{{Short description|Estonian actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Liisa Pulk | image = Liisa Pulk lavastuses 'Oblomov'. Foto Andrus Kannel.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = Pulk in a 2013 publicity image for her role in a Vanemuine production of Ivan Goncharov's ''Oblomov''. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|06|12}} | birth_place = Pärnu, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | education = | occupation = Actress | years_active= 2010–present | spouse = | children = 1 | awards = }}
'''Liisa Pulk''' (born 12 June 1985)<ref name="Birth">{{cite web |url=https://elu.ohtuleht.ee/531891/liisa-pulk-esimesel-teatriaastal-motlesin-mitu-korda-ndash-oli-mul-nuud-vaja-sellist-elukutset-et-pean-sellist-narvipinget-ule-elama|title=Liisa Pulk: esimesel teatriaastal mõtlesin mitu korda – oli mul nüüd vaja sellist elukutset, et pean sellist närvipinget üle elama|first=Aigi|last=Viira|date=29 June 2013|periodical=Õhtuleht|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> is an Estonian stage, television, voice, and film actress whose career began in 2010.
==Early life and education== 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.<ref name="Birth" /> 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.<ref name="Lavakunstikool">{{cite web|url=http://lavakas.ee/lennud/|title=Lennud|date=2018|periodical=Eesti Muusika- Ja Teatriakadeemia|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian|archive-date=16 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216122743/http://lavakas.ee/lennud/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== ===Stage=== In 2010, Shortly after graduating from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Pulk began an engagement at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu which lasted until she chose to depart and become a freelance actress in 2013.<ref name="Birth" /> Among her more memorable roles at the Vanemuine were as Zara in Sofi Oksanen's ''Purge'' (2010),<ref name="Vanemuine1">{{cite web |url=https://www.vanemuine.ee/repertuaar/puhastus/|title=Puhastus|date=18 September 2010|periodical=Vanemuine|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> Liesl in Richard Rodgers' ''The Sound of Music'' (2010), Nurse Gunn, Waitress, and Reidun Nordsletten in Ingvar Ambjørnsen's ''Elling'' tetralogy (2011),<ref name="Vanemuine2">{{cite web |url=https://elu24.postimees.ee/373197/vanemuises-jouab-taas-lavale-elling|title=Vanemuises jõuab taas lavale "Elling"|first=Andris|last=Tammela|date=17 January 2011|periodical=Postimees|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> Juta Laurits in Eduard Vilde's ''The Elusive Miracle'' (2011),<ref name="Vanemuine3">{{cite web |url=https://tartu.postimees.ee/388557/tabamata-ime-jouab-vanemuise-lavale|title="Tabamata ime" jõuab Vanemuise lavale|first=Risto|last=Mets|date=15 February 2019|periodical=Tartu Postimees|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> Virginie in Yves Jamiaque's ''Monsieur Amilcar'' (2011),<ref name="Vanemuine4">{{cite web |url=https://tartu.postimees.ee/375181/vanemuisel-algas-ponev-aasta|title=Vanemuisel algas põnev aasta|first=Paavel|last=Nõgene|date=20 January 2011|periodical=Tartu Postimees|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> and Nancy Rimmington in Ray Cooney's ''Chase Me, Comrade!'' (2013).<ref name="Ray">{{cite web |url=http://www.lavakas.ee/vana.php?valik=lavabaas&id=4520&page=31&s_nimi=|title=Minu järel, seltsimees!|date=9 November 2013|periodical=Eesti Muusika- Ja Teatriakadeemia Lavakunstikool|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref>
Since her departure from the Vanemuine, Pulk has performed at theatres throughout Estonia, including the Theatre NO99, the Von Krahl Theatre, the VAT Teater, the MTÜ R.A.A.A.M., and the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn, the Ugala theatre in Viljandi, and the Tartu New Theatre in Tartu. Notable roles have been in productions of works by such varied authors and playwrights as Nikolai Evreinov, Molière, Henrik Ibsen, Tim Firth, Harper Lee, Mati Unt, Mikhail Bulgakov, William Shakespeare, Andrus Kivirähk, Tom Stoppard, and August Kitzberg.<ref name="Liit">{{cite web |url=https://www.enliit.ee/?id=1613&member_id=531|title=Näitlejad: Liisa Pulk|date=2019|periodical=Eesti Näitlejate Liit|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref>
===Television=== Liisa Pulk made her television debut as an actress in a 2009 episode of the Kanal 2 drama series ''Saladused''.<ref name="Liit" /> She has since appeared in roles in a number of Estonian television series, including several roles in the long-running TV3 comedy-crime series ''Kättemaksukontor'' between 2010 and 2016. In 2012, she appeared on the Kanal 2 horror-mystery series ''Süvahavva''. Other roles have included small roles or guest appearances in the Kanal 2 comedy series ''Takso'' in 2015, the Eesti Televisioon (ETV) drama series ''Mustad lesed'' in 2015, and the Kanal 2 crime series ''Viimane võmm'', also in 2015. Pulk is perhaps possibly best known to television viewers for her role as Pille Kadak, a central character in the ETV comedy series ''ENSV'', which reflects on the lives of a number of individuals in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic during the 1980s. Pulk's role as Pille Kadak began during the series' first broadcast in 2010 and she remained with the series until it ended in 2019.<ref name="ENSV1">{{cite web |url=https://naistekas.delfi.ee/persoon/elu_lugu/varske-eesti-naine-liisa-pulk-tunnistab-et-ta-ei-ole-enam-see-naine-kes-kunagi?id=70951335|title=Värske Eesti Naine: Liisa Pulk tunnistab, et ta ei ole enam see naine, kes kunagi|date=6 March 2015|periodical=Delfi|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref><ref name="ENSV2">{{cite web |url=https://menu.err.ee/909577/ensv-naitlejatele-tuuakse-noukaaegseid-esemeid-teatri-valvelauda|title="ENSV" näitlejatele tuuakse nõukaaegseid esemeid teatri valvelauda|date=11 February 2019|periodical=Eesti Rahvusringhääling|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref>
