Erika Kaljusaar

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Erika Kaljusaar
Born (1956-03-26) 26 March 1956 (age 66)
Tallinn, Estonia
Nationality Estonian
OccupationActress, theatre producer, stage manager
Years active1979–present
Partner(s) Väino Laes (1980–present)

Erika Kaljusaar (born 26 March 1956) [1] is an Estonian stage, film, and television actress, theatre producer, and stage manager whose career began on stage in 1979. She is a founder of the Open Stage Association of Freelance Actors, and a founding member and leader of the Loomine traditional theatre since 2004. Kaljusaar has also worked as a project manager for the Padise Abbey museum since 2007, and since 2013, as a contributor to the newspaper Padise Teataja.

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Early life and education

Erika Kaljusaar was born in Tallinn. Her parents were laborers. During her youth, she lived in Keila and graduated from Keila I secondary school in 1974. [2] Afterward, she studied drama at the Vanemuine training studio in Tartu. [2]

Career

Theatre

In 1979, Kaljusaar began a five-year engagement as an actress at the Rakvere Theatre in Rakvere. In 1986, she joined the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu, leaving in 1988. Notable stage roles been in works by such playwrights and authors as: Jüri Tuulik, Albert Uustulnd, Kalju Saaber, Mait Metsanurk, Jaan Kross, Stanislav Stratiev, Carlo Goldoni, A. H. Tammsaare, Georges Feydeau, Jaan Kruusvall, Oldřich Daněk, and Henrik Ibsen. [2] In 1997, she was a founder of the Open Stage Association of Freelance Actors. Between 1999 and 2004, she worked as a stage manager at the Old Town Studio theatre in Tallinn. [3] She is a founding member and leader of the Tallinn-based Loomine traditional theatre since 2004. [2]

Film and television

Erika Kaljusaar made her television debut with the role of Ethel in the 1986 Ago-Endrik Kerge-directed Eesti Telefilm drama Võtmeküsimus. [4] This was followed by the role of Juta in the 1988 two-part television historical drama Narva kosk, again directed by Kerge and penned by Vladimir Beekman and Enn Vetemaa. The same year, she appeared in the Mikk Mikiver directed television drama Doktor Stockmann for Tallinnfilm. She has also appeared in several television series, including roles on the 1998 TV3 drama Kired, the Eesti Televisioon (ETV) crime drama Ohtlik lend in 2006, the long-running ETV drama Õnne 13 in 2007, the Kanal 2 crime series Kelgukoerad in 2009, and several roles on the TV3 comedy-crime series Kättemaksukontor between 2009 and 2010. [5]

Kaljusaar's first film role was as Mari in the 1989 Kaljo Kiisk-directed Tallinnfilm drama Regina, based on the 1978 novel Valikuvõimalus by Estonian author Aimée Beekman. In 1992, she appeared in the Peeter Urbla-directed thriller Daam autos, based on the 1968 novel The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun by French author Sébastien Japrisot. [5]

Later career

Since 2007, she has worked as a project manager for the Padise Abbey museum in Lääne-Harju Parish, and has been a regular contributor to the civil initiative newspaper Padise Teataja. [2]

Personal life

Erika Kaljusaar has been in a long-term relationship with actor Väino Laes since 1980. The couple reside in the village of Padise in Harju County, [1] with a summer home and small farm on the island of Saaremaa. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Väino Laes ja Erika Kaljusaar: meie hing on Saaremaas kinni!". Saarte Hääl (in Estonian). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kaljusaar, Erika". Eesti Entsüklopeedia (in Estonian). 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Leivak, Verni (22 November 2002). ""Rahvas saalis möllab, laval näitlejad möllavad."". Õhtuleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Võtmeküsimus". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (in Estonian). 1986. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Erika Kaljusaar: Filmograafia". Eesti filmi andmebaas (in Estonian). 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Kärssin, Andres (29 December 2013). "Elusa küla musternäide: Hästi toimivast külaseltsist on saanud argument kinnisvarakuulutustes". Maaleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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