Mimosa Willamo

Willamo was born in 1994^[1] into a bilingual Finnish- and Swedish-speaking family. She was raised in Espoo.^[2][3] Willamo is of Indian descent through her maternal grandfather.^[4]

Willamo has performed roles in both Finnish and Swedish languages.^[5][6]

She is known for her roles in the films Headfirst [fi] (2014), Bodom (2016), Born in Heinola [fi] (2016), Somebody Should Do Something [fi] (2019), and Sisu (2022), among others.^{[citation needed]}

From 2018 to 2021, Willamo starred in the series Deadwind, playing the role of Henna, the main protagonist's teenage stepdaughter who is involved with drugs.^[7][8][9]

Willamo starred with Leonard Terfelt as detectives Ewert Grens and Mariana Hermansson in two Nordic noir television series based on crime novels by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström, Box 21 (2020) and Cell 8 (2022).^[10]

Willamo was awarded a Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Headfirst, and she won the Best Actress award in 2016 for her role in Lake Bodom at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles.^[11][12] For her role in Bodom, Willamo was also nominated for a Jussi Award for Best Actress.^[13][14]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Headfirst [fi]	Tiina 'Takku' Kurhinen
2016	Born in Heinola [fi]	Amanda 'Mandy' Gaynor
	Bodom	Nora
2018	Swingers	Milla
2019	Aurora	Tuuli Aurora Ruikka
	Somebody Should Do Something [fi]	Onerva
2020	The Potato Venture	Twin #1	Finnish: Peruna
2021	Finders of the Lost Yacht	Liisa Hapula	Finnish: Pertsa ja Kilu
2022	Memory of Water	Sanja	Finnish: Veden vartija
	Sisu	Aino

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Jesus & Josefine	Josefine (voice)	Main role
2010–2011	Marja Tyrnin Joulushow	Tonttutyttö	6 episodes
2016	Erinomanlaiset	Kiira	Television film
2018	Pirjo		Episode: "Kassalla"
	Hulttiot	Nalletyttö	5 episodes
2018–2019	HasBeen	Salla	13 episodes
2018–2021	Deadwind	Henna Honkasuo	28 episodes
2019	Aallonmurtaja	Olli	4 episodes
	Badrumsliv	Lo	18 episodes
2019–2021	Roba	Heidi Salonen	12 episodes
2020	Box 21	Mariana Hermansson	5 episodes
	Hotel Swan Helsinki	Alisa Valli	Episode: "Paljastuksia"
	Paras vuosi ikinä	Anni	Episode: "Nuoruus on mielentila"
	Kaikki huutaa Dingo!	Marika	11 episodes
	Eristyksissä	Ronja	Episode: "Selftape"
	Syke	Martina	4 episodes
2021	Karuselli	Herself / Sanni	2 episodes
	Modernit miehet	Oona	Episode: "Sepot"
2022	Cell 8	Mariana Hermansson	6 episodes
2023	Renki	Lilli	4 episodes
2024	Murha Hangossa	Vera Waara	10 episodes
	Gåsmamman	Riikka Aho	2 episodes

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