Mirtel Pohla

Mirtel Pohla born January 28 1982 is an Estonian stage film and television actress Mirtel Pohla was born in Tartu She attended secondary school at the Tartu Karlova Gümnaasium graduating in 2000 Afterward she applied to and was accepted at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre graduating in 2004 Between 2004 and 2006 she was engaged as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn In 2005 she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award for her portrayal of Elsa Seebalt in a staging of Andrus Kivirähks Adolf Rühka lühikene elu From 2006 until 2014 she was an actress at Theatre NO99 in Tallinn In 2012 Pohla was awarded the Best Supporting Actress prize at the Estonian Annual Theatre Awards and was nominated for the same category in 2013 In 2014 she left the Theatre NO99 but has returned as a guest actress She has also performed at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu and several other theatres throughout Estonia Apart from work on the stage Pohla has appeared in a number of motion pictures and on Estonian television Her first large television role was that of Berit in the Estonian TV3 soap opera Kodu keset linna from 2003 to 2004 and again from 2007 until 2009 Her first starring role in a motion picture was that of Ilge in the 2005 Kaaren Kaer directed historical comedy Malev opposite actor Ott Sepp In 2006 she had a recurring role as Paula in the popular Kanal 2 television crime series Kelgukoerad In 2007 she appeared in three popular movies the Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk comedic road movie Jan Uuspõld läheb Tartusse the Peeter Simm directed biopic Georg based on the life of Estonian tenor Georg Ots and as Jaana in the Veiko Õunpuu directed bleak drama Sügisball adapted from Estonian author Mati Unts 1979 novel of the same name In 2015 she appeared in the Veiko Õunpuudirected drama Roukli and in 2016 appeared in a starring role in the Vallo Toomladirected thriller Teesklejad opposite actor Priit Võigemast In 2016 she was offered and accepted the starring role of Karina in Lauri Lagles directorial film debut Portugal released in 2018 From 2008 until 2013 she starred as Maret RooKallaste one of the four main characters in ETVs Tuulepealne maa which was a twelvepart Estonian television miniseries chronicling the preWorld War II history of Estonia its birth as a country the Estonian War of Independence postwar life throughout 1920 up to 1941 and World War II In 2021 she had a starring role as Marleen in the Ergo Kuld directed comedy film Jahihooaeg alongside Harriet Toompere and Grete Kuld