Maria Ylipää

Maria Mikaela Markuntytär Ylipää (born 8 August 1981) is a Finnish singer and actress, who has starred in the musical Kristina från Duvemåla (Helsinki 2012, Göteborg 2014, Stockholm 2015) and acted in the films Keisarikunta (2004) and Pietà (2007).

In spring 2009, she was also present at the music theatre UIT's performances.

Ylipää graduated from Tampere Communal High School in 2000 and acting at the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2005.

In 2007, Ylipää was first elected as ambassador to the Church of Finland's External Aid together with musician Juha Tapio.

[2] Maria Ylipää's spouse is musician Matti Pentikäinen and they have two children.