Liisa Aibel

Liisa Aibel born September 21 1972 is an Estonian stage film and television actress Liisa Aibel was born in Viljandi and attended school in Pärnu graduating from Pärnu Secondary School No 6 in 1990 As a teenager she became interested in the theatre and studied at the Pärnu School Theatre under the instruction of Aare Laanemets In 1990 she enrolled in the performing arts department of the Tallinn Conservatory now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn under instruction of theatre pedagogue and director Ingo Normet graduating in 1994 Her graduating classmates included Mait Malmsten Ain Mäeots Katariina Lauk Ago Anderson Indrek Sammul and Andres Puustusmaa Liisa Aibels first significant role in a featurelength film was the dual roles of Marta and Marion in the 2009 Maiju Ingmandirected drama Päeva lõpus This was followed by a small role in the Elo Seliranddirected 2010 drama Kutsar koputab kolm korda for Exitfilm In 2017 she appeared in a small role in Rohelised kassid directed by former Tallinn Conservatory classmate Andres Puustusmaa In 2019 she appeared in the role of Lambasihver in the epic drama film Tõde ja õigus directed by Tanel Toom The film was an adaptation of the first volume of the 19261933 social epic pentalogy of the same name by Estonian author A H Tammsaare Tõde ja õigus was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards Also in 2019 she appeared in the Hardi Volmerdirected comedyadventure film Johannes Pääsukese tõeline elu which chronicled early 20thcentury photographer filmmaker and ethnographer Johannes Pääsukes 1913 trek to Setomaa