===Film=== Pulk's first substantial film role was that of a teacher in the 2018 period drama ''Seltsimees laps'', directed by Moonika Siimets.<ref name="Laps">{{cite web |url=https://virumaateataja.postimees.ee/3807721/muuga-moisas-vandatakse-eesti-riigi-100-sunnipaeva-mangufilmikonkursi-voidutood-seltsimees-laps|title=Muuga mõisas vändatakse Eesti riigi 100. sünnipäeva mängufilmikonkursi võidutööd "Seltsimees laps"|first=Anu|last=Viita-Neuhaus|date=21 August 2016|periodical=Postimees|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Lily">{{cite web |url=https://www.efis.ee/et/filmiliigid/film/id/18644/|title=Tuliliilia |date=2018|periodical=Eesti Filmi Andmebaas|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Unicorns1">{{cite web |url=https://kultuur.postimees.ee/6684142/eesti-idufirmadest-valmib-mangufilm-ukssarvik|title=Eesti idufirmadest valmib mängufilm "Ükssarvik"|date=15 May 2019|periodical=Postimees|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref><ref name="Unicorns2">{{cite web |url=https://kultuur.err.ee/967170/liisa-pulk-ukssarvik-annab-aimu-mis-on-paljuraagitud-idufirmanduse-sisu|title=Liisa Pulk: "Ükssarvik" annab aimu, mis on paljuräägitud idufirmanduse sisu|date=2 August 2019|periodical=Eesti Rahvusringhääling|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref><ref name="Unicorns3">{{cite web |url=https://kinoportaal.postimees.ee/6774489/ehk-tarkab-endalgi-miljardiidee-start-up-komoodia-ukssarvik-tegijad-jagavad-publikuga-kogemusi|title=Ehk tärkab endalgi miljardiidee? Start-up komöödia "Ükssarvik" tegijad jagavad publikuga kogemusi|date=10 September 2019|periodical=Postimees|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref>
In 2024, she appeared as Maili in the Rasmus Merivoo comedy film ''Tulnukas 2 ehk Valdise tagasitulek 17 osas'', a feature-length sequel to the popular 2006 comedy short film ''Tulnukas ehk Valdise pääsemine 11 osas''.<ref name="Alien">{{cite web |url=https://ohtu.kanal2.ee/7987169/ohtu-filmi-tulnukas-2-ehk-valdise-tagasitulek-17-osas-votteid-meenutavad-kuldne-kolmik-ehk-mart-avandi-ott-sepp-ja-vallo-kirs|title=Filmi “Tulnukas 2 ehk Valdise tagasitulek 17 osas” võtteid meenutavad kuldne kolmik ehk Märt Avandi, Ott Sepp ja Vallo Kirs|date=26 March 2024|work=Õhtu|access-date=4 October 2024|language=et}}</ref>
===Voice=== Since 2010, Pulk has also worked extensively as a voice actress in both Estonian and foreign animated films and videos. She has provided the Estonian language dubbing for the character of Astrid Hofferson in the 2010 American animated action fantasy film ''How to Train Your Dragon''<ref name="Dragons1">{{cite web |url=https://elu24.postimees.ee/256682/kuidas-taltsutada-lohet|title=Kuidas taltsutada lohet|first=Tea|last=Raidsalu|date=29 April 2010|periodical=Postimees|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> and the two subsequent sequels, ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' in 2014,<ref name="Dragons2">{{cite web |url=http://www.kultuur.info/syndmus/kuidas-taltsutada-lohet-2-3d/|title=Kuidas taltsutada lohet 2 – 3D|date=2019|periodical=Kultuur.info|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> and ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World'' in 2019.<ref name="Dragons3">{{cite web |url=https://kinoveeb.delfi.ee/treilerid/treiler-kuidas-taltsutada-lohet-3-paneb-triloogiale-vaarika-punkti?id=85503147|title=Treiler: "Kuidas taltsutada lohet 3" paneb triloogiale väärika punkti|date=4 March 2019|periodical=Delfi|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> Other roles in foreign animated films that have been voiced by Pulk include:<ref name="Liit" />
*''Rise of the Guardians'' (2013) – The Tooth Fairy *''Superbook'' (2013) – various *''Superbook 2'' (2014) – various *''The Good Dinosaur'' (2015) – Ramsey *''Gnome Alone'' (2017) – Tiffany *''Finding Dory'' (2016) – various *''Ralph Breaks the Internet'' (2018) – Yesss *''Charming'' (2018) – various *''Racetime'' (2018) – various *''Wonder Park'' (2019) – Mother
==Personal life== Liisa Pulk is in a long-term relationship with entrepreneur Erki Kukk. On 23 June 2019 Pulk gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Mona.<ref name="Mona">{{cite web |url=https://elu.ohtuleht.ee/979060/liisa-pulk-uhel-paeval-kandis-laps-uht-nime-teisel-paeval-teist|title=Liisa Pulk: ühel päeval kandis laps üht nime, teisel päeval teist |date=4 October 2019|periodical=Õhtuleht|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref> The family reside in Tallinn.<ref name="Daughter">{{cite web |url=https://kroonika.delfi.ee/news/kroonika/vahva-liisa-pulga-peres-sirgub-pisitutar?id=87081875|title=Vahva! Liisa Pulga peres sirgub pisitütar|date=9 August 2019|periodical=Kroonika|accessdate=9 October 2019|language=Estonian}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=4140613|name=Liisa Pulk}}
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