Hilje Murel

Hilje Murel born December 17 1975 is an Estonian stage film and television actress Hilje Murel was born in the town of Võru in Võru County She is a 1998 graduate of the EMA Higher Drama School now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn Among her graduating classmates were Tiit Sukk Veikko Täär Harriet Toompere Andero Ermel Liina Vahtrik and Jan Uuspõld Hilje Murel made her film debut in starring role as Li in the Rainer Sarnetdirected 1998 dramatic short film Libarebased ja kooljad in 1998 which was adapted from the collection of short stories by Qing dynasty Chinese writer Pu Songling and produced by Eesti Televisioon ETV and Eesti Telefilm In 2003 she appeared in the role of Lindas daughter in the Rando Pettaidirected Peep Pedmanson penned comedy Vanad ja kobedad saavad jalad alla English release title Made in Estonia The film was based on the popular Estonian television comedy series Vanad ja kobedad In 2004 she had a starring role in the Andres Maimikdirected dramatic short film Kurat tuleb sauna based on the leitmotif Saunakuuldemängu of Estonian writer Mati Unt This was followed by a small role as Nasta in the 2008 Ain Mäeotsdirected Exitfilm biographical feature film Taarka based on the play of the same name by Kauksi Ülle about the difficult life of Seto folk singer Hilana Taarka Taarka has the distinction of being the first featurelength film in the Seto dialect and won the 2008 Estonian Cultural Endowment Debut Award In 2013 she played the role of Silvi Säinas in the Toomas Hussardirected comedyadventure film Seenelkäik the film was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist In 2013 Murel played the role of Berit Piir in the familyfantasy drama Väikelinna detektiivid ja valge daami saladus directed by René Vilbre and penned by Mikhel Ulman In 2016 Murel had a small role in the Valentin Kuik and Manfred Vainokividirected melodrama Perekonnavaled In 2018 she appeared in a supporting role in the Liina TriškinaVanhatalodirected drama Võta või jäta and in 2020 appeared in the Peeter Simm directed comingofage period drama Vee peal In 2020 she voiced the character Mother Rat in the Meelis Arulepp and Karsten Kiilerich directed animated film Sipsik based on the popular 1962 childrens book of the same title by Eno Raud