Kersti Kreismann


Kersti Kreismann is an Estonian actress.
Kreissmann graduated from Kilingi-Nõmme High School in 1965.. From 1965 to 1968, she studied Estonian philology at University of Tartu. In 1972, she graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory, Katrin Kumpan, Martin Veinmann, and Juhan Viiding.. Afterward, she began an engagement as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre. Kreismann has played in radio drama, television broadcasting and TV series. She has also acted in films.
In October 1980, Kreismann was a signatory of the Letter of 40 Intellectuals, a public letter in which forty prominent Estonian intellectuals defended the Estonian language and protested the Russification policies of the Kremlin in Estonia. The signatories also expressed their unease against Republic-level government in harshly dealing with youth protests in Tallinn that were sparked a week earlier due to the banning of a public performance of the punk rock band Propeller.

Personal life

Kreismann is the mother of actor Andres Raag.