Ingrīda Andriņa
{{Short description|Latvian actress (1944–2015)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|6|23|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|9|17|1944|6|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Riga, Latvia
| nationality = Latvian
| yearsactive = 1967-2015
| occupation = Actress
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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.{{cite news|title=Pēkšņi mūžībā aizgājusi Nacionālā teātra aktrise Ingrīda Andriņa|language=Latvian|publisher=Diena|location=Latvia |date=2015-09-17 |url= http://www.diena.lv/kd/teatris/peksni-muziba-aizgajusi-nacionala-teatra-aktrise-ingrida-andrina-14112274|accessdate=18 September 2015}}
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.{{cite news|title=Puhka rahus, vaba laps! Suri kultusfilmis "Viimne reliikvia" Agnest kehastanud näitlejanna Ingrīda Andriņa|language=Estonian|trans-title=Rest in Peace, Free Child! Ingrīda Andriņa has died|work=Delfi|publisher=Ekspress Grupp|location=Estonia|date=19 September 2015|url=http://publik.delfi.ee/news/inimesed/puhka-rahus-vaba-laps-suri-kultusfilmis-viimne-reliikvia-agnest-kehastanud-naitlejanna-ingrida-andrina?id=72481159|accessdate=19 September 2015}}
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.{{cite news|title=Mūžībā aizgājusi Latvijas Nacionālā teātra aktrise Ingrīda Andriņa|language=Latvian|agency=BNS|publisher=apollo.tvnet.lv|location=Latvia|date=17 September 2015|url=http://apollo.tvnet.lv/zinas/muziba-aizgajusi-latvijas-nacionala-teatra-aktrise-ingrida-andrina/705255|accessdate=18 September 2015|archive-date=26 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026015027/http://apollo.tvnet.lv/zinas/muziba-aizgajusi-latvijas-nacionala-teatra-aktrise-ingrida-andrina/705255|url-status=dead}}
Andriņa died unexpectedly in 2015 at the age of 71, and was interred at the Riga Forest Cemetery.{{cite news|title=No aktrises Ingrīdas Andriņas varēs atvadīties trešdien|language=Latvian|agency=BNS|publisher=La.Lv|location=Latvia|date=20 September 2015|url=http://www.la.lv/no-aktrises-ingridas-andrinas-vares-atvadities-tresdien|accessdate=20 September 2015}}{{cite news|title=Pēkšņi mūžībā aizgājusi Nacionālā teātra aktrise Ingrīda Andriņa|language=Latvian|publisher=Diena|location=Latvia|date=17 September 2015|url=http://www.diena.lv/kd/teatris/peksni-muziba-aizgajusi-nacionala-teatra-aktrise-ingrida-andrina-14112274|accessdate=18 September 2015}}
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
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0029018|name=Ingrīda Andriņa}}
- [http://www.teatris.lv/lv/makslinieki/arstata-aktieri/ingrida-andrina Ingrīda Andriņa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509162620/https://teatris.lv/lv/makslinieki/arstata-aktieri/ingrida-andrina |date=2021-05-09 }} at the Latvian National Theatre
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Category:Latvian stage actresses
Category:Latvian film actresses
Category:Soviet film actresses
Category:Burials at Forest Cemetery, Riga
Category:20th-century Latvian actresses
Category:21st-century Latvian actresses
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