Kreeta Salminen

Acting

Kreeta Salminen

Born

1984-04-01 (42)

Place of birth

Helsinki, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

21 titles

Kreeta Salminen is a Finnish actress. After earning a master's degree from the Theatre Academy Helsinki in 2010, she began her television career as a child in the series Blondi tuli taloon (1994–1995). She subsequently pursued a steady career on national stages, notably at the Finnish National Theatre and the Helsinki City Theatre. On television, she has appeared in numerous Finnish drama and crime series. Her credits include recurring roles in Kaikki synnit (All the Sins), Huone 301 (Man in Room 301), and season 3 of Karppi (Deadwind), as well as the lead role of Katja Salonen in the journalistic thriller series Kansan vihollinen (Enemy of the People, 2022).

Known for

Nurses poster
7.9

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.

Nurses

2014

Deadwind poster
6.9

When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.

Deadwind

2018

Helsinki Crimes poster
5.5

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.

Helsinki Crimes

2022

Kylmä kausi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kylmä kausi

2026

All the Sins poster
5.7

Cold-blooded murders in the Laestadian community of Varjakka take criminal investigators to the heart of guilt and forgiveness over three decades.

All the Sins

2019

Seconds poster
5.6

A huge train accident in an idyllic small town shocks the whole of Finland, and accident investigator Marita Kaila is faced with the most difficult case of her career. Under increasing pressure, Marita and her team try to find out what led to the death of dozens of people. But there is also a tragedy in Marita's own past, which the demanding investigation brings to the fore. Will he solve the case before the pressure becomes too much?

Seconds

2024

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

Series credits

Nurses poster
7.9

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.

Nurses

2014

Deadwind poster
6.9

When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.

Deadwind

2018

Helsinki Crimes poster
5.5

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.

Helsinki Crimes

2022

Kylmä kausi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kylmä kausi

2026

All the Sins poster
5.7

Cold-blooded murders in the Laestadian community of Varjakka take criminal investigators to the heart of guilt and forgiveness over three decades.

All the Sins

2019

Seconds poster
5.6

A huge train accident in an idyllic small town shocks the whole of Finland, and accident investigator Marita Kaila is faced with the most difficult case of her career. Under increasing pressure, Marita and her team try to find out what led to the death of dozens of people. But there is also a tragedy in Marita's own past, which the demanding investigation brings to the fore. Will he solve the case before the pressure becomes too much?

Seconds

2024

Seconds poster
5.6

A huge train accident in an idyllic small town shocks the whole of Finland, and accident investigator Marita Kaila is faced with the most difficult case of her career. Under increasing pressure, Marita and her team try to find out what led to the death of dozens of people. But there is also a tragedy in Marita's own past, which the demanding investigation brings to the fore. Will he solve the case before the pressure becomes too much?

Seconds

2024

Enemy of the People poster
6.5

Journalist calls down the wrath of her readers by trying to uncover the connection between the murder of a local football hero and a cryptocurrency. Searching for the truth she risks not only her reputation, but her life.

Enemy of the People

2022

Hooked poster
7.0

Drug Crime Detective Oskari is the envy of his colleagues. His connections to underworld and informants is unrivaled. What they don't know is the mother of his child, Krista, is a drug addict who lives in that world. And now she's back in his life, shaking his home life on one hand, and offering new connections to knocking down the rise of drug imports. If only he could trust her.

Hooked

2015

Tehdas poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tehdas

2012

The Happy Hour of the Wolf poster
NR

After Janne suddenly disappears while taking out the trash, the police tell Heta there’s nothing they can do - a person has every right to go missing if there is no sign of a crime. Troubled, she begins searching for and finds only one clue: it seems Janne had undergone Koistinen’s radical divorce therapy for men.

The Happy Hour of the Wolf

2019

Ihmebantu poster
8.0

Ihmebantu is a Finnish black humor sketch show.

Ihmebantu

2009

Man in Room 301 poster
5.9

Summer 2007, Finland. While the Kurtti are spending their annual holidays in their cabins in the land of a thousand lakes, the family is struck by a tragedy: Tommi, 2 years old, is killed by a gunshot. Elias, a 12-year-old neighbour, is blamed for the death of the child. 12 years later, the family receives a threatening anonymous letter and the secrets start to unravel, and show how far each of them are willing to go for their loved ones.

Man in Room 301

2019

Whatever poster
6.0

12-year-old Kasper is studying at the elite school Nerola. Kasper spends the day practicing and performs on stage in the evening, when the school students appear in their own television program. However, Kasper is not happy. He constantly dreams of Ida, a girl he has never met. Living in a foster family 13-year-old Ida wants to have the attention of the entire world, and especially of her biological mother.

Whatever

2014

Enon opetukset poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Enon opetukset

2011

The Hired Hand poster
7.5

A man in his 40s hires a handyman to help out with his daily chores. Soon, he finds himself in competition for the love of his family.

The Hired Hand

2023