Piret Kalda (born 4 February 1966) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress. Early life and education Piret Kalda was born and raised in Tartu. She was one of three siblings. She attended schools in Tartu, graduating from Tartu No. 5 secondary school (now, Tartu Tamme Gymnasium). Following her graduation from secondary school, she enrolled at the Tallinn State Conservatory's Dramatic Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn, studying acting, and graduating in 1988. Her diploma production roles included Laurey Williams, in Richard Rodgers' Oklahoma!; Bianca, in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew; and Irina, in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. Stage career Following her graduation from the Tallinn Conservatory, Kalda became engaged as an actress at Tallinn's Youth Theatre (since 1994, the Tallinn City Theatre) in 1988, where she is still currently engaged. Her stage debut was in the role of Tiiu in a production of Hugo Raudsepp's Vedel vorst, directed by Mati Unt in 1989. Kalda has had a prolific career at the Tallinn City Theatre, appearing in more than forty roles in productions in works by a variety of authors and playwrights. Some of her more memorable roles at the Tallinn City Theatre include: Helene, in Friedebert Tuglas' Helene, Marion ja Felix (1990) Amelka, in Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's Little Mansions (1990) Honey, in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1993) Shelly, in Sam Shepard's Buried Child (1994) Tekla, in August Strindberg's Creditors (1994) Constance, in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers (1995) Chloe Coverly, in Tom Stoppard's, Arcadia (1995) Lucy, in Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera (1997) Julia, in Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance (1998) Marie Beaumarchais, in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Clavigo (2000) Avdotya (Evdoksia) Nikitishna Kukshina, in Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons (2002) Kitty Itam, in A. H. Tammsaare's Karin. Indrek. Tõde ja õigus. 4. (2006) Signora Cini, in Luigi Pirandello's Right You Are (if you think so) (2006) Tirts, in Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive (2007) Adurey, in Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered Hills (2007) Hannah Jelkes, in Tennessee Williams's The Night of the Iguana (2008) Mrs. Biedermann, in Max Frisch's The Fire Raisers (2010) Varvara, and Bakunin woman, in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia (2013) Nurse Plimpton, in Anthony Horowitz's Mindgame (2014) Manilova, in Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls (2014) Anna, in Madis Kõiv's The Return of the Father (2015) Maggie, in Michael Cristofer's The Shadow Box