Liisa Aibel
Acting
Liisa Aibel (born September 21, 1972) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress. Liisa Aibel was born in Viljandi and attended school in PĂ€rnu, graduating from PĂ€rnu Secondary School No. 6 in 1990. As a teenager, she became interested in the theatre and studied at the PĂ€rnu 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 MĂ€eots, Katariina Lauk, Ago Anderson, Indrek Sammul, and Andres Puustusmaa. Liisa Aibel's first significant role in a feature-length film was the dual roles of Marta and Marion in the 2009 Maiju Ingman-directed drama PĂ€eva lĂ”pus. This was followed by a small role in the Elo Selirand-directed 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 TĂ”de ja Ă”igus, directed by Tanel Toom. The film was an adaptation of the first volume of the 1926â1933 social epic pentalogy of the same name by Estonian author A. H. Tammsaare. TĂ”de ja Ă”igus 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 Volmer-directed comedy-adventure film Johannes PÀÀsukese tĂ”eline elu, which chronicled early 20th-century photographer, filmmaker and ethnographer Johannes PÀÀsuke's 1913 trek to Setomaa.
