Katrin Siska (born December 10, 1983) is an Estonian celebrity, vlogger, and musician, where she is a former member of the Estonian girl group,

Vanilla Ninja Vanilla Ninja is an Estonian all-female rock band which enjoyed chart success in a number of countries across Europe, especially in Estonia, Germany and Austria. The group formed in 2002 and released their self-titled debut album '' Vanilla N ...

. Siska was born in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

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. Alongside her musical commitments, she has also been studying finance and accounting at a

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and

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and

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in Tallinn. After moving back to Estonia with Vanilla Ninja from

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in 2006, she returned to university to study law at

Tallinn University of Technology Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; et, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administrati ...

. She is fluent in Estonian,

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and

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. At the university she has been studying also French. Siska was a member of a choir during her schooltime and started playing the piano when she was 7 years old. She has a younger sister. In August 2009, Siska joined the

Estonian Centre Party The Estonian Centre Party ( et, Eesti Keskerakond, EK) is a populist political party in Estonia. It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia, and it is currently led by Jüri Ratas. The party was founded on 12 O ...

. In 2022, an announcement was made by Vanilla Ninja, that Siska had left the group.

References

Katrin Siska graduated TTÜ University in 2012 (law).

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* (English, Estonian) * 1983 births Living people 21st-century Estonian women singers Estonian pop singers Estonian people of Russian descent Musicians from Tallinn Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Switzerland Vanilla Ninja members Estonian Centre Party politicians Tallinn University of Technology alumni {{Estonia-singer-stub