Irina Björklund

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About Irina Björklund
Irina Björklund (born 7 February 1973 in Danderyd, Stockholm County) is a Finnish actress.
She has acted in movies and in television series. Some well known movies include Rukajärven tie (int. Ambush), Levottomat (int. Restless), Minä ja Morrison (int. Me and Morrison), and Vieraalla Maalla (int. Land of Love). Björklund is married to Peter Franzén, who is a Finnish actor. In September 2007, Björklund gave birth to their first child, a boy.
Björklund moved to the United States in 1999. She currently lives in Los Angeles together with her husband. She used to dance ballet and dreamed about professional ballet career but had to stop at the age of 14 due problems with her joints. She was born in Sweden but moved to Finland at the age of 1. She has also lived in France during her early years.
She fluently speaks Finnish, Swedish, French, English and also some Russian, and Spanish, and counts musical saw playing among her hobbies. 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.
In 1999 she was awarded the Jussi prize for best leading actress in her role as Milla in the movie Minä ja Morrison. She made her breakthrough through the movie Rukajärven tie where she played lotta Kaarina Vainikainen. She was awarded the Shooting Star prize in the Berlin Film Festival in 2004.
In 2010 Björklund's career in the United States took a leap, when she landed a minor role in The American alongside George Clooney. She will play the role of a hitman's (Clooney) girlfriend. The movie is set to be released in fall 2010.

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