Elisabet Reinsalu

Elisabet Reinsalu until 2012 Elisabet Tamm born April 21 1976 is an Estonian stage television voice and film actress Elisabet Reinsalu was born Elisabet Tamm in Tallinn to Tõnu Tamm and Mari Lill both actors She has an older sister named Katariina Her maternal uncle is glass artist Ivo Lill Reinsalu graduated from secondary school in 1994 from Tallinn Õismäe Humanitarian Gymnasium She spent three years studying advertising and media at Tallinn Pedagogical University now Tallinn University before entering the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatres Drama School graduating in 2002 Among her graduating classmates were Priit Võigemast Ott Aardam Hele Kõrve Karin Rask Mart Toome Evelin Võigemast Maria Soomets and Argo Aadli She made her film debut at age 15 in 1991 as Rita in the Roman Baskin directed drama Rahu tänav for Tallinnfilm starring Mikk Mikiver and Jüri Järvet Following this role she returned to her studies and didnt appear in another film until receiving a small roll in the 2002 Elmo Nüganen directed historical drama Nimed marmortahvlil adapted from the 1936 Albert Kivikas novel of the same name about the 19181920 Estonian War of Independence In 2006 she played the role of Ottilie in the Roman Baskin directed Vana daami visiit based on 1956 tragicomic play The Visit by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt and starring Ita Ever and Aarne Üksküla Other small film roles include the Marko Raat directed Agent Sinikael in 2002 the Mart Arjukese directed film short Viimane öö in 2003 as a voice actress in the Hardi Volmer directed animated film short Barbarid in 2003 in the 2005 Leeni Linna directed dramatic short film Personal Space and the Sander Allikmäe directed dramatic short film Kastis in 2012 In addition to film roles she has also had a career as a voice actress often dubbing foreign animated film characters into Estonian She has voiced the characters Colette Tatou in Pixars 2007 American computeranimated comedy film Ratatouille Vanellope von Schweetz in the American 3D computeranimated fantasycomedy film WreckIt Ralph produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Maggie in the 2013 3D BelgianFrench computeranimated fantasycomedy film The House of Magic among others Tamms first prominent television role as an actress was as Rita Leidpalu in the 20062007 ETV crime drama serial Ohtlik lend In 2008 she appeared in the role of Helmi Reiman in the ETV twelvepart television historical miniseries Tuulepealne maa which focused on the preWorld War II history of Estonia its birth as a country the Estonian War of Independence postwar life throughout 1920 up to 1941 and World War II Since 2010 she has appeared as Mari Murakas in the popular Kanal 2 drama series Pilvede all In 2013 she played a central character named Vivian in the TV3 drama series Kartulid ja apelsinid