Ingrīda Andriņa

Latvian actress

Ingrīda Andriņa
Born	(1944-06-23)23 June 1944 Riga, Latvia
Died	17 September 2015(2015-09-17) (aged 71) Riga, Latvia
Nationality	Latvian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1967-2015

Ingrīda Andriņa (23 June 1944 – 17 September 2015) was a Latvian stage and film actress.

Biography

Born in Riga, Andriņa graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow in 1967 and began working at the Latvian National Theatre. From 1966, she began appearing in films.^[1]^[2]

Andriņa is best possibly recalled internationally for her role as Agnes von Mönnikhusen in the 1969 Soviet Estonian language film Viimne reliikvia, directed by Grigori Kromanov.^[3]

Throughout her film career, Andriņa performed in Latvian, Russian, Estonian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian-language films. Her last appearance was in the 2014 Latvian film Džimlai Rudis rallallā.^[1]

Andriņa died unexpectedly in 2015 at the age of 71, and was interred at the Riga Forest Cemetery.^[4]^[5]

Selected filmography

Viimne reliikvia (1969)
Liberation, film series (1972)
Unfinished Supper (1979)
The Trust That Has Burst, television miniseries (1984)
Džimlai rūdi rallallā (2014)

References

^ ^a ^b "Mūžībā aizgājusi Latvijas Nacionālā teātra aktrise Ingrīda Andriņa" (in Latvian). Latvia: apollo.tvnet.lv. BNS. 17 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ "Pēkšņi mūžībā aizgājusi Nacionālā teātra aktrise Ingrīda Andriņa" (in Latvian). Latvia: Diena. 2015-09-17. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ "Puhka rahus, vaba laps! Suri kultusfilmis "Viimne reliikvia" Agnest kehastanud näitlejanna Ingrīda Andriņa" [Rest in Peace, Free Child! Ingrīda Andriņa has died]. Delfi (in Estonian). Estonia: Ekspress Grupp. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ "No aktrises Ingrīdas Andriņas varēs atvadīties trešdien" (in Latvian). Latvia: La.Lv. BNS. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ "Pēkšņi mūžībā aizgājusi Nacionālā teātra aktrise Ingrīda Andriņa" (in Latvian). Latvia: Diena. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.