Irina Björklund

About Irina Björklund

Who is it?: Actress, Soundtrack, Music Department
Birth Day: February 07, 1973
Birth Place:  Danderyd, Stockholms län, Sweden, Sweden
Birth Sign: Pisces
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1994 - present
Spouse(s): Peter Franzén
Children: 1 (boy)

Irina Björklund Net Worth

Irina Björklund was born on February 07, 1973 in  Danderyd, Stockholms län, Sweden, Sweden, is Actress, Soundtrack, Music Department. Born in 1973, Irina Björklund is one of the most popular Finnish film stars of the end of 1990s and beginning of the 2000s. After studying years 1993-1996 in The Theatre Academy of Finland she made her silver screen debut in Pekka Parikka's (director of Talvisota (1989)) last film, Tie naisen sydämeen (1996)". Another actor on the film was Peter Franzén who become her husband in the same year.Björklund's first big film role was in Rukajärven tie (1999), a highly popular Finnish war movie based on Antti Tuuri's novel. Björklund's husband Franzén was in the leading male role, Björklund made leading female role. She was nominated for Best Actress in Jussi Awards. Jussi Awards are the biggest Finnish movie awards, like the Oscars are in the USA.Björklund made her Hollywood debut in low budget horror movie The Dummy (2000), but returned in Finland to make Levottomat (2000) and Minä ja Morrison (2001), both highly popular movies. She won Best Actress prize in Jussi Awards for her performance in "Minä ja Morrison". After that she has been working in Europe and Hollywood, but still her biggest roles has been in Finnish films: Vieraalla maalla (2003), Honey Baby (2004) and Blackout (2008).
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Biography/Timeline

1993

She studied in the Theatre Academy of Finland from 1993 to 1996. She left the school when Svenska Teatern (Swedish theatre in Helsinki) hired her.

1999

Björklund moved to the Los Angeles in 1999 with husband and Finnish actor Peter Franzén,where they lived until 2013, when they moved to France. The couple have a son, born in September 2007.

2010

In September 2010, Björklund's career advanced when she landed a minor role in The American, alongside George Clooney. She played the role of Clooney's lover, Ingrid.

2011

Björklund made a duet with Samuli Edelmann titled "Niin kaunis on maa". In 2011, she released her own music album in French with lyrics by Björklund and music by American Peter Fox. The album called Chanson d'automne did well in the Finnish Albums Chart reaching #21. In 2014, she released another French-language album, La vie est une fête with an even higher charting in Finland reaching #6.