MARJO ELINA LAHTI

Marjo lives in a small town called Porvoo near Helsinki. She works as a freelance actress in Helsinki, Finland but also runs her own company BodyScene as a massage therapist, Optimum therapist and movement and mental coach.

As an actress Marjo focuses on physical theatre and working on camera in TV and film.Her latest works have been with Bitchkraft ritual theatre group in Finland and in TV crime series Harjunpää by ITV Studios.

Marjo studied in Pedagogical studies of drama, Helsinki University of applied sciences 2006, and in Theatre academy, Trainee program of acting 1998-2000. She has also studied and taught contact improvisation, Michael Chekhov Technique and worked with dancers in Finland and in Iceland.

Marjo also had a summer house in Westfjords Iceland for eight years and worked in Listaskóli Rögnvaldar Ólafssonar as a drama teacher. She did several theatre tours as an actress around Iceland with different international groups and performances.

Collaboration of body and mind is for Marjo the endless source of inspiration.

marjo-lahti at hotmail.com