Epp Eespäev (born 25 October 1961 in

Võru Võru (; vro, Võro; german: Werro) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Cather ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n actress. In 1988 she graduated from

Tallinn State Conservatory The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

. Since 1988 she is working at

Tallinn City Theatre Tallinn City Theatre ( et, Tallinna Linnateater) is a repertory theatre located in the medieval old town of Tallinn, Estonia. Tallinn City Theatre was established in 1965 as Estonian SSR State Youth Theatre. In 1992, after the reindependence of ...

. Eespäev was previously married to actor and politician

Artur Talvik Artur Talvik (born 13 June 1964) is an Estonian politician, film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter. He was a member of the Riigikogu and a former member of the Estonian Free Party. He now leads the Richness of Life party. Biogra ...

. The couple have two children, a son and a daughter. Awards: * 1987: Voldemar Panso prize * 1996:

Selected filmography

* 1992 ''Daam autos'' (feature film; role: Daam) * 1993 '' Suflöör'' (feature film; role: Melissa) * 1994 ''

Tulivesi ''Firewater'' ( et, Tulivesi) is Hardi Volmer's history-based thriller released in 1994. ''Tulivesi'' is based on the historical situation in Estonia at the end of 1920s and sets a precedent of the struggle between the Estonian government and th ...

'' (feature film; role: Hilda) * 2003-2004 '' Kodu keset linna'' (television series; role: Marju) * 2011 ''Ainult meie kolm'' (feature film; role: Regina) * 2014 ''Zero Point (film), Nullpunkt'' (feature film; role: Johannes' mother) * 2018 '' Võta või jäta'' (feature film; role: Evi, Erik's mother) * 2022 ''Soo'' (feature film; role: Metskassi ema)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eespaev, Epp Living people 1961 births Estonian stage actresses Estonian film actresses Estonian television actresses 20th-century Estonian actresses 21st-century Estonian actresses Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni People from Võru