Sanna Maksimainen
Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Narkin äiti
Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Poliisi
Young couple, graffiti artist Asta and skateboarder Joona are planning to leave their small hometown and move abroad to study and experience the world. Things get complicated when they find out that Asta is pregnant. Is it possible to conquer the world and have a baby at the same time?
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Hannan kollega
Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Guard
Helsinki in the summer is shown differently through the eyes of the homicide unit detectives, Timo Harjunpää and Onerva Nykänen; painting a picture of the city where people are not safe in the streets or not even in their own homes. In the midst of the hard crimes it is impossible not to feel the constant worry about your own family while being afraid of losing touch with your children.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Poliisi
Samu and Joona are an inseparable couple, each other's only friends. They don’t leave each other in the lurch, even if they run the risk of getting fired from school or a badge in their buttocks. In fact, the boys are so intertwined that they are willing to do anything to be together. Like breaking into the principal’s office, lapping at millionaires, escaping half-brother Mark from the grenade, or being buried alive.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Laura
A short film about two siblings, Tuukka and Lili, who have been living separately in foster care. One night things escalate when Tuukka comes to take his little sister with him to their summer cottage.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Maiju
Mom and daughter want the keys back.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Waris has to face prejudices in the school world when making future choices. She has to find courage and faith when pursuing her own dreams, while trusting in the encouraging people around her and especially in herself.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Helene
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Kirsi
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Maria and Aste are happy, fun-loving girls with lovely parents and a happy family. But by chance, the parents end up planning a divorce, and the father moves into a small studio apartment that turns into a pigsty in a week. Both parents end up in the same restaurant on the same night for a date with their new partners, and the girls hatch a plan to bring the family back together that same evening...
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Sairaanhoitaja
Seija Kuula is a superstar singer and an ageless goddess with a career spanning decades and decades. Problems start to arise when Seija falls in love with a younger guy and everybody around her seem to suffer from a bad case of baby fever. Seija orchestrates a masterplan to make everyone happy only to realize that one can not play with love. 70 Is Just a Number is a warm and humorous coming-of-age story – at 70.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Reporter
In his youth, the author Frej has already found a deep connection and passion with an upper-class girl, Stella Rabell, that has lasted between them through the decades. When Stella's older brother Alex falls victim to a stabbing attack, Frej begins to reminisce about the events of decades past. Frej's memories from the bright 1970s to the present day are filled with love, jealousy, betrayal, life and death.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Sipi the Clown learns that his childhood friend's beloved llama has been acquired by a selfish farm owner. Sipi tries to buy Llama for himself, but the farm owner asks for a ridiculously high price for Sipi's friend. Sipi decides to enter a children's TV show to raise enough money to save his friend. It turns out that Sipi's artistic skills are mediocre at best. Sipi's strong belief in himself - and a little bit of a pranks against others- help him get on the TV show, where Sipi of course causes a bit of trouble.