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BARBARA

LUHSE

Film and Theatre / based in Tallinn, Estonia

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ACTING AGE

20-35

HEIGHT

180cm / 5'11''

HAIR

Redhead

EYES

Gray/blue

LANGUAGES

Estonian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (intermediate), Russian (intermediate), German (intermediate), Swedish (intermediate)

ENGLISH ACCENTS

Native sounding British RP and American Standard

SKILLS

Driving licence (B-category), tennis (advanced), kendo (4 kyu), windsurf (basic), stage fight (close combat, rapier), singing,

voice over, event hosting, synchronous translation, wildlife photography, painting

EDUCATION

2016-2020 Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (BA in Acting)

2019 Danish National School of Performing Arts (Erasmus exchange),

2018 Rose Bruford College London (Erasmus),

2017 The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) collaboration with Leonid Heifetz

2011-2014 University of Brighton, England (BA History of Art & Design)

UNION MEMBERSHIPS

Estonian Actors Union, Estonian Theatre Union

FILM

FEATURES

Juula - "Vari" / The Shadow / director Jaak Kilmi (2024)

Triinu - "Tume paradiis" / Dark Paradise / director Triin Ruumet (2023)

Ülle - "Taevatrepp" / Stairway to Heaven / director Mart Kivastik (2023)

Sister Sniger - Deliver Us / director Lee Roy Kunz (2023)

SHORTS

2024 Ingrid - "Mis teeb rõõmsaks" / Happy Things / director Alexandra Pärn

2021 Ene - "Koletis" / Monster / director Oliver Remma (Baltic Film and Media School)

2021 Lili (LEAD)- "IX korrus" / 9th Floor/ director Vivian Ruumet (Baltic Film and Media School)

2015 Eva (LEAD) Cover Your Eyes / director Simon Alveranga for KASH Productions, London

SERIES

2022 Info lady Katrin - Estonia / directors Måns Månsson and Juuso Syrjä

2021 Estrid – Documentary series "Salme viikingid"/Salme Vikings / director Liis Lindmaa / Estonian Public Broadcasting ERR

THEATRE

THEATRE VANEMUINE

2025 Princess Emmeline KING ARTHUR (opera) by Purcell / director Tiit Palu

2024 Antigone (LEAD) - ANTIGONE by Sophokles / director Priit Strandberg

2024 Jane and various other roles - THE END by Piret Jaaks / director Marta Aliide Jakovski

2023 Wilma - LEOPOLDSTADT by Tom Stoppard / director Tiit Palu

2023 Naine, Helga, Martha - A HUNDRED GRAMS OF BLUE SKY by author / director Urmas Vadi

2023 Dunya - THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekov / director Priit Strandberg

2022 Olga (LEAD) - FORTUNE'S FOOL by Ivan Turgenev/ director Robert Annus

2022 Rosa - ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER by Pedro Almodovar/ director Ain Mäeots

2021 Pille Murakas – ARMOURED TRAIN NO 7 writer/director Tiit Palu

2021 Franziska Meiser – TERROR by Ferdinand von Schirach/ director Andres Noormets

2020 Niina (LEAD) – GOOD PEOPLE by Mart Kadastik/ director Ain Mäeots

2020 Caprice (LEAD)– THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY by Lewis, Sayer&Shields/ director A. Mäeots

2020 Agnes – NOTHING by Janne Teller/ director Johan Elm

2020 Pippa (Carrie) - RULES FOR LIVING by Sam Holcroft/ director Tiit Palu

2020 Cathleen - LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Eugene O'Neill/ director Üllar Saaremäe

TALLINN CITY THEATRE

2018-2020 Rose - LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry/ director Elmo Nüganen

ESTONIAN THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

2020 Leena (LEAD) - IN THE WHIRL OF WINDS by August Kitzberg/ director Mihkel Kohava

ESTONIAN DRAMA THEATRE

2019-2020 Melania Nikolajevna CHILDREN OF THE SUN by Maxim Gorky / director Uku Uusberg

COMMERCIAL

2022 Actress (Mother) in NUBLU music video KASTEHEIN / director J. Veski (Estonian Music Award for Best Music Video 2023) 1,6M views

2021 Lead Actress for JÖRD advertising campaign / director Helen Takkin / Münchhausen/ Broadcasted in Denmark, Sweden and UK, Germany,

Netherlands (until 2024)

2020-2021 Estonian Representative/Model at Estonian Pavilion directed by Martti Helde/ EXPO 2020 DUBAI

AKNOWLEDGEMENT

2022 Bruno O'Ya Scholarship for Young Actor at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

2022 Black Nights Stars Award at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

2021 Best Colleague of the Year Award - Theatre Vanemuine

2018 GITIS Theatre Festival - Best Actress Award for the role of Aglaja Ivanovna in The Idiot (by F. Dostojevski)

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Photos: Jüri Luht (1-9)

Photos: Meelis Veeremets (photo 1-2), Ekvilibrist (3-4), Alan Proosa (5), Mari Rostfelt (6-7), Maris Savik (8)

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