ALINA TOMNIKOV
Finnish-Russian actress Alina Tomnikov is considered to be one of Finland’s most well-known actors. She graduated from the Theatre Academy of Helsinki in 2013, and soon began working on-screen in both Finland, and Russia. In recent years, she has started to work on more international productions, and has several upcoming projects due for release. Her previous work includes: Dome Karukoski’s THE GRUMP; as ‘Alicia’ in NIGHT GOES LONG; Aku Louhimies’s acclaimed war epic THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER; ARCTIC CIRCLE; SYKE; Aleksi Mäkelä’s feature film LOVE RECORDS; RATAMO; as well as Teemu Nikki’s feature EUTHANIZER playing the role of ‘Elisa’; and J-P Siili’s drama VELJENI VARTIJA. Alina played the lead in Heikki Kujanpää’s television series DONNA, which won the Diversity & Inclusion award in MipCom in Cannes, and has been sold worldwide to countries including Sweden, Norway, and the US. She portrayed ‘Natalya Alekseevna’ in the Russian drama CATHERINE - THE PRETENDERS. Alina can be seen playing the lead role of ‘Tuuli Kovero’ in the Sky Original television series FUNERAL FOR A DOG. The eight-part series is based on Thomas Pletzinger’s acclaimed novel of the same name, and it was filmed in Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, New York, & Cuba. Most recently she was in Aki Kaurismäki’s feature film FALLEN LEAVES (“Kuolleet Lehdet” in Finnish) which premiered in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Alina was the European Shooting Star for Finland at Berlinale.
PLAYING AGE: 27 - 37
NATIONALITY: FINNISH | RUSSIAN
LOCATION: HELSINKI
