Mimosa Willamo

Mimosa Helena Willamo (born 1994) is a Finnish actress. In 2015, she was awarded a Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in.

Early life Willamo was born in 1994 into a bilingual Finnish- and Swedish-speaking family. She was raised in Espoo. Willamo is of Indian descent through her maternal grandfather.

Career Willamo has performed roles in both Finnish and Swedish languages.

She is known for her roles in the films (2014), Bodom (2016), (2016), (2019), and Sisu (2022), among others.

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.

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).

Awards 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. For her role in Bodom, Willamo was also nominated for a Jussi Award for Best Actress.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Tiina 'Takku' Kurhinen 2016 Amanda 'Mandy' Gaynor Bodom Nora 2018 Swingers Milla 2019 Aurora Tuuli Aurora Ruikka Onerva 2020 The Potato Venture Twin #1 Finnish: Peruna 2021 Finders of the Lost Yacht Liisa Hapula Finnish: Pertsa ja Kilu2022 Memory of Water Sanja Finnish: Veden vartija Sisu Aino

Television