Mari-Liis Lill (born 23 May 1983 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 ...

) is an

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n actress. Lill graduated from the

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

in 2006. From 2006 until 2015, she was engaged at the

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. Besides stage roles he has also participated on several films. In 2021 she was awarded with

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star (; ) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonian citizens and foreigners to give recognition for services rendered to the Estonian state. Design Classes The Order of the White Star ...

, V class. Lill is in a relationship with actor and musician

Ivo Uukkivi Ivo Uukkivi (born 11 October 1965) is an Estonian stage, film, radio, and television actor, television producer and, under the nickname Munk, founder of and singer with the punk band Velikije Luki. Early life and education Ivo Uukkivi was born i ...

. The couple have a son, born in 2011.

Filmography

* 2006 "Meeletu" – a girl * 2006/2007 "Ringtee" * 2007 " Jan Uuspõld läheb Tartusse" – Marion * 2007 "Detour/Võõras" – Anna * 2011 " Kirjad Inglile" – occulist * 2012 " Seenelkäik" – a local woman * 2016 "Õnn tuleb magades" – Luisa * 2018 "Tuliliilia" – Annely * 2020 "Kratt" – Mother

References

Living people 1983 births Estonian stage actresses Estonian film actresses Estonian television actresses 21st-century Estonian actresses Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Actresses from Tallinn {{Estonia-actor-stub