Ragne Veensalu
Acting
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Ragne Veensalu (November 18, 1986 – October 27, 2024) was an Estonian stage, film and television actress. She was the daughter of Kaido Veensalu and Siiri Veensalu (née Lillemägi) and had one sister. Veensalu was a 2011 graduate of University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, majoring in acting. Since 2012, Veensalu had been engaged at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn. Significant roles at the Von Krahl have been in works by Shakespeare, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Henrik Ibsen, Federico García Lorca and Sarah Kane. Veensalu made her film debut in a starring role as Ann in the 2007 Rainer Sarnet-directed drama Kuhu põgenevad hinged (English release title: Where Souls Go); the film explores the emotional problems caused when a teenage girl's little brother is born with a congenital heart condition. In 2011, she played the prominent role of Aglaja in the Rainer Sarnet-directed Idioot; an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot. In 2012, she appeared in the Rain Tolk and Andres Maimik-directed comedy film Umbkotid. From 2015 to 2020, she was a cast member of the popular TV3 comedy-crime series Kättemaksukontor as the character Luna Haab.