Alina Tomnikov

Alina Tomnikov (2011)

Alina Tomnikov (born June 24, 1988 in Kerava ) is a Finnish actress .

Life

Alina Tomnikov is the daughter of a Russian and a Finnish woman. Her parents met in Leningrad when her mother was studying medicine at the university there. Your father is from Leningrad. The family moved to Finland in the late 1980s. Therefore, she speaks two mother tongues, Russian and Finnish. She also speaks English, Swedish and German. In 2013 Tomnikov obtained a master's degree in theater studies.

Tomnikov has played in various theaters, including the Finnish National Theater , the Linnateatteri and the Ryhmäteatteri .

Tomnikov made her screen debut in 2013 in her role as Milli Menninkäinen in the family film Rölli ja kultainen avain , directed by Taavi Vartia . Since then she has appeared in over 50 film and television roles, including in Coffee with Milk and Stress , Unknown Soldier - Battle for the Fatherland and the TV series Arctic Circle - The invisible death . She made her debut on Russian television in 2017 in the television series Ekaterina , in which she plays the German Princess Wilhelmina.

Tomnikov has been married to filmmaker Lauri Laukkasen since 2019.

Filmography

• 2013: Rölli ja kultainen avain
• 2014: Coffee with milk and stress (Mielensäpahoittaja)
• 2017: Unknown Soldier - Fight for the Fatherland (Tuntematon sotilas)
• since 2017: Ekaterina (TV series)
• since 2018: Arctic Circle - The Invisible Death ( Arctic Circle , TV series)

Web links

• Alina Tomnikov in the Internet Movie Database (English)