Laine Mägi

Laine Mägi
Born Laine Michelson-Adamson
(1959-02-03)3 February 1959
Kehra, Harju County, Estonia
Nationality Estonian
Occupation Actress, choreographer, dancer
Years active 1976-present
Spouse(s) Tõnis Mägi (1980-1988)
divorced
Awards

Laine Mägi (born 2 February 1959)[1] 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.

Early life

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. 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 Pippi Longstocking. 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.[2]

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.[3]

Stage career

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. [4] 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.[5]

She has also appeared in stage productions at the R.A.A.A.M. theatre and the Vanalinnastuudio in Tallinn, as well as smaller theaters throughout Estonia.[6]

Dance

Since 1982, Mägi has been teaching dance; initially with a small number of students. In 1989, Mägi founded the dance troupe Lancy. In 1996, she founded the Laine Mägi Dance School (Laine Mägi Tantsukool) where she acts as an instructor. Based in Pärnu, the school grew to over three hundred students and another school was opened in Tallinn.[7]

Since 1993, she has been faculty member at the Estonian Drama Theatre's school of dance and choreography and an associate professor at the school since 1998.[8]

Mägi has also worked as a choreographer for stage productions at the Endla Theatre, Estonian Drama Theatre, Vanalinnastuudio, Vanemuine, Ugala and smaller theatres.[9]

Film and television

Laine Mägi made her film debut in the 1981 Peeter Simm directed historical drama Tants aurukatla ümber, based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Estonian author Mats Traat. This was followed by the role of Mimi in the Peeter Urbla directed drama Ma pole turist, ma elan siin in 1989; the role of Lagle in the 1991 Roman Baskin directed drama Rahu tänav; and in the Rao Heidmets directed comedy Kallis härra Q in 1998.[10]

Some of Mägi's more prominent film roles were in Ilmar Raag's 2007 film Klass as Laine, the teacher, which explores school bullying and violence; and a starring role as Anne in Ilmar Raag's 2012 drama Une Estonienne à Paris, which paired Mägi opposite French actress Jeanne Moreau. Mägi's performance in Une Estonienne à Paris garnered her a Best Actress award at the 2012 Le Festival International des Jeunes Réalisateurs de Saint-Jean-de-Luz.[11]

Some of her more notable television appearances have been the recurring role of Eve in the popular ETV dramatic series Õnne 13 in 2003; as Sirje Kadak in the 2010-2012 historical comedy ENSV: Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik, which reflects on life during in the 1980s during the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic; and as Helve in the 2015 Kanal 2 drama series Restart.[12][13]

Personal life

Laine Mägi was married to musician and actor Tõnis Mägi from 1980 until they divorced in 1988; they have one daughter, Liis-Katrin, born in 1983, who is married to actor Märt Avandi. She is a grandmother.[14] Her first cousin is actress Tere Pennie-Kolberg.[15]

Acknowldegments

References

  1. ↑ Eest Draamateater Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Õhtuleht Laine Mägi: «Küllap keegi mu kõrvale ka tuleb.» 20 April 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Eest Draamateater Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Eesti Päevaleht Laine Mägi kahe linna vahel. 15 October 1999. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Eest Draamateater Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. ↑ R.A.A.A.M. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Laine Mägi Dance School Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Drama School | Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. ↑ Laine Mägi Dance School Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Eesti Filmi Andmebass Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  11. ↑ Delfi.ee Laine Mägi sai Prantsuse festivalil filmirolli eest naispeaosa auhinna. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Eesti Filmi Andmebass Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  13. ↑ EuroChannel Retruen to the ESSR] Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  14. ↑ Eesti Päevaleht Liis-Katrin Avandi: me ei varja oma pisaraid. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  15. ↑ Õhtuleht Terje Pennie nutab ja naerab laval päriselt. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  16. ↑ Eest Draamateater Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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