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Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
About Jaana Saarinen
- Jaana E.
- Saarinen (born 22 June 1955 in Helsinki) is a Finnish actress.
- She is famous for the Finnish soap opera Salatut elämät, where she played Maarit Salin from 1999 to 2004, 2007 to 2008 and 2015.
- For 25 years, Saarinen was involved with the Kotka City Theatre from 1981 to 2006.
- She took part in the very first Thilia Thalia competition in 1983 and came third.
- Hannu Salminen and Tuija Piepponen, representatives of the Kotka City Theatre, won the competition that year. In autumn 2007, Saarinen lost a vote for chair of the Finnish Actors' Union to actor Mikko Hänninen of the Tampere Theatre. Saarinen won a Venla award for best actress on 12 January 2007 for her role in the 3-part miniseries Hopeanuolet (Silver Arrows) directed by Auli Mantila.
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