Essi Kaila

Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes • as Liftari

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Kaisa

An arctic comedy about the childlike, sincere Kauko and his desire to grow up. It is a story about two brothers who accidentally end up in each other's pants. In the Lapland summer night, they encounter lovers, petty criminals, and Kauko, who is learning the ABCs of love.

Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as TE-keskuksen virkailjia

Thirty-year-old twins Jenna and Joni find out that their father has a third child. Sister Jóna lives in Iceland. The siblings' meeting will change everyone's world, relationships and future. As each searches for meaning in their own lives, surging between one father, two homelands and three adult siblings, from reunification to separation and back again. Over the years, the siblings encounter themselves and each other, their similarities and differences.