Irina, born 1973, is a Finnish film/TV/stage actress, as well as a recording singer, song writer and musician She spent her childhood in Sweden, France and Finland. She danced at the Finnish National Opera Ballet school during 5 years She studied at the Helsinki Theatre Academy 1993-96 She has spent her adult life living in the US and France and she works internationally using several languages - English, French, Finnish, Swedish, Russian. in 2016 she was Knighted by the French Ministry of Culture in the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) for her work promoting French and Finnish culture