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Salla Yli-Luopa

  • Make-Up Department
  • Art Department
  • Actress
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Salla Yli-Luopa is an internationally recognized Makeup and Special Makeup Effects Designer from Finland, with a strong hand in prosthetic makeup and practical effects. With over 20 years of experience, she has specialized in the bloody, gory, and visually daring side of filmmaking, working on major productions across the globe. Yli-Luopa's expertise is grounded in genre cinema, from action-packed battles to absurd, splatter-filled horror. Her award-winning makeup design can be seen in films such as Sisu, Unknown Soldier, Valhalla, and Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre. Whether crafting war wounds, broken faces, or over-the-top gore, Yli-Luopa's work is precise, brutal, and unforgettable. She has received four Jussi Awards for Best Makeup and several international nominations and awards.

She is also known by the nickname Mistress of Blood.
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      • 5 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Jorma Tommila in Sisu (2022)
    Sisu
    6.9
    • Makeup Department
    • 2022
    Oona Airola in The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)
    The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
    7.2
    • Makeup Department
    • 2016
    Samuel L. Jackson and Onni Tommila in Big Game (2014)
    Big Game
    5.4
    • Makeup Department
    • 2014
    The Unknown Soldier (2017)
    The Unknown Soldier
    7.7
    • Makeup Department
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Makeup Department



    • To Cook a Bear
      • makeup artist
      • Post-production
      • TV Series



    • Petri Manninen, Lauri Tilkanen, and Rami Rusinen in Iurima: Taru Kolmesta Kalastajasta (2025)
      Iurima: Taru Kolmesta Kalastajasta
      6.9
      Short
      • Special makeup effects designer
      • 2025
    • Paranoia (2024)
      Paranoia
      4.1
      • makeup designer
      • 2024
    • Jari Virman and Pekka Strang in Peluri - kuolema on elävien ongelma (2023)
      Peluri - kuolema on elävien ongelma
      6.7
      • special makeup effects artist
      • 2023
    • Let the River Flow (2023)
      Let the River Flow
      7.2
      • makeup designer
      • 2023
    • Jorma Tommila in Sisu (2022)
      Sisu
      6.9
      • makeup designer
      • special makeup effects designer
      • 2022
    • Helsinki-syndrooma (2022)
      Helsinki-syndrooma
      6.9
      TV Series
      • additional makeup artist
      • 2022
    • Karen Gillan in Dual (2022)
      Dual
      5.8
      • makeup designer
      • special makeup effects designer
      • 2022
    • Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Katja Küttner, Pirjo Lonka, Emmi Parviainen, and Jessica Grabowsky in Nyrkki (2019)
      Nyrkki
      7.1
      TV Series
      • special makeup effects designer
      • 2021
    • Rakel Lenora Petersen Fløttum in The Innocents (2021)
      The Innocents
      7.0
      • makeup designer
      • special makeup effects designer
      • 2021
    • Night of the Living Dicks (2021)
      Night of the Living Dicks
      5.1
      Short
      • special makeup effects designer
      • 2021
    • Pirjo Lonka, Matti Onnismaa, Pelle Heikkilä, Deogracias Masomi, and Anna Böhm in Karkurit (2021)
      Karkurit
      5.9
      TV Series
      • makeup artist
      • 2021
    • Cecilia Loffredo, Saxo Moltke-Leth, Roland Møller, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, and Reza Forghani in Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019)
      Valhalla: The Legend of Thor
      5.2
      • makeup designer
      • 2019
    • Psychosia (2019)
      Psychosia
      5.4
      • makeup designer
      • 2019
    • Eero Aho and Johannes Holopainen in Tuntematon sotilas (2018)
      Tuntematon sotilas
      8.5
      TV Mini Series
      • makeup designer
      • 2018–2019
    • Mimosa Willamo in Aurora (2019)
      Aurora
      6.8
      • makeup designer
      • 2019

    Art Department



    • Elina Knihtilä and Pirjo Lonka in 100 litraa sahtia (2024)
      100 litraa sahtia
      7.1
      • special props
      • special props: billhook, stunt prop, sfx
      • 2024

    Actress



    • Oona Airola in The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)
      The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
      7.2
      • Kampaaja
      • 2016

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      • Salla Yli-Luopa Portfolio / Snowpony FX
    • Alternative names
      • Salla Kaarina Mäntymaa

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