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The Most Famous

ACTORS from Estonia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Estonian Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 9,996 Actors, 5 of which were born in Estonia. This makes Estonia the birth place of the 70th most number of Actors behind Uruguay and Singapore.

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Estonian Actors of all time. This list of famous Estonian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Ita Ever (1931 - 2023)

With an HPI of 50.06, Ita Ever is the most famous Estonian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Ita Ever (born Ilse Ever; 1 April 1931 – 9 August 2023) was an Estonian film, radio, theatre, and television actress. She has been described as a Grand Old Lady of Estonian theatre.Ever began her career in 1953 as a stage actress, and appeared in numerous Estonian and Russian film productions. She was formerly married to Estonian actor Eino Baskin and is the mother of director and actor Roman Baskin.In 1983, she starred as Miss Marple in Secret of the Blackbirds (Russian: Тайна «Чёрных дроздов», Tayna chyornykh drozdov), the Russian language film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel A Pocket Full of Rye.Ever appeared in stage and film productions based on the works of Oskar Luts, A. H. Tammsaare, Mats Traat, Agatha Christie, Nikolai Gogol, William Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, Henrik Ibsen, and Anton Chekhov.Ever died on 9 August 2023, at the age of 92.

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2. Jüri Järvet (1919 - 1995)

With an HPI of 49.55, Jüri Järvet is the 2nd most famous Estonian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Jüri Järvet (18 June 1919 – 5 July 1995) was an Estonian actor. His name sometimes appears as Yuri Yevgenyevich Yarvet, an incorrect back-transliteration from the Russian transliteration Юри Евгеньевич Ярвет. His birthname was Georgi Kuznetsov, and he took the Estonian form in 1938.

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3. Lenna Kuurmaa (1985 - )

With an HPI of 39.34, Lenna Kuurmaa is the 3rd most famous Estonian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages.

Lenna Kuurmaa (born 26 September 1985) is an Estonian singer-songwriter and actress. She is a member of the girl group Vanilla Ninja, but after the band's hiatus since 2009, continued to work as a solo-artist. She also formed a band with the name "Lenna" who released the debut album Lenna in June 2010.

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4. Johann Urb (1977 - )

With an HPI of 39.28, Johann Urb is the 4th most famous Estonian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Johann Urb (born 24 January 1977) is an Estonian-American actor, producer, and former model.

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5. Andrey Batt (1985 - )

With an HPI of 24.43, Andrey Batt is the 5th most famous Estonian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Andrey Batt (born Andrey Sergeevich Batychko, Russian: Андре́й Серге́евич Ба́тычко; 6 August 1985) is a Russian actor, rapper, songwriter, record producer and film producer. After appearances in several American TV shows, Andrey gained popularity not only in United States and homeland Russia, but also in Brazil and whole Europe. Andrey began performing in 2009, appearing in commercials and TV-shows, and now he has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In 2016 he became the first ever musician, who performed with a halftime show at the most prestigious sports tournament in Europe – EuroLeague.

Pantheon has 5 people classified as actors born between 1919 and 1985. Of these 5, 3 (60.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living actors include Lenna Kuurmaa, Johann Urb, and Andrey Batt. The most famous deceased actors include Ita Ever and Jüri Järvet.

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