Kristiina Elstelä

Finnish actress

Kristiina Elstelä
Born	Anna Kristiina Elstelä (1943-01-10)10 January 1943 Helsinki, Finland
Died	26 June 2016(2016-06-26) (aged 73)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1962–2016
Spouse(s)	Leo Werner Kalsto (? - 1966) Jotaarkka Pennanen (1979 - ?)
Parent	Ossi & Irja Elstelä

Kristiina Elstelä (10 January 1943 – 26 June 2016^[1]) was a Finnish actress, who acted in many TV shows and movies. She also had a long career in theater and was a cabaret artist.

In 2006 Elstelä was one of the competitors in Dancing with the Stars television series. She and her partner Marko Keränen were ranked seconds, right after Tomi Metsäketo and Sanna Hirvaskari.

She was the daughter of actor Ossi Elstelä and actress Irja Elstelä.^[2]

Filmography

Films

Pekka & Pätkä ja tuplajättipotti (1985)
Viimeinen keikka (1985)
Pekka Puupää poliisina (1986)
Onks' Viljoo näkyny? (1988)
Pilkkuja ja pikkuhousuja (1992)
Kummeli Kultakuume (1997)
Kymmenen riivinrautaa (2002)
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life (2004)
Ganes (2007)
Sooloilua (2007)
Myrsky (2008)

TV series

ÄWPK - Älywapaa palokunta (1984–1985)
Pekka ja Pätkä (1986)
Takaisin kotiin (1995)
Uuno Turhapuro (1996)
Akkaa päälle: Team Ahma (1996)
Kun taivas repeää (1997)
Kaverille ei jätetä: Leiwoset (1999)
Taivas sinivalkoinen (2001)
Sydän kierroksella (2006)
Tanssii tähtien kanssa (2006)

Awards and nominations

1982 – Thalia Award
1998 – Pro Finlandia
2005 – Ida Aalberg Acting Prize
2007 – Jussi Award: Best Supporting Actress (Sooloilua) ^[3]

References

^ "HS: Näyttelijä Kristiina Elstelä on kuollut 73-vuotiaana". mtv.fi.
^ "IMDB Biography". Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
^ "The Internet Movie Database". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-06-29.