Liisa Aibel

Liisa Aibel (born 21 September 1972) As a teenager, she became interested in the theatre and studied at the Pärnu 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 Mäeots, Katariina Lauk, Ago Anderson, Indrek Sammul, and Andres Puustusmaa.

Career Stage In 1994, following graduation from the Tallinn Conservatory, Aibel received and engagement at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu. She performed with the theatre until 2004. Notable roles at the Endla Theatre include productions in works by: Anton Chekhov, Selma Lagerlöf, Tove Jansson, Noël Coward, Karl Gassauer, Jerry Herman, Oskar Luts, Charles De Coster, Wendy Kesselman, Luigi Lunari, Aino Pervik, and Bogusław Schaeffer. Other television appearances include roles on the TV3 comedy-crime series Kättemaksukontor, the long-running ETV drama series Õnne 13, and the Kanal 2 crime-drama Siberi võmm.

Film 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 Päeva lõpus. 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 Tõde ja õigus, directed by Tanel Toom. The film was an adaptation of the first volume of the 1926–1933 social epic pentalogy of the same name by Estonian author A. H. Tammsaare. Tõde ja õigus 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 Pääsukese tõeline elu, which chronicled early 20th-century photographer, filmmaker and ethnographer Johannes Pääsuke's 1913 trek to Setomaa.

Personal life Liisa Aibel is married to playwright, director, and drama teacher Urmas Lennuk. The couple have a daughter, adopted in May 2008.