Katrin Pärn (born 20 May 1977) is an

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

n stage, film and television actress and singer.

Early life and education

Katrin Pärn was born in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

to actor, theatre founder, and director Eino Baskin (1929–2015) and actress and politician Malle Pärn (born 1945). She had one older half-brother, actor

Roman Baskin Roman Baskin (25 December 1954 – 13 September 2018) was an Estonian actor and director of stage and screen. His parents were Eino Baskin and Ita Ever. Baskin's credits as an actor included '' Lotte from Gadgetville'' (2006), '' 186 Kilometres' ...

(1954–2018), from her father's first marriage to actress Ita Ever. She attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn before enrolling at the EMA Higher Drama School (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 2000 under the direction of Ingo Normet. In 2008, she received a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

in the dramatic arts from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. She has also lived and studied abroad in the United States, New Zealand and Germany.

Stage career

From 2000 to 2008 Pärn was engaged as at the Vanemuine theatre in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

where she performed in roles as both an actress and in musical productions. Some of her more memorable roles at the Vanemuine include: Peemont, in a production of

Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( ; rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''The M ...

's ''

The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' () is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in ''Moscow (magazine), Moscow'' magazine in ...

''; Linda, in Willy Russell's ''Blood Brothers''; Abigail Williams, in

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

's ''

The Crucible ''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1692 to 1693. Miller wrote ...

''; Rebecca, in

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's '' One Hundred Years of Solitude''; and Lora, in

Vaino Vahing Vaino Vahing (15 February 1940 – 23 March 2008) was an Estonian writer, prosaist, psychiatrist and playwright. Starting from 1973, he was a member of the Estonian Writers Union. Early life Vlahing was born in Aravu, Põlva County. In 1963 he ...

's ''Stars in a Morning Sky''. In 2010, Katrin Pärn appeared at the Tartu New Theatre in a production of the Ivar Põllu penned and directed ''Ird, K.'', about controversial Estonian theatre actor and stage pedagogue Kaarel Ird. For her performance, Pärn would be nominated for Best Actress by the Estonian Theatre Union.

Television and film career

Katrin Pärn made her television debut as an actress in 2007 on an episode of the Eesti Televisioon (ETV) crime-drama series '' Ohtlik lend''. She would go on to make appearances in several popular Estonian series such as the Kanal 2 crime-drama '' Kelgukoerad'' in 2010; the Kanal 2 crime-drama ''Viimane võmm'' in 2014; and the Kanal 2 drama ''Restart'' in 2015. In 2016, Pärn made her feature-length film debut in a supporting role as Maret in the Mart Kivastik directed comedy-drama ''Õnn tuleb magades'' for Kopli Kinokompanii and Vintage Pictures, starring Katariina Unt and Ivo Uukkivi. The following year, she appeared as Ode in the Sulev Keedus directed drama film ''Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari'' (''The Manslayer/The Virgin/The Shadow'').

Music career

Apart from acting, Pärn is also the lead vocalist of the folk-pop band Külm Mai. The band has released one album, ''Igasugused'', in 2006.

Personal life

Katrin Parn is in a long-term relationship with partner Kaur Mägi. They have two sons.Õhtuleht
''Katrin Pärn tõi lapse seltskonda'' 20 September 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parn, Katrin 1977 births Living people Estonian stage actresses Estonian film actresses Estonian television actresses Estonian musical theatre actresses Actresses from Tallinn 21st-century Estonian women singers Estonian pop singers Estonian women pop singers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni 21st-century Estonian actresses Estonian people of Jewish descent