Liina Olmaru

Liina Olmaru often credited as LiinaRiin Olmaru born April 11 1967 is an Estonian stage radio television and film actress LiinaRiin Olmaru was born in 1967 in Tallinn to actors Rein Olmaru and Linda Olmaru née Kuusmaa She has three siblings In 1985 she graduated from Rakvere 1st Secondary School now Rakvere Gymnasium In 1989 she graduated from the Vanemuine theatre teaching studio in Tartu Olmarus interest in theology led her to study at the Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church graduating from the institutes Pedagogy Department in 1996 Liina Omarus first significant television appearances came in 1995 as the character Virve in the Eesti Televisioon ETV dramatic television series Wikmani poised based on the 1988 novel of the same name penned by Estonian author Jaan Kross In 2007 she appeared in the role of Piret on the Swedish crime drama television series Tusenbröder the previous year she had played the same character in the Erik Leijonborg directed feature film adaptation of the series titled Tusenbröder Återkomsten Also in 2007 she made an appearance on the ETV crime drama series Ohtlik lend as the character Anne Kulik In 2008 she played the role of Elfriede Kallaste in nine episodes of the ETV historical drama television miniseries Tuulepealne maa which was a twelvepart miniseries chronicling the early 20thcentury history of Estonia its birth as a country the Estonian War of Independence postwar life throughout 1920 up to 1941 and World War II Other television appearances include a small role as Barbi on the Kanal 2 drama series Pilvede all in 2010 and as Ireen in Klass Elu pärast which was a 2010 television miniseries followup to Klass the Ilmar Raag directed 2007 feature film about school bullying and violence Liina Olmaru has also appeared in a number of memorable radio theatre plays including the role of Enenken Üüve in Ekke Moor in 2002 as Virve Adamson in Madis Kõivs Üks teine lugu in 2003 and as Linda Vilde in Heidi Sarapuus Tervist härra Vilde in 2015 Olmarus first feature film role was in the 2003 Russian language romantic drama Yantarnye krylya directed by Andrey Razenkov This was followed by the role of Piret in the 2006 Swedish language crime thriller Tusenbröder Återkomsten directed by Erik Leijonborg for Moviola Film och Television AB and Nordisk Film The following year she appeared as Veera in the Estonian dramatic film short Öö directed by Jaanis Valk Liina Olmaru married actor Indrek Sammul in 1998 The couple have three adopted children two sons and a daughter They currently reside in Tallinn