A Finnish actress in Spain: EMILIA UUTINEN

The Finnish born actress Emilia Uutinen works in Spain and is known for her roles in Spanish television and film industry.

She was introduced in theatre, music and dance already in her home country, Finland, from where she moved to Spain at the age of twenty in order to course the prestigious Royal Academy of Performing Arts of Madrid (RESAD). She tells us the theater education in Spain was conscientious and thorough, but well preparing. She spent four years studying from nine to nine and got to work in two movies at the same time.

In her beginnings she worked as dancer in Ramón Salazar’s “20 Centimeters” in 2004 and appeared as the beautiful hostess in Isidro Ortiz’s science fiction action movie “Somne” in 2005.

At that time she was dedicated also to the theater, acting in plays by Tennessee Williams, August Strindberg, William Shakespeare, Calderón or Lope de Vega and in fact she declares herself to be a great fan of Classical Spanish theater. She says acting is a passion and a vocation for her, and when asked whether she prefers theater or film acting, her response is clear:

“I couldn’t just choose one of them. They are two different techniques; in theater the communication with the audience is something unique, whereas camera acting is very subtle and natural. I’m very fond of both theatre and movies. Maybe lately I’ve been more passionate about filmmaking. I can’t stop watching films and learning from them. I just love movies.”

The Nordic actress Emilia Uutinen

After finishing her studies she got popular very quickly with the Spanish Sitcom hit series “Escenas de Matrimonio”.

She tells she started the series with a co-star role, but her character became bigger until converted in one of the starring roles, while the Internet audience chose her as the most popular character of the famous sitcom.

She.appeared also on the weekly hit series “Brothers and Detectives” and played the main role on a fiction based music video “Invocating” that tells the story of a Londoner composer and pianist.

Jon Ariño and Emilia Uutinen

In 2010 Emilia Uutinen was tempted again by the film industry by shooting “An Almost Perfect World” (Un Mundo Casi Perfecto) from the Basque directors and scriptwriters Esteban and José Miguel Ibarretxe (“¡Sabotage!”).

“It was great shooting in the Basque Country. The nature is beautiful and I got to know some really nice people there. And the food is great!”

The movie was presented at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival on 2011 and had its premiere in the month of July this year. Below a video from the red carpet of the Málaga Film Festival.

Emilia tells us that this year had it’s premiere also a short movie she participated in that was shot in English in 2010 in the spanish province of Soria under the title of “Unfarewell”.

 

In this short she plays the character of a mother who looks after her small son in an Amish alike community where old people are condemned to be sacrificed. The actress tells us it feels natural to act in many languages: 

“Acting in English or in French is very natural to me because I’ve spoken those languages since I was a child. Finnish is my mother tongue, Spanish my home tongue and I also speak fluent Swedish.”

Emilia Uutinen with Robert Englund

And asking her about her future, she tells us she can be seen soon in an intervention in the Spanish sitcom hit series "Aida", one of the biggest TV phenomena in Spain.

We wish all  the best to the career of this Nordic actress, who actually is very Spanish. We are sure, she will be hugely successful.

More information in  www.emiliauutinen.com

SPANISH PREMIERES for the month of September 2011

This month there will be three new Spanish premieres in Spain.

On one hand Pedro Almodóvar will open in Spain his film number 18 "The Skin I live In" on the 2nd of September. The movie based on Thierry Jonquet's novel "Tarantula" tells the story of a plastic surgeon (Antonio Banderas) who tries to create an artificial skin that could have saved his wife's life. Twelve years after he manages to grow it in his laboratory thanks to the advances of cellular therapy and crosses the medical boundaries using transgenesis on human beings. However that won't be the only crime he commits. 
 Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suárez, Fernando Cayo, Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández, José Luis Gómez, Roberto Álamo, Susi Sánchez, Jan Cornet

Premiere:  2 of September

On the other hand the new film of the spanish director Enrique Urbizu "No Habrá Paz Para los Malvados" (There won't be peace for the wicked) will have its premiere later this month.
It tells the story of Santos Trinidad, a police officer in his fifties whose life seems to be a failure. Things don't go any better when he gets involved in a triple murder by accident and a witness that could incriminate him manages to escape. In order to eliminate the witness Santos begins a man hunt that reveals that nothing is what it seems to be.
Cast: José Coronado, Rodolfo Sancho, Helena Miquel, Juanjo Artero, Pedro María Sánchez, Nadia Casado, Younes Bachir, Karim El Kerem, Abdel Ali El Aziz, Nasser Saleh, Juan Pablo Schuck, Eduard Farelo

Premiere: 23 of September

At the end of the month will have its premiere a Basque movie called "Urteberri on Amona!" (Happy New Year, Grandmother!)  directed by Telmo Esnal.
The film is shot in Basque language and tells the story of a family whose father wants to send his mother-in-law to an old people's house in secret from his wife. The grandmother goes to the old people's house but in small time returns to the family home by her means.
Cast: Montserrat Carulla, Joxean Bengoetxea, Nagore Aramburu, Pedro Otaegi, Kontxu Odriozola

Premiere 30 of September