Irja Johanna "Jonna" Järnefelt (born 3 October 1964) is a Finnish actress and singer.

Career

Järnefelt entered the

Helsinki Theatre Academy The Theatre Academy (, ) is one of the three academies of the University of the Arts Helsinki and offers education in theatre and dance. It is Finland's largest education provider in its field and, with the exception of acting, the only one in th ...

right from high school in 1983. There, she began studying in the dance line. In her own words, a career as a professional dancer proved too demanding, both physically and mentally. She managed to switch to an acting career. She graduated from the HTA in 1988, after which she was attached to the Lilla Teatern. In addition to theater, Järnefelt has starred in films and television series, including ''Jurism!'', ''Formally Qualified'', ''Easy Life'', and '' Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood''. She has portrayed several many well-known Finnish personalities, such as

Ida Aalberg Ida Aalberg (4 December 1857 – 17 January 1915) was the most notable and internationally known Finland, Finnish actress of her time. Biography Aalberg was born in , Janakkala. She was a member of the Theatre of Finland from 1874 to 1883 and l ...

in the drama documentary ''If You Made Horses Jump in Her Stalls'' and Anneli Jäätteenmäki in ''The Prime Minister''. In 2012, Järnefelt starred as a Lithuanian criminal in the Swedish crime film ''Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan''.

Personal life

Since 1990, Järnefelt has been married to actor Asko Sarkola.Koski, Pirkko
Sarkola, Asko (1945–).
''Suomen kansallisbiografia'', Vol. 8, pp. 680–681. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2003. . (In Finnish.) She has three daughters.

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at ''Uppslagsverket Finland'' (in Swedish). {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarnefelt, Jonna 1964 births Living people Musicians from Espoo Finnish film actresses Finnish stage actresses Finnish television actresses 21st-century Finnish women singers Swedish-speaking Finns 20th-century Finnish women singers 21st-century Finnish nobility