Anna Easteden Biography

Anna Easteden (born 29 November 1976) is an Award Nominated Finnish American actress whose film appearances include The House of Branching Love (2009) and Sideways (2009). She is known for her performance as "Bee Sting" in Who Wants to Be a Superhero? season 2 (2007) on Sci Fi Channel. She co-starred in soap operas: Passions and Days of Our Lives on NBC, the television series Bones on Fox and Two and a Half Men on CBS.

Biography

Easteden was born in Tohmajrvi, Finland as Anna Katariina Shemeikka, the daughter of dairy farmers. She has a younger brother, Antti. Easteden was raised in Finland until her teenage years, excelling in public schools, and graduating youngest in her class.

Modeling career

Easteden graduated from a Finnish modeling school at the age of 12 and shortly booked her first modeling job in Finland. She appeared in her first magazine cover after winning a national contest held by popular teen magazine SinMin (as Anna Shemeikka).

Still a teenager, Anna Easteden received her first international modeling contract with a Japanese modeling agency and moved to Tokyo. In Tokyo she appeared in advertisements for companies such as: Kanebo, Sony, Nissan, Wacoal, Oricom, NEC and Lux. She was designer Akira Kimijima's house model and had an exclusive contract with a Japanese cosmetics company. Easteden also worked as a model in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Guam and finally the United States. In the US, Anna Easteden has modeled for companies including: Avon, Salvatore Ferragamo, Calvin Klein, XOXO, Herms, Diesel, Pony, T-Mobile, Toyo Tires, Michael Antonio, Jockey, Ashworth, Kohl's, Nissan, Victoria's Bridal, Gottschalks, Anna's Linens, PajamaGram, Rio Hotel, Marie Claire, Chevy, Sue Wong and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

Acting career

Easteden started her acting career in TV commercials in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States. In her first play she was "Sleeping Beauty" in the play "Sleeping Beauty" which premiered in Chicago, at the Downers Grove Tivoli Theatre.

Easteden is known for her performance as Super villain "Beesting" from Who Wants to Be a Superhero?. Her other television roles include: Two and a Half Men, Bones, Passions, and Days of Our Lives.

Easteden is the host of Wipeout in Finland, that started airing in Finland on FOX in March 2013.

Humanitarian Work

Easteden conducted a comparative legal research study on the different aspects of asylum procedures in selected European countries for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bratislava, Slovakia. Her research impacted the Slovak National Asylum Legislation, which was in the process of amendment. Easteden continued her work in Bratislava, with an international partner of The Foundation for a Civil Society (USA), where she was involved in the "Citizen Campaign "OK '98"? for free and fair elections.

Personal life

Easteden married an American baseball coach, Rob McKinley, in 2007. Easteden lives in Los Angeles.

Interviews/Media

Anna Easteden recently had an up close and personal interview with Louis Velazquez, host of the Ultimate Championship Wrestling Radio Show.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Inside Schwartz	Golf Date	Television series. Played as promos on NBC
2002	Law & Order	Poster Movie Star	Television series
2003	Let's Make a Deal	Finnish Actress	Television gameshow
	Days of Our Lives	Francoise	Television series
2004	Casting About	Herself
2005	Happy Endings	Body Double Maimee
	3 Wise Women	Dorothy Snapp
2006	Bones	Polina Decker	Television series
2007	Who Wants to Be a Superhero?	Bee Sting	Television series
	John from Cincinnati	Beer Model Cutout	Television series
	You're So Dead	Robin DeBiggers
2008	Passions	Julian's nurse	Television series
2009	The House of Branching Love	Nina
	Sideways	Ally
2010	A Voice In The Dark	Harriet
	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Miranda from Sex and the City	Television series
2011	Two and a Half Men	Wanda	Television series
	Mann's World	France's Redhead	Television pilot
	Temazcal	Belle

Awards

In 2010, Easteden was nominated for Best Supporting Actress award at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.