Ingrīda Andriņa (23 June 1944 – 17 September 2015) was a Latvian stage and film actress.

Biography

Born in Riga, Andriņa graduated from the

All-Union State Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

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in 1967 and began working at the Latvian National Theatre. From 1966 she began appearing in films. Andriņa is possibly best recalled internationally for her role as Agnes von Mönnikhusen in the 1969

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

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film '' Viimne reliikvia'', directed by

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. Throughout her film career, Andriņa performed in Latvian-,

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-, Estonian-, Azerbaijani- and

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-language films. Her last appearance was in the 2014 Latvian film ''Džimlai Rudis rallallā''. Andriņa died unexpectedly in 2015 at the age of 71 and was interred at the Riga Forest Cemetery.

Selected filmography

*'' Viimne reliikvia'' (1969) *''

Liberation Liberation or liberate may refer to: Film and television * ''Liberation'' (film series), a 1970–1971 series about the Great Patriotic War * "Liberation" (''The Flash''), a TV episode * "Liberation" (''K-9''), an episode Gaming * '' Liberati ...

'', film series (1972) *'' Unfinished Supper'' (1979) *'' The Trust That Has Burst'', television miniseries (1984) *''Džimlai rūdi rallallā'' (2014)

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Ingrīda Andriņa
at the Latvian National Theatre 1944 births 2015 deaths Latvian stage actresses Latvian film actresses Actors from Riga Soviet film actresses Burials at Forest Cemetery, Riga 20th-century Latvian actresses 21st-century Latvian actresses {{Latvia-actor-stub