Maarja Mitt-Pichen
Biography
Maarja Mitt-Pichen (until 2019 Maarja Mitt; born December 8, 1983) is an Estonian actress. She graduated from the Hugo Treffner Highschool in 2002. In the years 2002–2004, she studied Scandinavian languages and culture at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Tartu. In 2008, she graduated from the 23rd year of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater School of Performing Arts. In the years 2010-2014, she was a master's student at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater School of Performing Arts, she has a master's degree in performing arts and voice pedagogy. Since 2015, she has been studying for a doctorate at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. From 2008 to 2013, she was a drama actress at the Vanemuine theater, then she has been a freelancer. From 2014 to 2018, she worked as a voice technique teacher at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater School of Performing Arts. Since 2014, she has also been a stage speech and acting teacher at the Tallinn Music School named after Georg Ots.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Keira
A group of women create an organization named "Kättemaksukontor" to fight for the rights of women and help solve murder mysteries for the police.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Regina
A music critic Hugo, suffering from post-divorce depression, is just about to rebuild his life when his jazz musician father Raivo arrives at his door unexpectedly. Spiteful old man announces that he will soon come to his end and expects his only son to take care of him. When an attractive psychotherapist enters the men’s lives, the father and son duo begin to compete for her attention. The old prankster manages to create a number of embarrassing moments in an effort to ruin Hugo’s romantic plans. Andres Maimik’s and Katrin Maimik’s tragicomedy is an exploration of forced closeness, a pursuit of happiness and a road to forgiving through laughter, suspense and tears.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Matu the Shepherd Boy (voice)
Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber's Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Irena Wiley
May 1939, 3 months before the outbreak of WWII, the future US President, John F. Kennedy, visits Estonia. There his path crosses with two very different girls – a call girl, willing to abandon everything and a sweet local, who is in desperate need of money. The future of the world is crashing around him as he must figure out which is the spy when comes to find out one is working for the Nazis!
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as (voice)
An incorporeal Shadow takes up a dangerous adventure through a mystical forest, fancy castle and dream world to save her frivolous owner from a cursed Beast.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Nurse
Led by the mysterious mirage of his once lost ship, a retired sea captain follows the vessel to the very end.