Katariina Unt
Date of birth: 1971-12-06
Place of birth: Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Katariina Lauk, Katariina Lauk-Tamm, Katariina Sammul, Катарийна Лаук, Катарийна Лаук-Тамм
Biography
Katariina Unt (born Katariina Lauk; December 6, 1971) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actress. Katariina Unt was born in Tallinn. Her mother is interior decorator Malle Lauk and her father is artist Tõnu Lauk, who works mainly with metals. The youngest of four siblings, she grew up mostly in Pärnu. She graduated in 1990 from Pärnu Hansa Secondary School, then completed her studies in Tallinn at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Drama School in 1994 (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). Her graduating classmates included Mait Malmsten, Ain Mäeots, Liisa Aibel, Ago Anderson, Indrek Sammul, and Andres Puustusmaa. Between 1994 and 2001, she was engaged at the Tallinn City Theatre. Following her departure, she worked for a while as a freelance actor, performing at the Estonia Theatre, Endla Theatre and the Kuressaare Town Theatre, among others. In 2007, she joined the VAT Theatre in Tallinn, where she still currently performs. Among her more memorable roles in theater were in works by: William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Madis Kõiv, Molière, Tadeusz Różewicz, Luchino Visconti, Tom Stoppard, Andrus Kivirähk, August Kitzberg and Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, among many others. Katariina Unt made her film debut as Mari in the 1994 Jaan Kolberg-directed film Jüri Rumm. This was followed by a recurring role on the popular ETV drama series Õnne 13. In 2013, she appeared in the Kanal 2 paranormal-thriller television series Süvahavva. Her first large film role was that of Eetla in the 2003 Sulev Keedus-directed war drama Somnambuul (English: Somnambulance). Other popular roles were in films such as Katrin Laur's Ruudi (2006), Veiko Õunpuu's Sügisball (Autumn Ball, 2007), Sulev Keedus' Kirjad Inglile (Letters to Angel, 2011) and Rainer Sarnet's Idioot (The Idiot, 2011), a starring role as Viivi in the 2016 Mart Kivastik directed romantic drama Õnn tuleb magades opposite actor Ivo Uukkivi and in Rainer Sarnet's November, 2017, based on the novel by Andrus Kivirähk. In many of her earlier film and television appearances, she is credited as Katariina Lauk (her birthname) and Katariina Lauk-Tamm (while married to Raivo E. Tamm). In 1993 she married actor Indrek Sammul, the couple divorced in 1995. In 1997, she wed actor Raivo E. Tamm, however, the two would divorce in 2003. Unt and Tamm have a daughter. In 2011, she remarried once again, taking her husband's surname Unt.
Movie Credits
Stairway to Heaven
2023-03-03
With his last breath Uu's friend entrusts him with the secret of how to go to the past. Uu is an eng
Rothschild's Violin
1996-12-18
1938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Ro
Shift
2011-04-13
When Miina, a seemingly well-off woman is caught shoplifting, the female officer truly uses her chan
Deliver Us
2023-08-30
When a nun in a remote convent claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to
Infinite Summer
2025-04-11
On a summer break, Mia and her friends try a meditation app that’s somehow related to the operating
The Curse of the Werewolf
2005-01-01
Liina is a young actress at Vanemuise Theatre who gets Tiina's part in the new, postmodernist versio
When You Least Expect It
2016-10-13
There are two people who wake up in the same bed one morning, and neither of them has a clue who the
The Lion Blanket
2020-10-16
Berta's sister Helena has gone missing and there is little hope of finding her. Berta visits the mor
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009-10-10
A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he fac
Lost and Found
2005-02-10
Six young filmmakers from Central and East Europe developed shorts about the theme of 'generation'.
Somnambulance
2003-09-19
Autumn 1944, Estonia. Tens of thousands of people leave their homeland in fear of approaching frontl
The Polar Boy
2016-05-10
Mattias has a dream to become a photography student of the Berlin Arts Academy. On the journey of fo
Jüri Rumm
1994-05-26
Jüri Rumm is a hot-tempered young peasant who is not afraid of either German barons or the Russian c
Ruudi
2006-02-24
A family comedy about a 7-year-old boy, who's a devoted viking fan.
Letters to Angel
2011-01-27
Jeremia Juunas Kirotaja has been fighting in Afghanistan; 21 years later he returns to Estonia to hi
The Idiot
2011-10-14
A story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment o
Autumn Ball
2007-09-13
Autumn in Estonia, where six people live, six solitudes, prisoners of the monotonous architecture of
November
2017-02-03
In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, a
Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
2017-11-25
The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The le
Free Money
2023-09-08
Where would you look for help if the bank refused your loan application, which you saw as so certain
Azrael
2024-09-27
In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her impriso
Undergods
2021-05-17
An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales
Lioness
2024-09-20
When 15-year-old rebellious Stefi goes missing, her mother Helena has nothing left to lose. Why clin
The Exalted
2024-11-15
Renowned German organist Anna discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal, s
The Unstruck Sound
2024-11-09
Science fiction exploration of the future of the Tartu region in 2074. What will life in Tartu look
Generatio
2005-10-13
Freedom is looking for a form to manifest itself. An allegoric story of Architect-Matchstickman who
No Me Without You
Quiet Life
2025-01-01
A refugee family in Sweden faces trauma after their youngest daughter falls into an unexplained coma
Serafima
In a 1960s Soviet psychiatric hospital, Serafima, a traumatized woman bearing both physical and ment