Liina Olmaru
| Liina Olmaru | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Liina-Riin Olmaru 11 April 1967 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Other names | Liina Olmaru-Sammul Liina-Riin Olmaru-Sammul |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Spouse(s) | Indrek Sammul (1998 – present) |
| Children | 3 |
Liina Olmaru (often credited as Liina-Riin Olmaru; born 11 April 1967) is an Estonian stage, radio, television and film actress.
Liina-Riin 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.
Olmaru's interest in theology led her to study at the Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, graduating from the institute's Pedagogy Department in 1996.
Following her graduation from the Vanemuine's teaching studio, Olmaru joined the theatre as an actress in 1989. She would remain at the Vanemuine until 1998. From 1989 until 1992 also participated in the Tartu Children's Theatre. Following her departure from the Vanemuine, she joined the Tallinn City Theatre in 1998, where she would remain engaged as an actress until 2007 when she joined the Ugala theatre in Viljandi. Olmaru was engaged at the Ugala for three years, leaving in 2010 to return to where her career began; the Vanemuine. From 2010 until 2012 she stayed with the Vanemuine before becoming a freelance actress.
Olmaru's first stage role was as Maria in a production of West Side Story at the Rakvere Theatre in 1986. Other roles that followed during her career on the stage include those by such varied international authors and playwrights as: Shakespeare, Yeats, Ibsen, Dumas, Dostoyevsky, Molière, Witold Gombrowicz, Ray Cooney, J. B. Priestley, Jean Anouilh, Jean Giraudoux, Paul Claudel, Thomas Mann, Yasmina Reza, Gérald Sibleyras, among others. Roles in works by Estonian authors and playwrights include those of: Kulno Süvalep, Karl Ristikivi, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Jaan Tätte, Urmas Lennuk, Jaan Undusk, Eduard Vilde, and Andri Luup, among several others.
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