Johanna Jussinniemi
(born 13 September 1976), better known by her stage name Puma Swede, is a Swedish
pornographic actress
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dist ...
and
feature dancer
A stripper or exotic dancer is a person whose occupation involves performing striptease in a public adult entertainment venue such as a strip club. At times, a stripper may be hired to perform at a bachelor party or other private event.
...
.
The first part of her stage name comes from the sports car, the
Ford Puma. Since 2005, she has appeared in over 200 movies.
Biography
She was born in Sweden of Finnish descent; both her parents were Finns,
and she has resided in
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
since 2004.
She worked as a computer sales representative in Sweden and later on as a
glamour model
A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though mo ...
before moving into adult films.
She initially only performed in girl–girl scenes,
but made her hardcore boy–girl debut in the 2005 video ''School of Hardcore'' by the studio AntiInnocence Video, with whom she was previously a contract performer.
She received a 2009
AVN Award
The AVN Awards are List of movie awards, film awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine ''AVN (magazine), AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') to recognize achievement in various aspects of the creation and m ...
nomination for Web Starlet of the Year,
and a 2009
XBiz
XBIZ is an American publisher of business news and business information for the sex industry.
In addition to its flagship "Xbiz.com" website, XBIZ publishes two monthly trade magazines, hosts winter and summer Trade fair, exhibition and industry ...
Award nomination for Web Babe/Starlet of the Year.
In 2010, she made her first mainstream film appearance, a cameo in the comedy ''
'' with comedian/actor
Bryan Callen
Bryan Callen (born January 26, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster. He studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Callen initiated his career as one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy seri ...
, formerly of
MADtv
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fame.
In October 2012, she released her autobiography published by Lind & Co. The autobiography tells the cautious tale of her life paying specific attention to her childhood growing up, her introduction into the adult industry and her troubled relationship with and divorce from Sunit Patel.
In 2014, she made an appearance in the third episode of the seventh season of ''
Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...
''. She makes an appearance as "Skankenstein" in the first film produced by the club's porn studio along with
Jenna Jameson
Jenna Marie Massoli (born April 9, 1974), known professionally as Jenna Jameson (), is an American model, former pornographic film actress, businesswoman, and television personality. She has been named the world's most famous adult entertainme ...
. In 2014 she appeared in two episodes of the Swedish reality series ''
Svenska Hollywoodfruar
''Svenska Hollywoodfruar'' (English: ''Swedish Hollywood Wives'') was a Swedish reality TV series from 2009 to 2019 that followed Swedish women in Hollywood and their glamorous lives. The first episode aired on TV3 on September 14, 2009, and b ...
'' as a friend to Åsa Vesterlund.
She received attention in January 2016 when the newspaper ''
Aftonbladet
''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries.
History and profile
The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan H ...
'' publicized articles about the
Swedish Municipal Workers' Union
The Swedish Municipal Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Kommunalarbetareförbundet), is the largest trade union in Sweden with 570 000 members as of 2005, it was created 1910. It is commonly referred to as ''Kommunal'' ("''Municipal''").
The union w ...
. People within the union had used the union funds for luxurious dinners and the hiring of Swede to perform a strip show at a restaurant owned by the union, which led to the dismissal of the union cashier. Many working members cancelled their memberships in the union.
In October 2017, Puma announced that she was opening her first restaurant, "Puma Burger", in Malmö, Sweden.
Six months later, the restaurant was sold to other owners and rebranded.
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Swedish pornographic film actresses
Actresses from Stockholm
Swedish people of Finnish descent
1976 births
Living people
American people of Finnish descent
Swedish female models
Swedish film actresses
Swedish autobiographers
Swedish television personalities
Participants in Swedish reality television series
Swedish female adult models
Women autobiographers
Swedish expatriates in the United States