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Anni-Kristiina Juuso
Birth at
4 May 1979
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Anni-Christina Juuso was born in Finland in 1979. The future actress grew up in a family of Sami and Finns, who tried their best to preserve all the traditions of the Sami people.
Yuuso can be called a Sami actress, as she speaks the Sami language, knows all the traditions of this people. From an early age, the girl was spoken only in Sami, her father took Annie-Christina fishing, taught her to control a deer sled.
The girl from childhood was distinguished by a great craving for art. Yuuso performed
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Anni-Christina Juuso was born in Finland in 1979. The future actress grew up in a family of Sami and Finns, who tried their best to preserve all the traditions of the Sami people.
Yuuso can be called a Sami actress, as she speaks the Sami language, knows all the traditions of this people. From an early age, the girl was spoken only in Sami, her father took Annie-Christina fishing, taught her to control a deer sled.
The girl from childhood was distinguished by a great craving for art. Yuuso performed at children's matinees, and then in school plays. After graduation, she entered the Higher School of Arts in Helsinki. After finishing it, Annie-Christina began acting in films and working in the theater.
Film debut at Annie-Christina was in the film by Alexander Rozhkov “Cinderella”. Yuuso starred in the film with Ville Haapasalo and Viktor Bychkov. The actress got this role by accident. The director was looking for a Sami actress for a long time. Yuuso came to the audition of one of the most recent. Rozhkov really liked the spontaneity and simplicity of the girl at the auditions. After the release of this film, the actress became very popular in Russia, even more popular than in her native Finland. In addition to “Cinderella” Annie-Christina took part in the Russian film
Cuckoo .
Yuuso first visited Russia in 1999 with a theatrical production about the blockade of Leningrad and left with a negative attitude. However, when she arrived here for the filming of Cuckoo, she stated that she was simply in love with this country.
Currently, in addition to cinema, Annie-Christina Juuso works on radio in Finland. She runs a channel in her native Sámi language about the nature and traditions of this people.
This Sami actress in 2002 was awarded the prize “Window to Europe” and in the same year became the winner of the National award “Golden Aries”.