Johanna Nurmimaa
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Johanna Nurmimaa is a Finnish
actress and singer, best known as Paula Sievinen in the Finnish soap series Salatut elämät
. She has acted in Salatut elämät
from year 2004. In the series she has three daughters, a son and a husband. In real life she has a husband and two children, Joona and Juuli.
Nurmimaa has also acted in theatre
and appeared in operas, mostly in soubrette
and light lyric soprano roles. Her opera credits include Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Despina in Cosi fan tutte
, and both Papagena and Pamina in The Magic Flute
. She has also dubbed many animated cartoons such as Snow White
(Snow White
), Pinocchio
(Pinocchio), Sleeping Beauty
(Aurora), The Rescuers
(Miss Bianca) and The Little Mermaid
(Princess Ariel). Although Finnish, she has also dubbed Princess Ariel in the Estonian version along with the Finnish version. She chose not to reprise her role as Ariel in Finnish dub version of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
(neither Estonian), however, there were rumors she would dub Ariel again in The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
but it was proven false. It is yet unknown will she dub Estonian.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
actress and singer, best known as Paula Sievinen in the Finnish soap series Salatut elämät
Salatut Elämät
Salatut elämät is a Finnish 30-minute long soap opera broadcast on MTV3. It was the first Finnish daily soap opera. Its first episode aired on January 25, 1999...
. She has acted in Salatut elämät
Salatut Elämät
Salatut elämät is a Finnish 30-minute long soap opera broadcast on MTV3. It was the first Finnish daily soap opera. Its first episode aired on January 25, 1999...
from year 2004. In the series she has three daughters, a son and a husband. In real life she has a husband and two children, Joona and Juuli.
Nurmimaa has also acted in theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and appeared in operas, mostly in soubrette
Soubrette
A soubrette is a female stock character in opera and theatre. The term arrived in English from Provençal via French, and means "conceited" or "coy".-Theater:...
and light lyric soprano roles. Her opera credits include Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Despina in Cosi fan tutte
Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte....
, and both Papagena and Pamina in The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
. She has also dubbed many animated cartoons such as Snow White
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full...
(Snow White
Snow White (Disney)
Snow White is a fictional character and the main protagonist from Walt Disney's first animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,...
), Pinocchio
Pinocchio (1940 film)
Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the story The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It is the second film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, and it was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and was released to theaters by...
(Pinocchio), Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "La Belle au bois dormant" by Charles Perrault...
(Aurora), The Rescuers
The Rescuers
The Rescuers is a 1977 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on June 22, 1977. The 23rd film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film is about the Rescue Aid Society, an international mouse organization headquartered in New York and shadowing...
(Miss Bianca) and The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the film was originally released to theaters on November 14, 1989 and is the twenty-eighth film in...
(Princess Ariel). Although Finnish, she has also dubbed Princess Ariel in the Estonian version along with the Finnish version. She chose not to reprise her role as Ariel in Finnish dub version of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
The film's official soundtrack was released on September 19, 2000. The soundtrack was released internationally on October 31, 2000 in a special edition double pack with the original film's soundtrack...
(neither Estonian), however, there were rumors she would dub Ariel again in The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning is a 2008 Disney animated feature film, and the direct-to-video prequel to the 1989 film The Little Mermaid...
but it was proven false. It is yet unknown will she dub Estonian.