Maria Annus
Actor
Born February 21, 1979 in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Maria Annus (until 2016, Maria Soomets; born February 21, 1979) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress. Maria Soomets was born in Tallinn. She has an older brother, Simmo Soomets, born in 1974. She attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn and in her youth sang with the Ellerhein Girls' Choir. After secondary school, she studied acting at the EMA Higher Drama School (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 2002. Among her graduating classmates were Priit Võigemast, Ott Aardam, Hele Kõrve, Karin Rask, Mart Toome, Evelin Võigemast, Elisabet Reinsalu, and Argo Aadli.
