Ülle Kaljuste
ActingAlso Known As
Ülle Side
Biography
Ülle Kaljuste (born Ülle Side; April 10, 1957) is an Estonian stage, film, television and radio actress. Born Ülle Side in Tallinn, she attended Tallinn Secondary School No. 2 (Tallinn Reaalkool), graduating in 1975. Afterward, she attended the Tallinn State Conservatory of Performing Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), under the instruction of Merle Karusoo and graduating in 1980. Graduating classmates included actors Roman Baskin, Guido Kangur, Arvo Kukumägi, Ain Lutsepp, Anne Veesaar, and Paul Poom. Ülle Kaljuste made her film debut in the 1981 Estonian television movie Onu Tik-Taki seiklused, directed by Virve Koppel. In 1985, she made her screen debut in the 1985 musical comedy Savoy Ball, directed by Ago-Endrik Kerge. In 1992 Kaljuste was cast in the role of Emma in the Mati Põldre-directed biographical drama Need vanad armastuskirjad which explored the life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian composer of the 1930s and the 1940s. In 1990, she played the title role in the Aimée Beekman and Vladimir Beekman penned and Kaljo Kiisk directed feature film drama Regina for Tallinnfilm. She would go one to appear in numerous films and television series. From 2006 until 2009 she appeared on the Kanal 2 television series Kelgukoerad as the character Signe. In 1980, she married to conductor Tõnu Kaljuste; the couple later divorced. She currently resides in Tallinn and Laulasmaa.
Movies
(30 total)
Goodbye Soviet Union
as Grandma
Mushrooming
as Make-up Artist
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
as Harri's Mother
The Idiot
as Jelizaveta
Georg
as Colleague at the Theater
Ruudi
as Liivi
Set Point
as Waitress
Lotte and the Lost Dragons
as Sigrun (voice)
Touched by the Unknown
as Aunt Rutt
The Joys of Midlife
as Silvia Raud
Green Cats
as Marta
Family Lies
as Kiira
The Polar Boy
as Head Teacher
True Moments
as Piret
Awakening
as Aliide
Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady
as Margit Truu
New Beginnings
as Mother
