Kersti Heinloo (born 26 September 1976) is an Estonian stage, film and
television actress who began her career in radio.Born in Tartu, Kersti
Heinloo received her secondary education at the Pärnu Koidula
Gymnasium, graduating in 1994. From 1995 until 1996, she studied radio
direction at the Tallinn Pedagogical University (now, Tallinn
University) before applying and being accepted to the Estonian Academy
of Music and Theatre in Tallinn, where she graduated from in 2000.
From 2005 to 2006, she took a one-year course in motion picture
production at the Brighton Film School in the U.K.In 2000, Heinloo
began a five year engagement at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu; she
made her stage debut in a production of Henry Fielding's The History
of Tom Jones, a Foundling. She would perform in a variety of roles in
works by such international playwrights and authors as: William
Shakespeare, Mikhail Bulgakov, Roberto Zucco, Jerry Bock, Emily
Brontë, Anton Chekhov, August Strindberg, Henrik Ibsen and Willy
Russell, among others. Roles in works by Estonian authors and
playwrights at the Vanemuine include: Mati Unt, August Gailit, Juhan
Smuul, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Jaan Kaplinski, Urmas Vadi, Loone Ots,
Ivar Põllu, Kauksi Ülle and others.For two years after leaving the
Vanemuine, Heinloo was a freelance actress. In 2007, she began an
engagement as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre (Eesti
Draamateater) where she made her stage debut in the role of Annikki in
Antti Tuuri's A River Flows Through the City. Other prominent roles at
the Estonian Drama Theatre were in works by Lauri Lagle, Anton
Chekhov, Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Enda Walsh, Madis Kõiv,
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Eugene O'Neill and Andrus Kivirähk.
television actress who began her career in radio.Born in Tartu, Kersti
Heinloo received her secondary education at the Pärnu Koidula
Gymnasium, graduating in 1994. From 1995 until 1996, she studied radio
direction at the Tallinn Pedagogical University (now, Tallinn
University) before applying and being accepted to the Estonian Academy
of Music and Theatre in Tallinn, where she graduated from in 2000.
From 2005 to 2006, she took a one-year course in motion picture
production at the Brighton Film School in the U.K.In 2000, Heinloo
began a five year engagement at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu; she
made her stage debut in a production of Henry Fielding's The History
of Tom Jones, a Foundling. She would perform in a variety of roles in
works by such international playwrights and authors as: William
Shakespeare, Mikhail Bulgakov, Roberto Zucco, Jerry Bock, Emily
Brontë, Anton Chekhov, August Strindberg, Henrik Ibsen and Willy
Russell, among others. Roles in works by Estonian authors and
playwrights at the Vanemuine include: Mati Unt, August Gailit, Juhan
Smuul, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Jaan Kaplinski, Urmas Vadi, Loone Ots,
Ivar Põllu, Kauksi Ülle and others.For two years after leaving the
Vanemuine, Heinloo was a freelance actress. In 2007, she began an
engagement as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre (Eesti
Draamateater) where she made her stage debut in the role of Annikki in
Antti Tuuri's A River Flows Through the City. Other prominent roles at
the Estonian Drama Theatre were in works by Lauri Lagle, Anton
Chekhov, Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Enda Walsh, Madis Kõiv,
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Eugene O'Neill and Andrus Kivirähk.
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