Kristel Leesmend

{{Short description|Estonian actress}}

Kristel Leesmend (born 30 August 1968 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actress.{{cite web |title=Kristel Leesmend - Eesti filmi andmebaas |url=https://www.efis.ee/et/inimesed/id/5614 |website=www.efis.ee |access-date=8 May 2021}}

From 1987 until 1988, Leesmend worked at the Vanalinnastuudio in Tallinn as a costume designer and as a freelance actress. In 1992 she graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre's Drama School and has been a freelance actress since. In 2002, she worked as a supervisor at the Tallinn University of Technology's student theatre, T-Theater. From 2003 until 2006, she director of casting for the Estonian Casting Agency (Allfilm). Besides theatrical roles she has also played in several films.

Leesmend was in a relationship with actor Ivo Uukkivi, the pair have a daughter, born in 1995, with whom she has a very close relationship.{{cite web |title=Leesmend, Kristel|url=http://etbl.teatriliit.ee/artikkel/leesmend_kristel2 |website=Eesti Teatriliit|access-date=8 May 2021|language=et}}{{cite web |title=Ivo Uukkivi ja Mari-Liis Lille poeg sai põneva nime|url=https://kroonika.delfi.ee/artikkel/50562323/ivo-uukkivi-ja-mari-liis-lille-poeg-sai-poneva-nime?%20public.delfi.ee |work=Kroonika|first=Mariann|last=Kaasik|date=2 August 2011|access-date=8 May 2021|language=et}}