- Born
- Birth nameAnu Irmeli Palevaara
- Height5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
- Anu Palevaara was born on August 14, 1971 in Helsinki, Finland. She is an actress, known for Secret Lives (1999), Lillukanvarsia (2010) and Seppo Goes Shakespeare (2006).
- Graduated from the Laine Theatre Arts school (UK) 1993. Prior to her movie and TV career worked as choreographist and a dancer. Age: 27 (1999)
- Her character Jenni Vainio in "Salatut elämät" became pregnant to cover up Palevaara's own pregnancy.
- Is one of the six original cast members who have acted in Salatut Elämät from straight the beginning to this day. The other five are Esko Kovero (Ismo Laitela), Jarmo Koski (Seppo Taalasmaa), Sanna Luostarinen (Elina Taalasmaa), Jaana Saarinen (Maarit Salin) and Piitu Uski (Laura Kiviranta). But only Esko Kovero and Jarmo Koski have acted all the time. Piitu Uski and Anu Palevaara was written out of the series in it's early years for a short period of time because they both had a baby. Their characters also had babies in the series. Jaana Saarinen left the series in 2004 but returned in 2007. Sanna Luostarinen had a short off duty in 2007 which lasted about two months.
- Has a one child.
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