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Tiina Lymi
Lymi in 2010
Born (1971-09-03) 3 September 1971 (age 54)
Tampere, Finland
OccupationsActress, theatre and film director, playwright, screenwriter, author
AwardsJussi Award for Best Actress, Jussi Award for Best Director

Tiina Lymi (born 3 September 1971) is a Finnish actress, director, playwright, screenwriter, and author. She received a Jussi Award for Best Actress for her work in the 1993 film Akvaariorakkaus. She is also known for directing historical drama film Stormskerry Maja (2024) and the hit comedy drama TV series Queen of Fucking Everything (2025).

Early life and education

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Tiina Lymi was born on 3 September 1971[1] in Tampere,[2] Finland and grew up with her single mother. She went to the Tampere University High School.[1]

Career

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Lymi is an actress, director, screenwriter, and author.[3][4] She had her first film role in 1993 in Akvaariorakkaus,[3] receiving the Jussi Award for Best Actress.[5] After spending time working in theatre and on TV in the early 2000s, she starred in the comedy film Nousukausi (2003), directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa in her directorial debut feature. She went on to have roles in Veikko Aaltonen's dark tragicomedy Trench Road (Juoksuhaudantie, 2004); and Aikuisten oikeesti (2005), among many other films and series.[1]

From 2012 she has starred in the long-running police crime drama Roba,[3] and appeared in the films Love and Other Troubles (Hulluna Saraan, 2012) and Armi elää! (2015). Lymi has written a column for the daily Tampere newspaper, Aamulehti, and in 2008 started writing for the national newspaper Ilta-Sanomat's TV magazine.[1]

She said in a 2026 interview that she had been an actress, performing on stage and screen, for 25 years in Finland, before realising that it was not what she wanted to do. She then started writing plays for theatre and directing both five of her own plays and directing eight written by others, she started to write and direct for camera. She said that writing and directing are "a symbiosis in [her] head".[6]

She wrote and directed Stormskerry Maja (2024), a Finnish historical drama film adapted from Anni Blomqvist's book series.[7]

In 2025, Lymi wrote and directed the hit comedy drama TV series Queen of Fucking Everything, starring Laura Malmivaara, Katja Küttner, and Minna Haapkylä. The Rabbit Films production, which was commissioned by Finnish national broadcaster YLE, was sold to channels across Europe before its global premiere at Content London, including ZDF (Germany), NPO (Netherlands), VRT (Belgium), NRK (Norway), and RÚV (Iceland).[8] It went on to be screened on other channels and streaming services around the world, including Rialto Channel in New Zealand,[9] SBS on Demand in Australia,[10] and Apple TV.[11] The series has been described as "Finnish female version of Breaking Bad, albeit with a more satirical edge".[12][9] Lymi said that the idea for the series, which follows a wealthy woman who is drawn into a life of crime after her husband has gone missing and she finds herself in debt, had arisen from a personal experience she had had years before, leading her to "think about the justification of your own anger, disappointment or bitterness".[13]

In January 2026, Lymi was working on the development of a feature film based on one of the characters in Queen of Fucking Everything, with the ironic title King of Fucking Everything, having co-written the script with Juha Lehtola of East Film. There is also a second season of the series under way, and Lymi is working on a new series that she has written under the working title Guardian Angel, also with a central female character.[14]

Awards and nominations

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Lymi received a Jussi Award for Best Actress for her work in the 1993 film Akvaariorakkaus.[5]

Her 2024 film Stormskerry Maja was nominated for nine Jussi Awards, winning six, including the Jussi Award for Best Director for Lymi.[15][16][17]

Queen of Fucking Everything (2025) won five awards in the Golden Venla TV awards, was nominated for the 2026 Nordic Script Award[14][18]

Personal life

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Lymi was married for 12 years to actor Eero Aho until 2006. They have two daughters, Iida (1994) and Ella (1997). Iida has appeared in the film Joki and Ella together with their parents in the film Juoksuhaudantie and in the film Käsky. Ella entered the Theater Academy in 2018 and is also studying to be an actress.[19] During their careers, Lymi and Aho often performed together in other contexts, such as in the KOM theater and television series Vuoroin vieraissa.[20]

In 2007, she became engaged to dancer Aleksi Seppänen, who had won the season's Dancing with the Stars, and they had a son the following year.

Selected filmography

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Actor

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Director

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nordisk Film". 16 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tiina Lymi, kirjailija". Kirjaseuranta.fi. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tiina Lymi". Kava. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Nelskylä, Lena. "Tiina Lymi opettaa lapsilleen, että ei saa olla juntti". Helsingin Sanomat. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Akvaariorakkauden blondista tummaksi hoitajaksi – näin Tiina Lymi on muuttunut". Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Lymi, Tiina (14 January 2026). "Finnish creator Tiina Lymi on her dark comedy series Queen of Fucking Everything, nominated for the Nordic Series Script Award". Nordisk Film & TV Fond (Interview). Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  7. ↑ LÄHTEENMÄKI, Lassi; KOUTONEN, JOUNI; LEHIKOINEN-STEDT, KARITA (11 June 2021). "Myrskyluodon uusi Maija on 70-lukua vahvempi nainen – rooli meni Amanda Janssonin ytimiin: "En halua jättää Maijaa"". YLE (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  8. ↑ Tuovinen, Jonathan (3 December 2024). "Multiple international pre-sales of upcoming drama Queen of Fucking Everything!". Rabbit Formats. Archived from the original on 11 April 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  9. 1 2 Augustine, Tom (27 November 2025). "Queen of Fucking Everything (dir. Tiina Lymi)". View Magazine. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Watch Queen of F*cking Everything". Stream free on SBS On Demand. 31 December 2025. Archived from the original on 16 June 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Queen of Fucking Everything". Apple TV. 5 January 2025. Archived from the original on 3 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  12. ↑ Kudlac, Martin (15 October 2025). "Serial Killer Brno 2025 Review: QUEEN OF FUCKING EVERYTHING, Finnish Darker Comedy Series, Taps into BREAKING BAD Territory with a Twist". ScreenAnarchy. Archived from the original on 12 November 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  13. ↑ Goldbart, Max (2 December 2024). "'Queen Of F*cking Everything', The Debut Show To Emerge From Europe's New8 Collective, Lands First International Deals". Deadline. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  14. 1 2 Balaga, Marta (27 January 2026). "'Queen of F*cking Everything' Creator Tiina Lymi Readies for a New Show – And for 'King of F*cking Everything' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 June 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  15. ↑ Svanbäck, Andrea (30 January 2025). "Nio stycken Jussinomineringar för Stormskärs Maja" [Nine Jussi nominations for Stormskerry Maja]. Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  16. ↑ Holmlund, Sofa (21 March 2025). "Storslam för Stormskärs Maja på Jussi-galan" [Grand slam for Stormskerry Maja at the Jussi gala]. Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  17. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (24 March 2025). "Finland's Jussi Awards: 'Stormskerry Maja' Dominates With Six Wins". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  18. ↑ "2026 Nordic Series Script Award nominees unveiled". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 8 January 2026. Archived from the original on 14 February 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "Näyttelijöiden lapset selvittivät tiensä Teatterikouluun – Listalla Virtanen, Lymi ja Lignell". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  20. ↑ "Tiina Lymi muuttaa Helsinkiin! – Viihdeuutiset – 7 päivää". 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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