Laine Mägi

Acting

Born February 3, 1959, Kehra, Harju District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]

Laine Mägi (born Laine Mihelson-Adamson; 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 Michelson-Adamson was born in Kehra to Peeter and Elli-Anniki Michelson-Adamson (née Pennie). She has one brother who is two years younger. Her first cousin is actress Terje Pennie-Kolberg. 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 Lindgren's 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.

Filmography

• 2025Big Zeus
• 2025The Black Hole — Salme
• 2022Eyes on You — Lea
• 2022Tango of Mustamägi — Sirje
• 2021Kids of the Night — Liis' Mother
• 2021Sandra Gets a Job — Bank Employee
• 2020Rain — Marju
• EnsV — Sirje Kadak, Sirje Aavik
• 2018Fire Lily — Gynecologist #2
• The Bank — Anneli's Mother
• 2016Delusion — Neighbour Woman
• 2016Family Lies — Rita
• Black Widows — Helle
• 2013Free Range — Trolley Driver
• 2012A Lady in Paris — Anne
• Alpine House — Eha Köster
• ENSV — Sirje Kadak
• 2010Red Mercury — Reps's Mother
• The Class: Life After — Teacher Laine, Homeroom Teacher Laine
• Revenge Office — Angela
• Mood Killer — Various
• Windward Land — Head Nurse
• 2007Autumn Ball — Teacher
• 2007Georg — Fan
• 2007The Class — Homeroom Teacher
• 2001Good Hands — Show Hostess
• 1998Dear Mister Moon — Sigrid's Mother
• 1991Peace Avenue
• 1989I'm Not a Tourist, I Live Here — Mimi
• 1988Dance Around the Steam Boiler