Janina Berman
Acting
Biography
Janina Berman (born November 9, 1945, in Turku) is a Finnish actress. She is probably best remembered for her role as the economic modeller Frida in the Hovimäki television series and for her roles in the Swedish theatre in Turku.
Born: November 9, 1945
Place of Birth: Turku, Finland
Known For
The Girl King
A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
Mannen utan ansikte
A heavily indebted construction entrepreneur robs a bank in Jakomäki, Helsinki. He takes two officers and one customer hostage from the bank. In addition to himself, the desperate robber threatens to blow up the hostages if the police who left to follow them try to prevent the escape.
Hovimäki
The lives of the aristocratic Lindhof family and their servants from 1798 to 1907.
Falling Angels
The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena blames her mother for abandoning her father. Helena and her mother meet again as Helena's mental health deteriorates and in order to cope, she must face reality through her mother's memoirs. Helena becomes intensely involved in the story and relives it by imagining herself in her mother's place.
Gold Digger
Marja (Minka Kuustonen) is a blogger. Olavi is one of the richest men in the country. She might be able to save her blog if she dates him, but what if she falls for him for real?
The Knocking
Three adult siblings return to their childhood home, where their parents were allegedly murdered many years ago. Their plan is to get the house and estate ready to be sold but an evil force tries to prevent them from doing so.
The Jonsson Gang
Following a failed heist, Charles-Ingvar ‘Sickan’ Jonsson ends up in prison. Once released, his gang have become law-abiding citizens and Sickan has to continue on his own. Crime broker Anita tasks him with a simple burglary, but it turns out to be something a lot bigger than Sickan thought it was. Now he needs the help of his past accomplices to carry out the most difficult heist in the history of the gang.
Homecoming
Tiina decides to reconnect with his aged and bohemian father living alone. With her reluctant daughter and new husband, they move in and start to renovate the old house. However, neither the renovation nor facing the past is effortless.
The Other Night
Dreams and memories merge together at the moment of disappearance. Recurring visions and gestures are drawn into the void within the portrait of a fading self.
Ne jotka putoaa
Olivia is a depressed guardian angel who doesn't fit in at all at her overly positive office in heaven. Miina, a party girl struggling to survive on Earth, lives with a huge wound and is in constant danger of losing her life. When Olivia is sent to protect Miina, both must see in the other exactly what scares them the most.
Filmography
as Old woman
as Old Lady
as Pastor Eeva Mäkelä
as Olavin mummo
as Abortion Nurse
as Virtanen
as Fru Snellman
as Frieda
as Bank worker
as Kyllikki