Alina Tomnikov

Acting

Alina Tomnikov

Born 1988-06-24 · Kerava, Finland

Alina Tomnikov (born June 24, 1988) is a Finnish-Russian actress and writer. Alina Tomnikov was born on 24 June 1988 in Kerava, Finland to a Russian father and Finnish mother. Her parents met in Saint Petersburg, where her mother was studying to be physician. The family moved to Finland in the late 1980s. She graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy with a master's degree in 2013. Tomnikov married director and cinematographer Lauri Laukkanen on 7 July 2019. She gave birth to their first child in August 2023. Her cousin is ice hockey player Rami Määttä.

Acting credits

Fallen Leaves poster
7.1

In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.

Fallen Leaves

2023

How to Shout poster
5.5

Anu sees Heloisa regularly in her practice, who, whenever falls in love, begins to suffer from cruel and tormenting obsessions towards her beloved. Heloisa's twisted psyche fascinates Anu in ways she does not fully understand - professionally and personally. But one day, Heloisa abruptly stops therapy. A midsummer party with a couple of friends is interrupted when Anu's son Antti arrives with his new girlfriend - who is Heloisa. Anu is forced to confront her own limitations and the painful memories of Heloisa's therapy relationship, which reveal an obsessive bond between them that threatens to destroy everything.

How to Shout

2025

Rendel poster
5.5

Rendel, a masked superhero, becomes blinded by his desire for revenge against a sinister criminal organization.

Rendel

2017

Unknown Soldier poster
7.4

The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).

Unknown Soldier

2017

Quiet Life poster
6.7

A refugee family in Sweden faces trauma after their youngest daughter falls into an unexplained coma when denied asylum. Parents struggle to find a cure, resilience tested amid difficult circumstances.

Quiet Life

2025

The Grump poster
6.6

A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer - whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric - raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law.

The Grump

2014

Insanity poster
3.0

A group of twenty somethings meet after a long time, and head to an island for a getaway, class reunion, and a night of partying. During the fateful evening the past begins to haunt them and old grudges from their shared past come to surface. As the night turns awry, they start to fear there might also be something else on the island besides them. During one bloody night old scores are settled, everything is brought to the surface, and revenge is had.

Insanity

2020

Keskiyön auringosta ikuisuuteen poster
NR

Two lost people meet by chance on a sun-drenched road. They are united by a growing sense of adventure, the inevitability of time, the presence of a secret and the longing for love. Acting as each other's mirrors, they travel through Finland, gilded by the midnight sun, to find something greater than the moment: another like them, themselves and their dream. In eternity, no one is alone.

Keskiyön auringosta ikuisuuteen

2025

Homebreaker poster
4.0

Eelis is skipping classes, mom and dad are on the verge of divorce, sister has yet another boyfriend. The life of a little boy is in its turning point.

Homebreaker

2015

Memorabilia poster
NR

Two estranged sisters journey into a world of memories to bring their missing mother back from a virtual past.

Memorabilia

2025

Love Records poster
4.1

The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.

Love Records

2016

Solar Wind Alley poster
5.0

Alice lives with her younger sisters in a rural Finnish village, in a house their mother build before she passed away. As the new head of the family, she wants to protect her younger sisters and shelter them from the outside world. When the solar storm hits the village it leaves everyone without electricity and puts the community in the middle of a crisis.

Solar Wind Alley

2022

The Worst Idea Ever poster
2.6

The lifelong friendship between the two game developers begins to fray as one longs for nostalgia of her youth, and the other for marriage and a life abroad. When old grudges surface at a LARP-themed bachelorette party, it's time to find out who's living whose dream.

The Worst Idea Ever

2023

No artwork available
NR

Three young women are having hard time, each of them having their own struggles. They share kindness, compassion, hope. Then suddenly one loses their phone and the girls are pulled into a sudden chase around Helsinki.

Try Me <3

2024

The Log poster
5.7

The female director wants full frontal nudity from her male lead, but the actor has a big problem with it.

The Log

2016

My Brother's Keeper poster
4.3

The story of a Finnish rap artist Cheek and his brother.

My Brother's Keeper

2018

Euthanizer poster
6.6

Euthanizer tells the story of a mechanic who euthanises sick and old pets as a side job. Despite the grim work, he has a soft spot for the animals. Trouble stirs when the owner of a dog he was supposed to end realises that the canine is still alive. The only innocent party in the drama that ensues is the dog itself.

Euthanizer

2017

Trainer poster
6.4

Rise and fall of Jari Sarasvuo, as he transforms from a media person to business training guru during the crazy years of the 1990s and 2000s, just before the financial crash.

Trainer

2018

Night Goes Long poster
3.0

French meteorology researcher Sophie, living in Antarctica, arrives in Helsinki to find her online lover Mia. Mia had ended the relationship suddenly and with meeting her, Sophie hopes to regrow the love between them.

Night Goes Long

2015

Finders 2: Pharaoh's Ring poster
2.0

Friendship, courage and ingenuity are put to the test once again as Pertsa, Kilu and Pirkko embark on an epic adventure to solve the mystery of an old map. Twin girls Vappu and Kerttu also join the flight, and the suspense is increased when the cunning criminal Annabella Pehko jumps on board as a stowaway.

Finders 2: Pharaoh's Ring

2023

Rolli and the Secret of All Time poster
5.5

Rolli and little elf girl Juniper along with the rest of the rollis and other strange creatures lead peaceful and rollishly fun lives in their flourishing Rolli Village. One day the inquisitive friends Rolli and Juniper hear incredible news from Malcolm the Maggot: somewhere far away, beyond mountains, forests and the sea, lies a place called The Beginning of All Time. That’s where the storks always take off on their trips to deliver babies in small bundles to their new homes. Rolli and Juniper cannot help but become curious. Both of them have fallen into Rolli Village in a bundle from the sky, and especially Juniper has always wondered where she came from. The two friends decide to throw themselves into a joint adventure. They embark on a trip toward The Beginning of All Time in order to find the answer to life’s greatest secret.

Rolli and the Secret of All Time

2016

No artwork available
NR

Superhero movie about a man who can control soundwaves.

Volume

Rabobesto – Or How I Saved a Monster poster
3.0

On the verge of her marital life, a young woman makes a journey into the night to find out why she has lost her heartbeat and turned golden.

Rabobesto – Or How I Saved a Monster

2021

Rolli and the Golden Key poster
2.7

A flock of storks fly in the misty sky, all carrying white bundles. One of the bundles falls and a little girl called Juniper ends up in a strange world. This is the beginning of a wonderful, magical adventure as the girl tries to find out who she really is and where she came from. She finally meets an old troll called Rolli who tells the girl his own, eventful story. The girl and the troll become friends and together they encounter a dangerous threat against the fairytale woods. This is a universal tale of bravery and friendship that takes its audience through exciting plot twists, circus spotlights and the splendor of the fantastic forest.

Rolli and the Golden Key

2013