
Acting
Sep 29, 1981
Tuusula, Finland
Inka Kallén
Acting
Biography
Inka Emilia Kallén (formerly Kiviharju, born 30 September 1981 in Tuusula) is a Finnish actress and screenwriter. She is known for her role as Mirja Mäkimaa in the TV1 drama series Kotikatu. After Kotikatu ended in 2012, Kallén moved on to play Mirja in the TV2 series Uusi päivä. Kallén studied film acting at the then Stadia University of Applied Sciences from 2000 to 2004, after which she continued her studies for a year in New York at the Lee Strasberg Theatre And Film Institute. In 2008, she began her studies in the Master's program at the Theatre Academy, from which she graduated with a Master's degree in Theatre Arts in spring 2010. In addition to acting, Kallén also worked as a screenwriter for the film The Wait, which premiered in 2021.
Feature Films (15)

Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic way. Despite the support of his closest colleague, Constable Onerva Nykänen, Harjunpää is unable to recover from the loss of his family. He seeks revenge against his daughter's killer, while in his work he investigates strange deaths in the Helsinki metro that turn out to be the work of a serial killer.
Priest of Evil

Senior officer Otso Kontio has finally hung up his gun and badge and is spending his peaceful retiment days at his cabin. The peace is broken when his old partner Auni Parmas brings news about the destruction threatening the municipality of Valkeakoski.
Kummeli esittää: Kontio & Parmas

A story of five Finnish youth growing up during the devastating '90s recession. They live in the small timber industrial town of Heinola. As the parents of these young teens struggle through hard economic times, the five very different youths meet by coincidence to form the punk band Apulanta.
Born in Heinola

Rise and fall of Jari Sarasvuo, as he transforms from a media person to business training guru during the crazy years of the 1990s and 2000s, just before the financial crash.
Trainer

Luokkakokous is a story about three men that travel back to their hometown to attend their high school class reunion.
Reunion

A couple inherit a 'house of their dreams' and for a while they think they got lucky, but soon find themselves in the middle of a renovation nightmare.
The Renovation

The idyllic and secluded Finnish archipelago. The pandemic soars across the world. Elli’s world trembles as her husband’s old friend arrives at the island.
The Wait

Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.
The Two and Only

The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.
Promise

Jill and Joy (both 9) live in their own house like any other little girls, except that they might be a little happier than most little girls, as they get to live in their own house specifically designed for the two. One December evening a small car, barely the size of a shoebox, pulls up in front their house, and a teensy-weensy family gets out; it's the McTiny family. The family has become homeless after a road roller smashed their home. Planning to live with the girls temporarily, the family moves in with Jill and Joy but soon finds out that not all big people have good intentions towards them. Jill and Joy's Winter is based on a beloved book by the same name, written by a Finnish writer named Marjatta Kurenniemi.
Jill and Joy's Winter

Jaana is a restaurant owner and mother of two, who spends her free time riding. Jaana lives with her charismatic, but short-tempered partner Marko. Jaana's life changes in a flash when she becomes paralyzed in a serious accident.
One Half of Me
Television & Series (11)

Veteran police lieutenant Kontio will have to work closely with a new partner, a much younger female officer Parmas. Small Town Police Department of Valkeakoski, Finland, will never be the same.
Kontio & Parmas

Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.
Nurses

The C More original series Kotka 10 is an intimate drama about the rescuers of the Kotka central fire station, their exciting and dangerous tasks and their mutual relationships. The rescue missions seen in the series are based on real cases.









