Alma Ilona Pöysti (Finnish: [ˈɑlmɑ ˈpøy̯sti]; born 16 March 1981) is a Finnish actress. She is the daughter of director Erik Pöysti and granddaughter of Finnish actors Lasse Pöysti and Birgitta Ulfsson. Pöysti is a Swedish-speaking Finn, and she has also lived and worked in Sweden.
In 2023, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Fallen Leaves.
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Biography
Pöysti studied at the University of the Arts Helsinki from 2003 to 2007, then worked at the Swedish Theatre and the Finnish National Theatre.
In 2020, she played the bisexual painter and author of the Moomin books Tove Jansson in a biopic titled Tove, directed by Zaida Bergroth.