Anu Palevaara

Anu Irmeli Palevaara (born 14 August 1971 in Helsinki) is a Finnish actress, choreographer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Jenni Vainio in the Finnish soap opera Salatut elämät which airs on MTV3. Palevaara has been with the series from the beginning,^[1] but in year 2001 she had a child and left for maternity leave. Palevaara's pregnancy was written in the series so that her character Jenni had a child. Palevaara returned to the series after her maternity leave. Palevaara's character Jenni was killed off in 2013.

Anu Irmeli Palevaara
Born	(1971-08-14) 14 August 1971 (age 53) Helsinki, Finland
Occupation(s)	Actress, choreographer, dancer

Anu Palevaara studied dance, drama and singing in the Laine Theatre Arts - music theater school in England 1990–1994. Palevaara has made choreographies for the municipal theatre of Lahti and to Hot Club Company, to name a few. She also starred as the leading woman in the successful Finnish film Kuningasjätkä (1998) directed by Markku Pölönen as well as in the TV series Iskelmäprinssi. In 1998, she hosted Tangomarkkinat with Heikki Hietamies.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	A Summer by the River	Hilkka Mäkelä	Finnish: Kuningasjätkä
1998	Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro - pisnismies	Roosa	Also as choreographer and performer: "Soitto soi" and "Tytön sietää tietää"
2017	Rendel	Whore
2020	Working My Ass Off	Helka	Short film
2020	Päätös n:o 30001	N/A	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Eurovision laulukilpailu 1996 – Suomen karsinta	—	Credited as choreographer; Television special
1996	Herkku & Partanen	Herself	Dancer; Episode: "Unelma"
1997	Ihan auki Eurooppaan	Various roles	Television film
1998– 1999	Iskelmäprinssi	Anita
1998	Torvensoittaja katolla revyy	Various roles	Television film
1998	Tangomarkkinat	Herself	Host; 2 episodes
1999	Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro, pisnismies	Roosa	3 episodes
1999–2001, 2002–2011, 2012–2013	Salatut elämät	Jenni Vainio	1271 episodes
2006	Seppo Goes Shakespeare		Television film
2009	Salatut elämät 10 v.		Television special
2010	Lillukanvarsia		Video
2018	Pihlajasatu		4 episodes
2019	Justimus esittää: Duo	Maritan äiti	Episode: "Treffit"

References

1. "Salkkarihahmoja seurataan kotiovelle". Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). 25 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2010.