Liis Lindmaa
Biography
Liis Lindmaa (born November 20, 1988) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress. Liis Lindmaa was born and raised in the town of Rakvere in Lääne-Viru County, where she attended primary and secondary schools. She is a 2007 graduate of Rakvere Gymnasium. Afterward, she studied drama at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy in Viljandi, graduating in 2011. Liis Lindmaa is in a long-term relationship with Ukrainian-born actor and stage and television director Anatoly Tafitšuk. The couple have a daughter, Frida, born in 2016. They currently reside in Tallinn.
Known For & Full Filmography9 Titles
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Ann Madris
A group of women create an organization named "Kättemaksukontor" to fight for the rights of women and help solve murder mysteries for the police.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Jüri tüdruk
A comedy-series depicting an Estonian family in 1980s that consists of a rebel-minded grandpa, two siblings, a mother, who is a member of the Soviet Socialist Party, and her lover, who is there, because the real husband is a captain on a foreign-going ship. Aand they have to share their apartment with a true communist and her son, who is an exemplary militiaman.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Female Student
The Class: Life After is a follow-up to the feature film The Class (Klass) and deals with the aftermath of a school shooting. Each one-hour episode focuses on a different character who survived or witnessed the tragic event. There are kids from the class, their parents, the class teacher, a boy who survived the shooting, and finally, one of the culprits in the very last episode.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Pille
Based on a true story in the turbulent Estonian 90s. Personal dramas will unfold using the historic events as a backdrop, with the characters constantly re-evaluating the currency rates and their personal values.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Riina
Sensitive and restless Johannes is accepted to an elite school in Tallinn and expects life to go uphill. Instead, he becomes the victim of mental abuse by his classmates. In search of recognition, he goes to his old Lasnamäe friends, who spend their time doing drugs, hanging around, and partying, rather than focusing on schoolwork. At home, Johannes must deal with his mother’s deteriorating mental health. As the tension grows, he finds himself at zero point, where he must completely reset his life to build it up from scratch.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Ester
A young man tries to make sense of the world in the summer heat of late nineties Estonia.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as St. Matthew's Day and Muhu War
Year 1208. The first Eastward enlargement of Europe is under way. Brutal forces of the Teutonic Order are steadily marching on. In their path live a simple and peaceful people, whose main pastimes include cultivating the earth, singing and, if possible, doing both at the same time. They are the Estonians. Ignorant in the ways of war, they find an unlikely leader in a young boy with Catholic upbringing. In their fight for freedom, the Estonians encounter numerous obstacles, including the Germans, French, Russians and, worst of all, the Latvians. Will they succeed in defeating their enemies or will they experience a cultural awakening?
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Friend
After being fired from his job at a newspaper for writing a destructive review of a celebrated movie, Fred, an aspiring writer, learns that his girlfriend is pregnant.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Liisbet (segment "Thank You for Happening to Me")
A three-film cassette, "Daisy Petal Game 2" looks at three different lifetimes where a person is forced to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. Such moments come as suddenly and dramatically as the first falling in love. How to deal with these crises in youth, early middle age and golden years?