Mimosa Willamo

Mimosa Helena Willamo (born 1994) is a Finnish actress. In 2015, she was awarded a Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Headfirst.

Early life
Willamo was born in 1994 into a bilingual, Finnish- and Swedish-speaking family, and she was raised in Espoo.

Career
Willamo has performed roles in both Finnish and Swedish languages.

She is known for her roles in the films Headfirst (film) (2014), Lake Bodom (2016), Born in Heinola (2016), Somebody Should Do Something (2019), and Sisu (2022), among others.

From 2018 to 2021, Willamo starred in the series Deadwind, playing the role of Henna, the main protagonist's teenage stepdaughter who is involved with drugs.

Willamo starred with Leonard Terfelt as detectives Ewert Grens and Mariana Hermansson in two Nordic noir TV series based on crime novels by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström, Box 21 (2020) and Cell 8 (2022). Both were directed by Johan Brisinger.

Awards
Willamo was awarded Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Headfirst, and she won the Best Actress award in 2016 for her role in Lake Bodom at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles. For her role in Lake Bodom, Willamo was also nominated for a Jussi Award for Best Actress.

Films

 * Headfirst (film) (2014)
 * Lake Bodom (2016)
 * Born in Heinola (2016)
 * Somebody Should Do Something (2019)
 * Sisu (2022)

Television series

 * Deadwind (2018–2021)
 * Box 21 (2020)
 * Cell 8 (2022)