Liisa Pulk

Born

1985-06-12

Birthplace

Pärnu, Pärnu District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Pärnu County, Estonia]

Biography

Liisa Pulk (born June 12, 1985) is an Estonian stage, television, voice, and film actress whose career began in 2010. Liisa Pulk was born in Pärnu, where she attended primary and secondary schools. She is a 2004 graduate of the Pärnu Sütevaka Humanitarian Gymnasium private school. Afterwards, she enrolled at the University of Tartu, studying semiotics and cultural studies, until 2006, when she enrolled in the Performing Arts Department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn to study acting under actor and instructor Hendrik Toompere Jr. Among her graduating classmates were Mikk Jürjens, Liis Haab, Lauri Kaldoja, Sandra Üksküla-Uusberg, Marta Laan, Kristjan Üksküla, Roland Laos, and Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr. Pulk's first substantial film role was that of a teacher in the 2018 period drama Seltsimees laps, directed by Moonika Siimets. This was followed the same year by a small role as a doctor in the Maria Advjuško-directed mystery-drama Tuliliilia, starring Ingrid Isotamm and Johann Urb. In 2019, she had a starring role as Õie opposite actor Henrik Kalmet in the Rain Rannu-directed comedy Ükssarvik about a young couple who create a startup company in their garage.