Pihla Viitala

Pihla Viitala
Born	(1982-09-30) 30 September 1982 Helsinki, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Education	Theatre Academy Helsinki
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006-present
Spouse	Kerkko Koskinen ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2008)​
Children	1

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

Personal life

In 2004, Viitala married musician Kerkko Koskinen; the couple divorced in 2008. In 2012, Viitala gave birth to a daughter, Astrid, whose father is Kazakh-German Alex Schimpf. The family lives in Helsinki.

Actress Rebecca Viitala is Viitala's 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
	Elokuu	Johanna
2012	Must Have Been Love	Helmi
2013	Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters	Mina
2015	Latin Lover	Solveig
2018	Stupid Young Heart

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	Deadwind	Sofia Karppi	12 episodes
2018	Arctic Circle	Marita Kautsalo	10 episodes

Awards

• 2010 Shooting Stars Award

External links

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