Inga Alsiņa (born 18 September 1979) is a

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

n actress. She was born and raised in

Cēsis Cēsis (), (german: Wenden, liv, Venden, et, Võnnu, pl, Kieś) is a town in Latvia located in the northern part of the Vidzeme Upland, Central Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja, Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges ...

and studied in the Cēsis Secondary school No.1 from 1985 until 1996. She also attended Valmiera Art college from 1993 until 1995. In 1998 she started studies at the University of Latvia in department of

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and

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science however she left in 2000. In 2003 she graduated Theatre department of

Latvian Academy of Culture The Latvian Academy of Culture ( lv, Latvijas Kultūras akadēmija) is a higher education establishment in Latvia offering various bachelor's, magister and doctoral degree programmes on cultural subjects. The academy was founded in 1990 and is lo ...

. She is married with Kalvis Lasmanis, who is a businessman. She has worked in the Valmiera Theatre since 2001. From 2004 until 2017 she worked in the

New Riga Theatre New Riga Theatre ( lv, Jaunais Rīgas teātris) is a theatre in Riga, Latvia. It was established in 1992. Several world known Latvian directors have started their career in this theatre, like Alvis Hermanis, Viesturs Kairišs among others. Di ...

. She has also taken part in several films. In 2004 Inga received

Lielais Kristaps The Big Christopher ( lv, Lielais Kristaps) is the highest award in Latvian cinema. Established in 1977, it is given out at the ''Latvian National Film Festival''. Due to different reasons, the festival has not been held in 1992, from 1994 t ...

award as best new actress of the year. She again received the prize in 2014 as a best actress of the year for her role in the Izlaiduma gads.

Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alsina, Inga 1979 births People from Cēsis Latvian stage actresses Latvian film actresses Living people Latvian Academy of Culture alumni