Merle Jääger

Merle Jääger
Drama Actor

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In Theatre Vanemuine since 1988

Date and Place of Birth:

October 19, 1965 in Tallinn

Education:

- in 1988 graduated from the Tallinn National Conservatoire, Chair of Drama (graduating class of 13)

Career:

- since 1988 Theatre Vanemuine, drama actress

Current roles in Vanemuine:

- Beryl – Edward Albee "Everything in the Garden" (2006)
- Irma Salmela – Reko Lundan "With No Greater Sadness" (2007)
- Marie Elisabeth Kreutzwald – Loone Ots "Koidula's Blood" (2008)
- Molly – Billy Roche "Poor Beast In The Rain" (2008)
- Sir Osgood Fielding - Jule Styne "Sugar" (2008)
- Mother and Aunt Henriett – Ödön von Horvath "Tales From The Vienna Woods" (2009)
- Grace – Brian Friel "Faith Healer" (2009)

Earlier roles in Vanemuine:

- Florence – Thomas "Rat Trap" (1988)
- Lady Macduff – William Shakespeare "Macbeth" (1989)
- Liina Põlde-Reiman – Ilmar Külvet "Menning" (1990)
- Mabel – Oscar Wilde "An Ideal Husband" (1991)
- Margarete – Goethe "Faust" (1992)
- Salomé – Oscar Wilde "Salomé" (1993)
- Emily – Highway "Me sõidame Torontosse" / "The Rez Sisters" (1993)
- Iza – Gombrowicz "Iwona, Princess of Burgundy" (1994)
- Pümme-Jeeva – Kangro "Susi" / "Wolf" (1995)
- Maria – William Shakespeare "Twelfth Night or What You Will"
- Marlene – Kati Murutar "Marlene" (1996)
- Agnes Sorel – Anouilh, Mati Unt "The Lark in the Sky" (1997)
- Elli – Madis Kõiv "Omavahelisi jutuajamisi tädi Elliga" / "Private Conversations With Aunt Elli" (1998)
- Barbara Juliane von Krüdener – Kauksi Ülle, Kivisildnik "Pühak" / "The Saint" - Milena – Srbljanovic "Family Stories"
- Milena - Srbljanovic's "Family Stories"
- Varvara – Tom Stoppard "Utopia"
- Step Mother – Brothers Grimm, Laur Kaunissaare "Snow-White and Seven Dwarfs"
- Tituba – Arthur Miller "The Crucible"
- Audrey – William Shakespeare "As You Like It"
- Anna-Liisa Ihalainen – Maiju Lassila "Borrowing Matches"
- Mercy Lott – Charlotte Jones "Humble Boy" (2003)
- Taarka – Kauksi Ülle "Taarka" (2005)
- Desert Dog Abdullah, Grandmother of All Birds – Andrus Kivirähk "Lotte reis lõunamaale" / "Lotte’s Trip to the South" (2005)
- Valentina – Aleksander Galin "Stars in the Morning Sky" (2006)
- Witch – Olav Ehala, Leelo Tungal "Lumekuninganna" / "The Snow Queen" (2006)
- Mrs. Macready and Mrs. Beaver – C.S. Lewis "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (2007)

Earlier roles elsewhere:

- Hamlet – William Shakespeare "Hamlet" (diploma production in the Dominican Cathedral in 1987)
- Olga – Anton Chekhov "Three Sisters" (diploma production in Viljandi Ugala Theatre in 1988)

Movies, tv-productions, radio dramas:

- played in the tv-production "Soo" / "Swamp" (1992)

Recognition:

- 1988 Panso Award
- 1997 Lauter Award
- 1998 Estonian Theatre Union Best Actress of the Year Award
- 2004 Estonian Theatre Union Best Female Supporting Role of the Year Award