Laine Mägi
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| Born |
Laine Michelson-Adamson 3 February 1959 Kehra, Harju County, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation | Actress, choreographer, dancer |
| Years active | 1976-present |
| Spouse(s) |
Tõnis Mägi (1980-1988) divorced |
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Laine Mägi (born 2 February 1959) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress, dancer and choreographer and dance pedagogue who began her career as a teenager. She is the founder of the Laine Mägi School of Dance, based in Pärnu.
Laine Mägi was born Laine Michelson-Adamson in Kehra to Peeter Michelson-Adamson and Elli-Anniki Michelson-Adamson (née Pennie). She has one brother who is two years younger. Her first cousin is actress Terje Pennie-Kolberg. She became interested in ballet at an early age and began taking lessons at the Tallinn Ballet School the age of nine, taking the train from Kehra to Tallinn. She made her debut at the Estonia Theatre at the age of ten in a stage production of Astrid Lindgren's . She later had to abandon ballet classes in 1973 due to poor health. From 1976 until 1981, she performed as a dancer in various venues throughout Tallinn.
She attended secondary school in Tallinn, graduating in 1977, then enrolling in the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1982.
In 1982, shortly after graduation from the Tallinn State Conservatory, she began an engagement at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu that would last until 1999. She made her stage debut in the role of Susan at the Endla in a production of Stephen Poliakoff's City Sugar in 1982. Other notable roles at the Endla have been in works by: August Strindberg, Selma Lagerlöf, Oskar Luts, Alexandre Dumas, Jean-Paul Satre and Brian Friel. Since 1999, she has been engaged as an actress and choreographer at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn. Prominent roles as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre have been in works by: William Shakespeare, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Enn Vetemaa, Madis Kõiv, Oskar Luts, Peter Shaffer, Juan Rulfo and Jane Bowles.
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