Ulla Virtanen

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Ulla Virtanen

Diamanda Management
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Ulla Virtanen is a Finnish actress. 

She is an American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York) graduate and Upright Citizens Brigade (New York & Los Angeles) alumni.
Ulla has international experience, having lived in London, New York, and Los Angeles for several years. She now resides in Helsinki Finland, working in the fields of TV, Film, theater, and radio.  Although a native Finnish speaker, she has been a recurring guest on a Swedish-speaking TV show “Efter Nio”.
Ulla is also an accomplished scriptwriter, having written some of the biggest entertainment shows on Finnish TV.

Ulla specializes in improvisation and does that fluently in Finnish and English. She has had roles in various TV shows such as the Emmy-nominated comedy series Wingman  (Luottomies) and in the Finnish version  of Solsidan (Onnela)

She works fluently in Finnish, English (IPA), and Swedish


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Leena Stenberg
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Actor36-46 yearsFinnish
Place of residence Helsinki (FI)
Year of birth1980 (44 years)
Place of birthRiihimäki, Finland
Housing optionsLos Angeles (US)
SpecializationsComedian, Dubbing actor, Speaker
Driver's licensesB - Car
Eye colorgreen
Hair colorred-brown
Height (cm)177
Staturenormal
LanguagesFinnish(native-language)EnglishSwedishGerman
DialectsAmerican-StandardEnglish-StandardIrish accent
AccentsAmericanEnglishIrishSwedish
InstrumentsCelloPiano
SportBackpackingMountain hikingSport of runningSwimVolleyballBadmintonBoulderingFrisbeeKayakOrienteering
DanceBalletShow dance
PitchMezzo-soprano
SingingChoirImprovisationMusical
Special skills(cartoon) voice actingAudio dramaEntertainerImprovisationStoryteller
Training
Primary professional training
Other professional training
2006
Upright Citizens Brigade
2003 – 2004
University of Westminster, London, UK
Film
2018
Full time lady picture
Full time lady (Short film)
Carol from the future (SR)
Sampo Marjomaa - Petri Bergman Sampo Marjomaa - Petri Bergman
2018
Valmentaja (The Trainer) picture
Valmentaja (The Trainer) (Drama)
Virpi (SR)
Tuukka Temonen Jasmi Kuusisto Optipari Oy Heini Heikkilä
2017
The dissidents picture
The dissidents (Drama)
Pirjo (GR)
Jaak Kilmi Matila Röhr
Television
2022
BESS: Ram pam pam (Music video)
Mother (SR)
Heikki Slåen YLE YLE YLE
2020
Pala Sydämestä (Piece of my heart) (TV series)
Poliisi (cop) (GR)
Hanna Maylett YLE YLE
2019
Jarin ja Karin kesäloma (TV series)
Meri (ESR)
Petteri Summanen YLE YLE
2018 – 2019
Onnela (Solsidan, Finnish version) (TV series)
Taru (GR)
Jaakko Saariluoma MTV3 MTV3, C-more
2018
Härölä (TV series)
Many roles (SR)
Teemu Niukkanen Maria Kangas, ITV YLE YLE Ensemble
2016
ToosaTV (TV series)
Many roles (SR)
Cristal Snow, Viivi Huuska Liisa Akimoff FOX TV and previously on Iltasanomat Production House Cristal Snow, NikoLa & ensemble
2016
Luottomies (Wingman) (TV series)
Ansa (ESR)
Lauri Nurkse YLE YLE Finland YLE Ketonen, Luusuanniemi
2015
Roba (TV series)
Sosiaalityöntekijä (GR)
Joona Tena Yellow Film & TV MTV3
2015
Downshiftaajat (TV series)
Ansa (GR)
Teppo Airaksinen YLE
2013 – 2014
Suorana:Kortesmäki (TV show)
inhouse comedian (Ot)
Taku Kaskela Juha Lahti YLE Koppala, Gaily
Theater
2022 – 2023
Kasetti Hajalla -revyy (music comedy show)
Various roles
Kalle Tahkolahti KUT Keski-Uudenmaan teatteri, FINLAND Suihko -Virtanen - Varjomäki
2021
Koukussa
Barbara (SR)
Keski-Uudenmaan teatteri, FINLAND Ray Cooney
2021
Ovista ja Ikkunoista (Drama)
Theresa (SR)
Toni Wahlström KUT Keski-Uudenmaan teatteri, FINLAND Sébastien Thiéry
2019
Vaimoni on toista maata (Drama)
Helena (MR)
Veli-Matti Karén Kouvolan teatteri Kouvolan teatteri, Finland Gilles Dyrek
Audio
2022
Jono (Audio drama)
Many roles
Eero Järvinen Pekka Savolainen YLE improvised production
2022
Jellystone (Dubbing)
Jabberjaw & others (SR)
Iyuono - SDI Media Finland HBO Max
2022
Hasse Avaruudesta (Audio drama)
various roles
Lasse Nousiainen Marjo Harju YLE Lasse Nousiainen; Yasir Gaily & co
2018
Improvisoitu Murhamysteeri (Audio drama)
various
Pekka Savolainen YLE improvised
Other
Radio YleX & Radio Nostalgia
radio host
2010 – 2011
Radio NRJ
radio host & producer
Internet
2015
Me Naiset: EVEK Talk show (Streaming series)
Commercial
2015
Sonera X Tutor (Commercial)
2010
DNA Challenge (Commercial)