Personal details
- Birth Date: 1974-06-08
- Height: 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Birth Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Professions: Actress, Soundtrack
Amira Khalifa isn’t just another name in Finnish film and theater—she’s the real deal, honestly. Born and bred in Helsinki, she’s been at it for over twenty years, and you can tell. She moves between stage and screen like it’s nothing, flipping from comedy to gut-punching drama without breaking a sweat. That’s not easy, trust me. People started really paying attention after Maata meren alla (2009) dropped. That movie messed with your head in the best way, all about identity and what it even means to belong. Critics lost their minds, and it set her on a wild ride. Dual and Stop Nyqvist (both in 2022) just proved she’s got serious range—characters with messy morals, tangled up in their own heads. She doesn’t just stick to Finland, either. Road North and Transport? She nails it in any language, any culture, no problem. Khalifa’s got guts. She picks roles that poke at the stuff nobody wants to talk about. In A Piece of My Heart, she played a child welfare worker getting battered by a broken system. It was raw, honest—like, rip-your-heart-out honest. Her colleagues? They call her a “force of nature,” and it’s not just flattery. Before acting, she was crunching numbers in finance and even looked at flying planes. Wild, right? That real-life grit seeps into her roles, gives them this extra layer. Now, she’s shaking up Nordic cinema, always chasing stories about survival, real connection, all that messy, beautiful human stuff. She’s not slowing down, either.
Her sister? Yeah, that’s Tea Khalifa. Not exactly a minor detail. Tea's got her own thing going on, but the connection runs deep. You see hints of it in the way their stories overlap—like, family drama, secrets nobody wants to talk about, that kind of stuff. Sometimes you catch Tea in the background, pulling strings or just showing up at the worst possible moment. It's not just about blood ties; they've got this weird push-and-pull dynamic, half-love, half-rivalry. And honestly, Tea’s presence cranks up the tension every time she walks into the scene. If you pay attention, you’ll notice how her choices ripple out, messing with the main story in ways that aren't obvious at first. The whole sister thing? It’s not just a side note. It’s one of those details that keeps you guessing how things are gonna shake out.
June 8, 1974
5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Helsinki, Finland
51 years old