Pihla Viitala

Pihla Viitala
Viitala in 2010
Born	(1982-09-30) 30 September 1982 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Education	Helsinki Theatre Academy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present
Spouses	Kerkko Koskinen ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2008)​ Alexander Schimpf ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2

Pihla Viitala (born 30 September 1982) is a Finnish actress. She studied acting at the Helsinki Theatre Academy.

Personal life

In 2004, Viitala married musician Kerkko Koskinen; the couple divorced in 2008. She married Kazakh-German Alex Schimpf in 2011, and the couple have one child together, daughter Astrid (b. 2012); the family lives in Helsinki.

Finnish actress Rebecca Viitala is her cousin.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Ganes	Nina
2008	Tears of April	Miina Malin
	Jungle of Dreams	Sara
2009	Hellsinki	Monika
	Pihalla	Meri
	Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre	Anette
2010	Bad Family	Tilda
	The Hustlers	Anna
2011	Red Sky	Cordova
	Elokuu	Johanna
2012	Must Have Been Love	Helmi
2013	Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters	Mina
2015	Latin Lover	Solveig
2017	Kuudes Kerta	Annika	Also movienames: "The sixth time" and "Honeybunnies"
2017	Kaiken Se Kestää	Marja	English Name: "Star Boys"
2018	Stupid Young Heart
2019	Maria's Paradise

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Sanaton sopimus	Mia Valtonen	TV movie
2008	Lemmenleikit	Janina Lundberg	4 episodes
2008	Projectors	Leena	2 episodes
2009	Ihmebantu	Herself	1 episode
2010	Our Little Brother	Siiri	TV movie
2010	Virta	Amanda Välke	2 episodes
2013	Hellfjord	Riina	7 episodes
2014-2016	Mustat lesket	Veera Joentie	24 episodes
2018-2022	Deadwind	Sofia Karppi	28 episodes
2018	Arctic Circle	Marita Kautsalo	10 episodes
2018	Kieler Street	Natasja	2 episodes
2020	Cold Courage	Mari	Upcoming

Awards

• 2010 Shooting Stars Award

External links

• Pihla Viitala at IMDb
• Interview on cineuropa.org (Video)
• Portrait at agencyunreal