Elina Knihtilä

Elina Knihtilä

Known for
Acting
Born
June 6, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Valkeala, Finland

Biography

Mari Elina Knihtilä (born June 6, 1971) is a Finnish actress. Knihtilä has worked for several Finnish theatres, such as the Finnish National Theatre and Q-teatteri, while also having appeared in films and on television. She has received two Jussi Awards; one for a supporting role in the 2008 Heikki Kujanpää film Putoavia enkeleitä and another for a leading role in the 2011 Zaida Bergroth film Hyvä poika. Some of her television work include the comic roles in Läpiveto, Vedetään hatusta and the first season of Putous. Knihtilä is cohabiting with actor Tommi Korpela. Together they have a son.

Known For

Filmography

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Rotten poster

Rotten

Movie

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200 Liters of Gold

200 Liters of Gold

Movie · as Pirkko

2025
Raptures poster

Raptures

Movie · as Tyra Viola

2025
100 Liters of Gold poster

100 Liters of Gold

Movie · as Pirkko

2025
How to Shout poster

How to Shout

Movie · as Mette

2025
Everybody Loves Horses poster

Everybody Loves Horses

TV · as Anne · 4 eps

2024
Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes poster

Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes

Movie · as Pormestari Haloonen

2024
Stormskerry Maja poster

Stormskerry Maja

Movie · as Kangaskauppias

2024
Last to Break poster

Last to Break

TV · as Jarno's mum · 6 eps

2023
Family Time poster

Family Time

Movie · as Helena

2023
Death Is a Problem for the Living poster

Death Is a Problem for the Living

Movie · as Ulla

2022
Tuulikki poster

Tuulikki

Movie · as Tuire

2022
Christmas Comes to Moominvalley poster

Christmas Comes to Moominvalley

Movie · as Moominmamma (voice)

2022
I poster

I

Movie · as Nainen

2021
Doctor Johansson poster

Doctor Johansson

Movie · as Johansson

2021
Sisäilmaa poster

Sisäilmaa

TV · as Anneli Tiainen · 3 eps

2020
Eden poster

Eden

Movie · as Leena

2020
The Bouncer poster

The Bouncer

Movie · as Neighbor

2019
Maria's Paradise poster

Maria's Paradise

Movie · as Saga

2019
Play Rape poster

Play Rape

Movie

2019
Force of Habit poster

Force of Habit

Movie · as Päivi

2019
Shadow Lines poster

Shadow Lines

TV · as Hertta Kuusinen · 3 eps

2019
Moominvalley poster

Moominvalley

TV · as Tuu-tikki (voice) · 2 eps

2018
Cleaning Woman poster

Cleaning Woman

Movie · as Paula

2018
The Night Thief poster

The Night Thief

Movie · as Boss

2018
Jill, Joy and the Sleeping Clock poster

Jill, Joy and the Sleeping Clock

Movie · as Tingelstiina

2018
Happier Times, Grump poster

Happier Times, Grump

Movie · as Katri

2017
The Democracy of the Spineless

The Democracy of the Spineless

Movie · as Prime Minister

2017
Jill, Joy and the Mysterious Stranger poster

Jill, Joy and the Mysterious Stranger

Movie · as Tingelstiina

2017
The Other Side of Hope poster

The Other Side of Hope

Movie · as Restaurant Inspector

2017
Love and Order poster

Love and Order

TV · as Sirkku Parikka · 3 eps

2017
Nerd: DragonSlayer666 poster

Nerd: DragonSlayer666

TV · as Dragonslayer's mother · 24 eps

2016
The Log poster

The Log

Movie · as Raili

2016
Waste Land

Waste Land

Movie

2016
Kohtuuttomuuksia poster

Kohtuuttomuuksia

TV · as Ritu / Pirjo / Bamse / Ellu · 4 eps

2015
The Midwife poster

The Midwife

Movie · as Heta

2015
Distractions poster

Distractions

Movie · as äiti / Ulla / St. Elined

2015
Jill and Joy's Winter poster

Jill and Joy's Winter

Movie · as Tingelstiina

2015
Lovemilla poster

Lovemilla

Movie · as Pirjo Peräkorva

2015
Napamiehet poster

Napamiehet

TV · as Kissayhdistyksen puheenjohtaja · 1 ep

2014
Role

Role

Movie · as Elina Knihtilä

2014
Raspberry Boat Refugee poster

Raspberry Boat Refugee

Movie · as Teacher

2014
The Swedish Moment poster

The Swedish Moment

Movie · as Elisa Paulo

2014
Jill and Joy poster

Jill and Joy

Movie · as Tingelstiina

2014
Kohta 18 poster

Kohta 18

TV · as Karrin äiti · 4 eps

2013
Above Dark Waters poster

Above Dark Waters

Movie · as Liisa, Pekan äiti

2012
Flying Finns poster

Flying Finns

Movie

2012
Almost 18 poster

Almost 18

Movie · as Karri's mother

2012
Road North poster

Road North

Movie · as Maarit

2012
Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble poster

Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble

Movie · as Oana (voice)

2011
The Good Son poster

The Good Son

Movie · as Leila / Mother

2011
Risto poster

Risto

Movie · as Pankinjohtaja

2011
Virta poster

Virta

TV · as Sari Vuorensola · 12 eps

2010
Jäät

Jäät

Movie · as Osastonhoitaja

2010
Paratiisi poster

Paratiisi

TV · as Hanna, Ruutin äiti · 2 eps

2010
Putous poster

Putous

TV · as Vaalimaan Vampyyri / Various · 8 eps

2009
Last Cowboy Standing poster

Last Cowboy Standing

Movie · as Anu

2009
The House of Branching Love poster

The House of Branching Love

Movie · as Tuula Helin

2009
Ihmebantu poster

Ihmebantu

TV · as Various

2008
A Mate poster

A Mate

Movie · as Raisa

2008
Falling Angels poster

Falling Angels

Movie · as Aila

2008
Niko and the Way to the Stars poster

Niko and the Way to the Stars

Movie · as Oona (voice)

2008
8 Days to Premiere poster

8 Days to Premiere

Movie · as BB

2007
V2: Dead Angel poster

V2: Dead Angel

Movie · as Sirkka

2007
The Matriarch poster

The Matriarch

Movie · as Roosa

2007
Karjalan kunnailla poster

Karjalan kunnailla

TV · as Arja Irmeli Huttunen · 36 eps

2007
Rakkauden nälkä poster

Rakkauden nälkä

TV · as Sisko · 3 eps

2006
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes poster

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Movie · as Mirva

2006
The Lake poster

The Lake

Movie · as Mailis

2004
Producing Adults poster

Producing Adults

Movie · as Anna Heiskanen

2004
Enkeli tulessa poster

Enkeli tulessa

Movie · as Malla

2003
Ranuan kummit poster

Ranuan kummit

TV · 12 eps

2002
Rumble poster

Rumble

Movie · as Naispoliisi

2002
Stripping poster

Stripping

Movie · as Sanomalehden toimituspäällikkö

2001
Tervashampoota

Tervashampoota

Movie · as Woman (voice)

2000
Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood poster

Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood

TV · as Taina Järvenpää · 1 ep

1997
Jäänmurtaja poster

Jäänmurtaja

Movie

1996
Viisasten kivi poster

Viisasten kivi

Movie · as Henna

1993
Yösydän poster

Yösydän

Movie