatcher
2019-03-08
Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish gir
East of Sweden
2018-03-02
Three men meet on a night train on the border of Finland and Sweden. All three are concealing someth
Bayonet
2018-11-09
Miguel “Bayoneta” Galíndez is a retired boxer from Tijuana who finds himself living in a cramped fla
Void
2018-09-28
Eero’s career as an author is spiraling down: he just can’t get started with his new novel. The ambi
The Last Ones
2020-11-13
Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mi
Helene
2020-01-17
Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside
Christmas Story
2007-11-16
Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The vi
Two Bodies on a Beach
2019-03-07
A woman wakes up on a beach tied in a plastic press wearing only underwear and high heels. “Not agai
Naked Harbour
2012-02-03
In a multicultural suburb of Helsinki, a bullied Russian immigrant decides to fight back, a young wo
Games People Play
2020-06-25
Group of old friends gather in a summer villa to celebrate a surprise birthday party for Mitzi, who
Any Day Now
2020-10-16
Bahman, Mahtab, Ramin and Donya Mehdipour are enjoying a perfect summer in a small Finnish town. The
Stripping
2002-08-16
About photographer Inka and her loved ones on a journey to the fountains of love. Inka leaves her be
Kill Anneli
2020-06-11
Black drama-comedy about elementary school teacher Kaisa who has lost control of her life.
Eden
2020-08-07
Eden is a coming-of-age film about a Protestant Confirmation camp on a summer’s week, set in the arc
Aita
2001-12-31
Middle-aged Late is building a fence in his family home for a summer break, but he falls in love wit
Kolme suudelmaa
2006-12-11
A comedy about lecturer Sakkas, who devotes himself to history in order to find meaning in the world
Täydelliset vieraat
2025-09-19
A group of middle-aged friends get together for dinner. The playful banter between couples who have
Father's Day
2026-03-06
Tinke, who has been drinking his health away, lives in a care home, where his dark humour and his fr
Blue Baby
2026-09-11
A specialist nurse is given responsibility for a baby boy with a serious heart condition in the midd
Operation Napoleon: Tears of the Wolf
Kristin and Steve are living a quiet life in Iceland until an emergency call and a mysterious murder
The Beloved
2026-08-28
After years of estrangement, an acclaimed director and his daughter, a struggling actress, make a mo