Laine Mägi

Laine Mägi born Laine MichelsonAdamson February 3 1959 is an Estonian stage film and television actress dancer and choreographer and dance pedagogue who began her career as a teenager She is the founder of the Laine Mägi School of Dance based in Pärnu Laine MichelsonAdamson was born in Kehra to Peeter and ElliAnniki MichelsonAdamson née Pennie She has one brother who is two years younger Her first cousin is actress Terje PennieKolberg She became interested in ballet at an early age and began taking lessons at the Tallinn Ballet School at age nine taking the train from Kehra to Tallinn She made her debut at the Estonia Theatre at the age of ten in a stage production of Astrid Lindgrens Pippi Longstocking She later had to abandon ballet classes in 1973 due to poor health From 1976 until 1981 she performed as a dancer in various venues throughout Tallinn She attended secondary school in Tallinn graduating in 1977 then enrolling in the Tallinn State Conservatory now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre to study acting under instruction of Aarne Üksküla graduating in 1982 Among her graduating classmates were Margus Oopkaup Jaan Rekkor Anu Lamp Sulev Teppart Andrus Vaarik and Viire Valdma