they broke up in October 2011. In June 2019, she married her partner MeriValkama, who is the Communications Manager and Group Secretary of the Left Alliance
brother Joonas is also a professional basketball coach. Their older sister MeriValkama [fi] became a journalist who won the 2021 Helsingin Sanomat literature
brother Tuomas later became professional basketball coaches. Their sister MeriValkama became a journalist who won the 2021 prize for best debut novel in Finland
comedy show Parempi myöhään... (1979–1980) with Pentti Siimes and Ritva Valkama. Jussi Jurkka was married to Maikki Länsiö. Their daughter Laura Jurkka