{{short description|Finnish actress and former hurdler|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Manuela Bosco | fullname = Manuela Anna Maria Bosco | image = Manuela Bosco profile 1.jpg | image_size = 220 | caption = Bosco in 2013 | nationality = Finnish | sport = Athletics | event = Hurdling | club = Mikkelin Kilpa | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|6|11}} | birth_place = Mikkeli Rural Municipality, Finland | residence = | retired= | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.72}} | weight = {{convert|58|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | pb = *100 m hs: 13.29 (2000) | country = Finland | medaltemplates= }}

'''Manuela Bosco''' (born 11 June 1982) is a Finnish actress and former hurdler.

==Biography== Manuela Bosco, despite having dual citizenship (Italian and Finnish), chose to compete for Finland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qn.quotidiano.net/2000/09/25/1324488-Storia-di-Manuela-italiana-che-corre-per-la-Finlandia.shtml|title=Storia di Manuela, italiana che corre per la Finlandia|publisher=quotidiano.net|language=italian|accessdate=14 November 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131114063125/http://qn.quotidiano.net/2000/09/25/1324488-Storia-di-Manuela-italiana-che-corre-per-la-Finlandia.shtml|archive-date=14 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is the niece of the Finnish cross-country skier Harri Kirvesniemi.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 2012, she debuted as an actress in the Finnish short movie ''Hankikanto'', and in 2013, in the TV series ''Nymphs''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.movieplayer.it/serietv/nymphs_3527/|title=Nymphs – Serie TV 2013|publisher=movieplayer.it|language=italian|accessdate=14 November 2013}}</ref>

Bosco has two children with actor Kasimir Baltzar.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.menaiset.fi/artikkeli/ajankohtaista/ihmiset/manuela_bosco_sai_toisen_lapsen_nayttelijamiehensa_kanssa |title=Manuela Bosco sai toisen lapsen näyttelijämiehensä kanssa |last=Simola |first=Inka |date=17 January 2016 |access-date=20 September 2019 |language=Finnish}}</ref> She married musician Tuure Kilpeläinen in June 2018. They have a daughter born in February 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000005727359.html |title=Tuure Kilpeläinen ja Manuela Bosco menivät kaikessa hiljaisuudessa naimisiin – nyt pari kertoo HS:n haastattelussa, mikä kaikki heitä yhdistää |last=Mattila |first=Ilkka |date=21 June 2018 |access-date=20 September 2019 |language=Finnish}}</ref>

==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing Finland |- |rowspan=2|1998 |rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Annecy, France |5th |100m hurdles |13.83 <small>(wind: -1.0&nbsp;m/s)</small> |- |4th (h)<ref>Did not finish in the final.</ref> |4 × 100 m relay |45.36 |- |rowspan=2|2000 |World Junior Championships |Santiago, Chile |14th (sf) |100m hurdles |13.69 <small>(wind: -0.9&nbsp;m/s)</small> |- |rowspan=1 |Olympics |rowspan=1 |Sydney |30th (h) |100 metres hurdles |13.51 |- |2003 |European U23 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |9th (h) |400m hurdles |58.18 |}

==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2016 |''Reunion 2: The Bachelor Party'' |Malena | |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2012–present |''Nymphs'' |Nadia Rapaccini |12 episodes |- |2018-2021 |''Deadwind'' |Filippa | |}

===Music video=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2019 |This Love |Unnamed character |Song by Bobby Oroza |}

==See also== * Finland at the 2000 Summer Olympics

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Sports-reference|bo/manuela-bosco-1.html}} * {{IMDb name|5318842|Manuela Bosco}}

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