Jukka-Pekka Palo helped her daughter Amanda Palo get over rape

Jukka-Pekka Palo is known as an actor. Jenni Gästgivar

Actor Amanda Fire, 33, was a rape victim in her twenties. Amanda and her actor father Jukka-Pekka Palo68, tell In a recent interview with Helsingin Sanomathow Amanda’s shocking experience shook the whole family.

The family supported Amanda after the crime. Amanda spent a lot of time with her parents. Jukka-Pekka and wife Riitta Anttonen got themselves professional help that helped them survive and support their daughter.

– The case turned Amanda’s life and our whole family’s life upside down. I don’t believe in revenge or violence, but a terrible rage rose up inside me and I thought of extreme actions. On the other hand, I was clueless and helpless, and I could only be there for Amanda, says Jukka-Pekka in an interview.

Amanda suffered from depression for years. Depression manifested itself as mood swings, and Amanda was easily irritable at times.

– I was afraid of Amanda. He was depressed and anxious. There were moments when I thought that Amsku’s life was over, he wouldn’t rise again.

As part of her healing process, Amanda has written a play about rape and channeled her feelings into creativity. Jukka-Pekka says in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat that she has started to see light in her daughter’s life. He also has fewer worries when he sees that his now 33-year-old daughter is doing better.

Amanda has spoken about being a rape victim before. The act took place after a bar evening in a strange apartment by strangers. Amanda felt great shame after what happened and her sister Olga helped him file a criminal complaint. Amanda said in 2018 that the perpetrators were never caught.

Jukka-Pekka Palo has acted in films, among other things Crow – The Sheriff, The moment strikes and Escape to the north. Amanda Palo, on the other hand, is known as an actress, as well as an influencer of the Group Theater, the National Theater and the Helsinki City Theater.