Merle Talvik born June 6 1954 is an Estonian stage film and television actress whose career began in the mid1970s Merle Talvik was born in Tallinn to Herbert and Asta Talvik née Tomson She attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn and in 1973 at age nineteen began performing as part of an ensemble cast with the Viru Varietee a variety show established at Tallinns Viru Hotel She then enrolled at the Tallinn State Conservatory now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre graduating in 1978 ollowing her graduation from the Tallinn State Conservatory Talvik began a yearlong engagement as a stage actress at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu Talvik then spent over twenty years with the Vanalinnastuudio in Tallinn performing in over fifty stage roles Talviks first significant film role was as Tonya in the 1977 Russian language film The Sun the Sun Again directed by Svetlana Druzhinina for Mosfilm The following year she appeared in her first Estonian film Reigi õpetaja directed by Jüri Müür In 1981 she had a starring role as Katrina Leet in the Arvo Kruusementdirected drama Karge meri based on the 1938 novel of the same name by author August Gailit In 1983 she appeared as Krista Tammet in a leading role in the Dmitri Svetozarovdirected Russianlanguage Lenfilm drama Speed Other film roles include Daisy in the 1985 AgoEndrik Kergedirected Tallinnfilm musicaldrama Savoy Ball and smaller roles in the 1980 Kaljo Kiiskdirected drama Metskannikesed the 1987 Lembit Ulfsakdirected comedydrama Keskea rõõmud the 1990 Kaljo Kiiskdirected drama Regina based on the 1978 novel Valikuvõimalus by Aimée Beekman and in the 2009 Hannu Salonendirected crimedrama Vasha In addition to stage and film roles Talvik has frequently appeared on Estonian television In 1981 she appeared as Ilga in the sevenpart Aloizs Brenčsdirected Latvian language television melodrama miniseries Ilgais ceļš kāpās In 1982 she had a starring role in the Leo Karpindirected television comedy film Teisikud opposite singer Jaak Joala which was subsequently released theatrically From 1994 until 1996 she had a recurring role as Helgi in the popular longrunning Eesti Televisioon ETV drama Õnne 13 In 2002 she played the role of Valentina on the TV3 series Nurjatud tüdrukud From 2012 until 2016 she played a recurring role as Tiiu Pärn on the TV3 comedycrime series Kättemaksukontor From 2013 she has played the role of Maria on the Kanal 2 comedydrama series Naabriplika
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